Highschool Horror School Girl CostumeWhen the chilly fall nights start and the smell of burning leaves fills the air most teenager’s thoughts turn to Halloween. Not because of the candy involved (though they like that to) but because of the ghost stories, horror movies and things that go bump in the night.

Teenager’s love to dress up in scary or gory costumes such as the highschool horror school girl costume and try to scare their friends. But where did this sudden urge to dress as a high school horror show or a knife wielding villain come from. Read on to discover the history of slasher movies.

“The Texas Chainsaw massacre while not really a slasher film had its moments and deserves to be mentioned in this history as you will see many Leather face costumes running around on any given Halloween.

However what really prompted the influx of highschool horror school girl costumes and others of its ilk is the film that started it all John Carpenters 1978 “Halloween.” It defined an era and was the stepping stone for all of the slasher films to follow. It had a little of everything the slasher as a 6 year old Michael Meyers was gruesome just for the fact that he was a normal everyday child.

 The movie had the required amount of nudity for the time without going overboard and of course it had the screaming but brave heroine Laurie Strode. “Halloween” defined the horror era with its virginal heroine, eerie music and an ending that had you knowing there would be more to come.

After “Halloween” there was a sudden overtaking of the theatre by movies such as “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Friday the 13th.” All of them were classics in their own right but none of them have the impact of “Halloween.”

Next came the influx of zombie slasher flicks. While not as popular and much gorier they held teenage America in awe and started a whole new generation of highschool horror school girl costumes. Everything from flesh eating zombies who had a virus in movies like “The Crazies” to not even knowing what happened movies like “Night of the Living Dead” have been popular for years now.

Still movies like “Scream” and “I know what you did Last Summer” are the favorites among teens looking or thrills and chills as Halloween, cooler weather and longer nights approach. Your typical highschool horror school girl costume consists of a tattered and torn grey jacket and white shirt that are both splotched with blood. It also comes with a black and red tie and a pleated red and black skirt. Add blood spattered white stockings and black patent leather shoes and you will surely be the hit of the Halloween parties this coming Halloween season.

There are many more slasher films out there to choose from when you are wanting to cuddle on the couch with your boyfriend this Halloween. Just make sure that the girl wearing the highschool horror school girl costume that shows up at the door for candy is indeed just a school girl and not a flesh eating slasher zombie victim.