SLASHER FILM RULES - Halloween II (1981)

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  The slasher film (sometime generically called horror film rules)... are they true?

Halloween II (1981) starts immediately after... actually a couple of minutes before... the end of the first Halloween movie.  Does it follow the rules?

THE FILM RULES - Intermission

Film genres have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  

With 5 of the 10 Manic Pixie Dream Girl films done, a special Halloween post on Friday and Year Two about to start, I thought we'd take a little break... and look at how things work here:

MANIC PIXIE DREAM GIRL - Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind (2004)

Film genres have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  What about the Manic Pixie Dream Girl character, does she have rules?

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - includes a possible MPDG claiming to be more than just a concept, but is she a MPDG or not?

MANIC PIXIE DREAM GIRL - Something Wild (1986)

Film genres have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  What about the Manic Pixie Dream Girl character, does she have rules?

Something Wild (1986) - is a film where a girl who doesn't fit societal norms changes a conservative guy's life.  But is she a MPDG or not?

MANIC PIXIE DREAM GIRL - Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961)

Film genres have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  What about the Manic Pixie Dream Girl character, does she have rules?

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) - Is the character study of a self-sabotaging party girl who hides her mess of insecurities behind an extrovert outer personae.