Vera Dika has taught at UCLA, USC, NYU, and Università Iuav di Venezia. She is currently Visiting Associate Professor of Cinema Studies at Pratt Institute, and Editor-in Chief of Quarterly Review of Film and Video.

• AcknowledgementsForewordThe Pressure of a Name: Slashers, Stalkers, SemanticsPrefaceThe Stalker Film and RepeatabilityGames of Terror: Halloween, Friday the 13th and the Films of the Stalker CycleIntroduction: Methods for Classification and AnalysisHalloween: The Beginning of the Stalker CycleParadigms: The Basic Elements of the Stalker FormulaThe Most Successful Recombinations: Friday the 13th and Friday the 13th Part 2The Films of the Stalker CycleConclusion: A Psychological and Sociological EvaluationSelected Writings on the Stalker FilmAn Introduction to the Selected Writings on the Stalker FilmThe Texas Chain Saw MassacreTo Destroy the SignEndnotesBibliography

Vera Dika has taught at UCLA, USC, NYU, and Università Iuav di Venezia. She is currently Visiting Associate Professor of Cinema Studies at Pratt Institute, and Editor-in Chief of Quarterly Review of Film and Video.

• AcknowledgementsForewordThe Pressure of a Name: Slashers, Stalkers, SemanticsPrefaceThe Stalker Film and RepeatabilityGames of Terror: Halloween, Friday the 13th and the Films of the Stalker CycleIntroduction: Methods for Classification and AnalysisHalloween: The Beginning of the Stalker CycleParadigms: The Basic Elements of the Stalker FormulaThe Most Successful Recombinations: Friday the 13th and Friday the 13th Part 2The Films of the Stalker CycleConclusion: A Psychological and Sociological EvaluationSelected Writings on the Stalker FilmAn Introduction to the Selected Writings on the Stalker FilmThe Texas Chain Saw MassacreTo Destroy the SignEndnotesBibliography

Vera Dika has taught at UCLA, USC, NYU, and Università Iuav di Venezia. She is currently Visiting Associate Professor of Cinema Studies at Pratt Institute, and Editor-in Chief of Quarterly Review of Film and Video.

• AcknowledgementsForewordThe Pressure of a Name: Slashers, Stalkers, SemanticsPrefaceThe Stalker Film and RepeatabilityGames of Terror: Halloween, Friday the 13th and the Films of the Stalker CycleIntroduction: Methods for Classification and AnalysisHalloween: The Beginning of the Stalker CycleParadigms: The Basic Elements of the Stalker FormulaThe Most Successful Recombinations: Friday the 13th and Friday the 13th Part 2The Films of the Stalker CycleConclusion: A Psychological and Sociological EvaluationSelected Writings on the Stalker FilmAn Introduction to the Selected Writings on the Stalker FilmThe Texas Chain Saw MassacreTo Destroy the SignEndnotesBibliography