Is the Slasher the Quintessential Horror Genre?

Perusing all thing Slasher Film, I came across this great article on Flavor Wire, where the author, Greg Cwik argues that the Slasher film is the Quintessential Horror film amongst the myriad of sub-genres, which exists.  He further posits that in the 80s Slasher films reached their apex, and were merely extensions of the Gordon Gecko attitude, which pervaded the decade.   Overall, it is great reading for all die-hard fans of the genre, and I highly recommend it.

 Slasher Article