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No movie fundamentally changed the horror genre as much as the original Halloween. The Shape’s iconic debut inspired — and continues to inspire — countless other slashers. And while most of these movies are only vaguely similar to Halloween, such as Friday the 13th, others were more blatant in their design and execution.

The flicks in question aren’t always set on Halloween, the victim doesn’t have to be a babysitter, and the antagonist may or may not even be masked. However, despite the superficial differences, these ten examples are unmistakably influenced by Michael Myers’ first killing spree.

Nightmares in a Damaged Brain (1981)

Nightmares in a Damaged Brain (or simply Nightmare) has a well-earned reputation for being sleazy and gruesome. Romano Scavolini‘s previous work in pornography comes out often in this erotic slasher, but if there’s anything to take away from this exercise in lust and grisliness, the...

You better hope you remember John "before he dismembers you!" In addition to their new Blu-ray release of The Outer Limits Season 1, Kino Lorber has another treat in store for horror fans: a 4K remaster of the 1989 slasher movie Offerings, courtesy of Code Red and Dark Force Entertainment.

Blu-ray.com reports the latest Offerings news, revealing that the folks at Code Red and Dark Force Entertainment are hard at work on the remaster, which is due out on March 20th from Kino Lorber.

While no special features have been announced at this time, we do have a look at the Blu-ray cover art (via Blu-ray.com). Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more updates and let us know if you've seen Offerings in the comments below!

Directed by Christopher Reynolds (Lethal Justice), Offerings stars Tobe Sexton, Richard A. Buswell, Jay Michael Ferguson, Loretta Leigh Bowman, and Elizabeth Greene.

Synopsis (via Blu-ray.

Year: 1989Director: Christopher ReynoldsCast: Loretta Leigh Bowman, Richard A. Buswell, G. Michael Smith, Tobe Sexton

A young boy is picked on as a child and a seemingly innocent child-hood prank ends in disaster when he falls into a well, becoming scarred for life. On the fifteenth anniversary of his accident, he escapes from the local mental ward to get revenge on those involved in his accident and to woo the one girl who was ever really nice to him.

"What's all this I hear about an ear?" It is dialogue like this which makes Offerings, an otherwise blatant and unapologetic Halloween rip-off, a mildly entertaining entry into the 80's slasher genre. The film is such a blatant Halloween rip-off, from everything to the music, to plot elements, and to even how some scenes are shot and framed, it is surprising it ever got green-lit in the first place without worry...