Halloween traditions are far,far older than America or colonization itself. Just like pretty much everything in old Europe, it's a mix of germanic pagan, roman pagan and christian (mostly catholic).

Also, slasher movies used to be cautionary tales against things like drugs, promiscuity, heavy drinking and such.(see the kind of people that normally get killed first in those movies).

Monster horror movies used their monsters to symbolize and play around the innate fears of the human psyche, and those created by the modern way of life.

Halloween traditions are far,far older than America or colonization itself. Just like pretty much everything in old Europe, it's a mix of germanic pagan, roman pagan and christian (mostly catholic).

Also, slasher movies used to be against things like drugs, promiscuity, heavy drinking and such.(see the kind of people that normally get killed first in those movies).

Monster horror movies used their monsters to symbolize and play around the innate fears of the human psyche, and those created by the modern way of life.