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Kitsis also revealed that the show stems from the creators' shared love of '80s horror and teen movies. "One thing we noticed was that both genres had the same archetypes: the jock, the stoner, the cheerleader," he explained. "We thought, let's mash them up. The flashbacks are a perfect way to dive into the John Hughes side of the characters, and the camp is the perfect place to kill them." That being said, he also added that the show is not particularly a slasher.
"It's supernatural, so you're going to see that the themes from their past, the things that haunt them, their demons, will literally manifest themselves on the island."