Slashers I'd seen and loved so far part 2
by orno_cenobite | created - 19 Jun 2011 | updated - 19 Jun 2011 | PublicNow, I' making this list to keep track on my collection: Slashers of different creed, year, sizes, type and hybrid. From the well known, to the obscure, to the really really messed-up. Part 2 Hope you like what you see...Hope YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE! - Otis B. Driftwood "House of 1000 corpses"
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1. Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror
In a small Southern town, four vigilantes wrongfully execute a mentally-challenged man, but after the court sets them free mysterious "accidents" begin to kill them off one by one.
Director: Frank De Felitta | Stars: Charles Durning, Robert F. Lyons, Claude Earl Jones, Lane Smith
Votes: 8,196
more mystery than slashing, DNOTS marks the first of favorable scarecrow slashers.
2. Severance (2006)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Horror
During a team-building retreat in the mountains a group of sales representatives are hunted down one by one.
Director: Christopher Smith | Stars: Danny Dyer, Laura Harris, Tim McInnerny, Toby Stephens
Votes: 40,667 | Gross: $0.14M
action-slashers never looked this funny.
3. Inside (2007)
R | 82 min | Horror
Four months after the death of her husband, a woman on the brink of motherhood is tormented in her home by a strange woman who wants her unborn baby.
Directors: Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury | Stars: Alysson Paradis, Jean-Baptiste Tabourin, Claude Lulé, Dominique Frot
Votes: 44,649
The messiest France has to offer next to Haute Tension!
4. Laid to Rest (2009)
R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
A young girl wakes up in a casket with a head injury and no memory of her identity. She quickly realizes she was abducted by a serial killer and she must fight to survive.
Director: Robert Hall | Stars: Bobbi Sue Luther, Kevin Gage, Lena Headey, Sean Whalen
Votes: 8,932
Chromeskull easily marks his ego in the crowd as one of the finest new wave slashers to come out. Can't wait for part 2
5. Dr. Giggles (1992)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
A madman who believes he's a doctor comes to the town where his crazy father was killed, and soon begins murdering people and becoming infatuated with a teenage girl who has a heart condition.
Director: Manny Coto | Stars: Larry Drake, Holly Marie Combs, Cliff De Young, Glenn Quinn
Votes: 7,195 | Gross: $8.40M
Before he was Durrant...and after he was Bubba, Larry Drake's slasher is definitely a weird one, but indeed, it needs love.
6. All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006)
R | 90 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A group of high-schoolers invite Mandy Lane, an innocent, desirable girl, to a weekend party on a secluded ranch. While the festivities rage on, the number of revelers begins to drop mysteriously.
Director: Jonathan Levine | Stars: Amber Heard, Anson Mount, Whitney Able, Michael Welch
Votes: 34,742
Amber Heard's famous role, and it's surprisingly dark, sexy and all the boys want her. A nice throwback to the 70s proto-slashers in terms of mood, style and kills.
7. He Knows You're Alone (1980)
R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller
A young bride-to-be is being stalked upon by a serial killer in Staten Island. She gets help from a former lover, but will they manage to escape?
Director: Armand Mastroianni | Stars: Don Scardino, Caitlin O'Heaney, Elizabeth Kemp, Tom Rolfing
Votes: 4,236
to be fair, among any other Halloween clone, this is the most humble. Love the story, love the killer, love the thrills.
8. Wolf Creek (2005)
R | 99 min | Horror, Thriller
Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.
Director: Greg McLean | Stars: Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi, John Jarratt
Votes: 78,275 | Gross: $16.19M
three potential victims. one isolated plane. one stranger with a Crocodile Dundee persona. who knew so much can come from these?
9. Scar (2007)
R | 83 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Joan Burrows returns to her hometown for her niece's graduation, only to be confronted by the serial killer she thought she offed years ago -- after he kidnapped and tormented her and killed her best friend.
Director: Jed Weintrob | Stars: Angela Bettis, Brittney Wilson, Tegan Moss, Ben Cotton
Votes: 2,963
it's weird. Nobody seem to care about this film, but here I am loving it. Maybe I'm just that appreciative. maybe my taste differs. maybe, I'm just a sucker for a good slasher...
10. April Fool's Day (1986)
R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery
Nine college students staying at a friend's remote island mansion begin to fall victim to an unseen murderer over the April Fool's Day weekend, but nothing is as it seems.
Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Deborah Foreman, Griffin O'Neal, Clayton Rohner, Jay Baker
Votes: 18,360 | Gross: $12.95M
after that remake butchered this fine classic, I love the original even more. Though the idea had been done before (see: House of Long Shadows) this one, however, is the most faithful to the 80s teen kill the most, and far most the funniest and light-hearted.
11. American Psycho (2000)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.
Director: Mary Harron | Stars: Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage
Votes: 714,127 | Gross: $15.07M
it has no genre. It never did. American Psycho fits anywhere from social satire, to serial killer to, well, a slasher. But be warned, it's more smarter and classier than your average hack-slash.
12. Night School (1981)
R | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Who's been decapitating the innocent girls at a local night school? The police are baffled.
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Leonard Mann, Rachel Ward, Drew Snyder, Joseph R. Sicari
Votes: 3,243 | Gross: $1.17M
another one of my favorite classics. a cleverly clean whodunit murder-mystery about a motorbike helmet clad killer beheading women. a detective must solve this case as soon as possible before anymore victims gets their block cut off.
mostly offscreen kills, it might not be for everyone.
13. Evil Dead Trap (1988)
Unrated | 102 min | Horror
A late night TV presenter receives a snuff tape, in which a woman is brutally killed. She decides to take a crew out to a location indicated in the tape, but only death and despair await them.
Director: Toshiharu Ikeda | Stars: Miyuki Ono, Aya Katsuragi, Hitomi Kobayashi, Eriko Nakagawa
Votes: 3,786
Japan's only addition to the 80s slasher boom, and so far the best they had to offer.
14. Curtains (1983)
R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Six young actresses auditioning for a movie role at a remote mansion are targeted by a mysterious masked murderer.
Director: Richard Ciupka | Stars: John Vernon, Samantha Eggar, Linda Thorson, Anne Ditchburn
Votes: 5,722
a moody ice-bound slasher about a director looking for the perfect actress to play a role of an insane woman. The problem, he already had one, but after locking herself in an asylum to study the behaviors of her "fellow" crazies, she finds herself going mad as well. worse, she's escaped.
15. Dark Ride (2006)
R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of six friends on a road trip stop off at an amusement park attraction named 'Dark Ride', unaware that a psychopath who brutally murdered two girls, has just escaped a mental institution and is seeking refuge there.
Director: Craig Singer | Stars: Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Patrick Renna, David Clayton Rogers, Alex Solowitz
Votes: 6,703
also known to many as The Funhouse for the new millennium.
16. The Strangers (2008)
R | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young couple staying in an isolated vacation home are terrorized by three unknown assailants.
Director: Bryan Bertino | Stars: Scott Speedman, Liv Tyler, Gemma Ward, Alex Fisher
Votes: 143,412 | Gross: $52.60M
an atmospheric slasher that concentrates more on the thrill and mood, rather than gory kills. very underrated.
17. Fatal Attraction (1987)
R | 119 min | Drama, Thriller
A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
Director: Adrian Lyne | Stars: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer, Ellen Latzen
Votes: 96,978 | Gross: $156.65M
a heavily slasher-influenced thriller about a one-night stand gone wrong.
18. Prom Night (1980)
R | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
At a high-school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years previously.
Director: Paul Lynch | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Casey Stevens, Anne-Marie Martin
Votes: 20,890 | Gross: $14.80M
another bygone classic, the disco-slasher story of revenge, childhood trauma and Jamie Lee discoing with Leslie Nielsen...the late Leslie Nielsen...
19. Terror Train (1980)
R | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Three years after a prank went terribly awry, the six college students responsible are targeted by a masked killer at a New Year's Eve party aboard a moving train.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Ben Johnson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Hart Bochner, David Copperfield
Votes: 13,834
another Jamie Lee classic, claustrophobic and tame, a calculating and brutal killer in a train on the hunt for the ones responsible for sending a nerdy kid to a mental asylum.
20. The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
R | 77 min | Horror
A female high school student's slumber party turns into a bloodbath, as a newly escaped psychotic serial killer wielding a power drill prowls her neighborhood.
Director: Amy Holden Jones | Stars: Michele Michaels, Robin Stille, Michael Villella, Debra De Liso
Votes: 17,871
a basic slasher about a madman with a drill killing sorority girls and their dates.
21. Student Bodies (1981)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A serial killer with his signature heavy breathing proceeds to systematically kill the students and teachers of Lamab high school.
Directors: Mickey Rose, Michael Ritchie | Stars: Kristen Riter, Matthew Goldsby, Jerry Belson, Joe Flood
Votes: 5,354 | Gross: $5.17M
a comedy spoofing the slasher genre, the first of it all and probably the best.
22. The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
R | 107 min | Horror, Thriller
A traveling family falls victim to a group of mutated cannibals in a desert far away from civilization.
Director: Alexandre Aja | Stars: Ted Levine, Kathleen Quinlan, Dan Byrd, Emilie de Ravin
Votes: 183,115 | Gross: $41.78M
Wes Craven and Alexandre Aja teams up to brings us the colorful remake of another classic...and my God...it was beautiful.
23. Dressed to Kill (1980)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mysterious blonde woman kills one of a psychiatrist's patients, and then goes after the high-class call girl who witnessed the murder.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon
Votes: 48,152 | Gross: $31.90M
a classy and controversial slasher. one of my Favorite entries in the 80s boom.
24. Dara (2007)
22 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
Dara, an enigmatic beautiful woman with Macabre secrets invite an unwitting bachelor into her house, when two unexpected suitors came to visit, all hell breaks loose.
Directors: Kimo Stamboel, Timo Tjahjanto | Stars: Shareefa Daanish, Ruly Lubis, Mike Lucock, Dendy Subangil
Votes: 190
a short film that grew to an amazing Asian slasher. A short story of dating, cannibalism and chainsaws.
25. Macabre (II) (2009)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Two newly weds Adjie and Astrid, along with 3 of their best friends decided to have an interstate road trip as a last attempt to reconcile Adjie with his estranged little sister Ladya. ... See full summary »
Directors: Kimo Stamboel, Timo Tjahjanto | Stars: Shareefa Daanish, Julie Estelle, Ario Bayu, Sigi Wimala
Votes: 3,784
the feature length version of the original short. features more kills, more characters and...well, less cannibalism...only hinted.
CHAINSAWS!
26. The Unseen (1980)
R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
Three female reporters find themselves staying overnight in a house occupied by a hostile being that lurks in the basement.
Director: Danny Steinmann | Stars: Barbara Bach, Sydney Lassick, Lelia Goldoni, Karen Lamm
Votes: 2,300
an amazingly moody and creepy slasher about a deadly secret hidden within the walls and cellars of a seedy motel.
27. Clownhouse (1989)
R | 81 min | Horror
Just before Halloween, three young brothers alone in a big house are menaced by three escaped mental patients who have murdered some traveling circus clowns and taken their identities.
Director: Victor Salva | Stars: Nathan Forrest Winters, Brian McHugh, Sam Rockwell, Michael Jerome West
Votes: 5,116
one of the last slashers in the 80s boom and far most calculatingly clever. low on gore, it makes it up for story and atmosphere, as well as tapping the nature of fear itself.
28. Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
R | 79 min | Horror, Thriller
Little Billy witnesses his parents getting killed by Santa after being warned by his senile grandpa that Santa punishes those who are naughty. Now Billy is 18 and out of the orphanage, and he has just become Santa himself.
Director: Charles E. Sellier Jr. | Stars: Lilyan Chauvin, Gilmer McCormick, Toni Nero, Robert Brian Wilson
Votes: 18,795 | Gross: $2.49M
the controversial killer santa slasher. need I say more?
29. Intruder (1989)
R | 83 min | Horror, Thriller
The overnight stock crew of a local supermarket find themselves being stalked and slashed by a mysterious maniac.
Director: Scott Spiegel | Stars: Liz Kern, Renée Estevez, Dan Hicks, David Byrnes
Votes: 11,126
another late 80s entry, this time made by the fellas who made the Evil Dead series. full of gore, clever kills and lots of bloody goodies.
30. Chopping Mall (1986)
R | 77 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of young shopping mall employees stay behind for a late night party in one of the stores. When the mall goes on lock-down before they can get out, the robot security system malfunctions, and goes on a killing spree.
Director: Jim Wynorski | Stars: Kelli Maroney, Tony O'Dell, Russell Todd, Karrie Emerson
Votes: 17,210
think The Initiation" and take away the other parts of that film but the last 30 minutes or so and replace the killer with a trio of robots. It's a campy, cheesy, slasher with A.I.'s gone mad.
31. Hardware (1990)
R | 94 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
The head of a cyborg reactivates, rebuilds itself, and goes on a violent rampage in a space marine's girlfriend's apartment.
Director: Richard Stanley | Stars: Dylan McDermott, Stacey Travis, John Lynch, Carl McCoy
Votes: 16,434 | Gross: $5.73M
a mix match of post-apocalypse, Biblical allusion and robot slasher.
32. The House on Sorority Row (1982)
R | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After a seemingly innocent prank goes horribly wrong, a group of sorority sisters are stalked and murdered one by one in their sorority house while throwing a party to celebrate their graduation.
Director: Mark Rosman | Stars: Kate McNeil, Eileen Davidson, Janis Ward, Robin Meloy
Votes: 9,955 | Gross: $1.29M
the classy slasher for the 80s. Beautifully made, wonderful story and a cast well acted.
33. Dream Home (2010)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror
Cheng Li-sheung is a young, upwardly mobile professional finally ready to invest in her first home. But when the deal falls through, she is forced to keep her dream alive - even if it means keeping her would-be neighbors dead.
Director: Ho-Cheung Pang | Stars: Josie Ho, Ching Wong, Helen To, Man Jan San
Votes: 5,888
best of today's Asian releases. A story of how far can one go to achieve what they want.
34. Timecrimes (2007)
R | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.
Director: Nacho Vigalondo | Stars: Karra Elejalde, Candela Fernández, Bárbara Goenaga, Nacho Vigalondo
Votes: 68,720 | Gross: $0.04M
a mix of time travel, dark comedy and backwoods stalk and kill from Spain.
35. The House by the Cemetery (1981)
Not Rated | 86 min | Horror
A New England home is terrorized by a series of murders, unbeknownst to the guests that a gruesome secret is hiding in the basement.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Catriona MacColl, Paolo Malco, Ania Pieroni, Giovanni Frezza
Votes: 16,236
Lucio Fulci's finest zombie slasher.
36. A Bay of Blood (1971)
R | 84 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The murder of a wealthy countess triggers a chain reaction of brutal killings in the surrounding bay area, as several unscrupulous characters try to seize her large estate.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Claudio Camaso, Anna Maria Rosati
Votes: 12,681
a groy twisted story of multiple murders, multiple victims and multiple killers, all connected in one big plot.
37. Maniac Cop (1988)
R | 85 min | Action, Crime, Horror
A killer dressed in a police uniform begins murdering innocent people on the streets of New York City.
Director: William Lustig | Stars: Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Richard Roundtree
Votes: 20,143 | Gross: $0.67M
a perfect hybrid of action cop-out and slasher horror.
38. The Hitcher (1986)
R | 97 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
A young man who escapes the clutches of a murderous hitchhiker is subsequently stalked by the hitcher and framed for his crimes.
Director: Robert Harmon | Stars: Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey DeMunn
Votes: 52,463 | Gross: $5.84M
an atmospheric thriller about a cat and mouse game between a young man traveling in his car and a deranged hitchhiker.
39. Them (2006)
R | 77 min | Horror, Thriller
Lucas and Clementine live peacefully in their isolated country house, but one night they wake up to strange noise... they're not alone... and a group of hooded assailants begin to terrorize them throughout the night.
Directors: David Moreau, Xavier Palud | Stars: Olivia Bonamy, Michaël Cohen, Adriana Mocca, Maria Roman
Votes: 32,057
a French equivalent of The Strangers, though it still packs a few surprises itself.
40. Satan's Little Helper (2004)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Horror
A naive young boy unknowingly becomes the pawn of a serial killer.
Director: Jeff Lieberman | Stars: Alexander Brickel, Katheryn Winnick, Stephen Graham, Amanda Plummer
Votes: 6,515
a funny black comedy about a young boy befriending a serial killer in Halloween, believing he's his hero, Satan.
41. Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
The next great killer and psychopath has given a documentary film crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the quiet town of Glen Echo.
Director: Scott Glosserman | Stars: Nathan Baesel, Angela Goethals, Zelda Rubinstein, Robert Englund
Votes: 25,423 | Gross: $0.07M
a mockumentary and a good look on how some of our favorite killers does all the tricks: catching up with their victims, how to survive a blow and even their goal for doing all of this mayhem.
42. Cherry Falls (1999)
R | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In the small town of Cherry Falls, a psychotic murderer is killing off the virgins of the local high school.
Director: Geoffrey Wright | Stars: Brittany Murphy, Jay Mohr, Michael Biehn, Jesse Bradford
Votes: 14,749
a funny and intriguing satire on the popular slasher element: SEX and DEATH
43. Orphan (2009)
R | 123 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she appears.
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra | Stars: Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder
Votes: 252,052 | Gross: $41.60M
an underrated killer kiddie flick
44. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
R | 101 min | Horror, Mystery
Four young friends bound by a tragic accident are reunited when they find themselves being stalked by a hook-wielding maniac in their small seaside town.
Director: Jim Gillespie | Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Anne Heche, Ryan Phillippe
Votes: 158,009 | Gross: $72.59M
one of the popular titles in the 90s revival. a clever, witty and well-made slasher.
45. Jennifer's Body (2009)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Horror
A newly-possessed high-school cheerleader turns into a succubus who specializes in killing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?
Director: Karyn Kusama | Stars: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Adam Brody, Johnny Simmons
Votes: 151,044 | Gross: $16.20M
a sexy killer demon flick made for our times.
46. Gutterballs (2008)
96 min | Comedy, Horror, Sport
A bowling night will turn into a bloody death match for a team of teenagers, as a deranged serial killer is taking them down one by one.
Director: Ryan Nicholson | Stars: Alastair Gamble, Mihola Terzic, Nathan Witte, Wade Gibb
Votes: 3,679
a throwback to the exploitations slashers back in the 70s, where sex and violence rules the drive-ins and killers are weird.
47. Cabin Fever (2002)
R | 93 min | Horror
Five college graduates rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a horrifying flesh-eating virus, which attracts the unwanted attention of the homicidal locals.
Director: Eli Roth | Stars: Jordan Ladd, Rider Strong, James DeBello, Cerina Vincent
Votes: 83,634 | Gross: $21.16M
a bloody story of survival, among friends and against friends when a flesh eating virus gets the better of them all.
48. Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009)
R | 86 min | Horror
A high school prom faces a deadly threat: a flesh-eating virus that spreads via a popular brand of bottled water.
Director: Ti West | Stars: Rider Strong, Noah Segan, Alexi Wasser, Rusty Kelley
Votes: 15,127
though wanders away from the survival-slasher it was before, the idea was only hinted in some scenes. More of a gross-out horror now.
49. Murder Loves Killers Too (2009)
Not Rated | 80 min | Horror, Thriller
The slasher movie gets molested in this wickedly funny horror-thriller from Writer/Director Drew Barnhardt. Fun is the order of the day. Big Stevie's brand of fun. "Murder Loves Killers Too" is an off-beat twisted treat for horror fans.
Director: Drew Barnhardt | Stars: Christine Haeberman, Allen Andrews, Mary LeGault, Scott Nadler
Votes: 538
a perfect example of SOV slashers done well.
50. ThanksKilling (2008)
Not Rated | 70 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
A homicidal turkey axes off college kids during Thanksgiving break.
Director: Jordan Downey | Stars: Wanda Lust, Natasha Cordova, Lindsey Anderson, Lance Predmore
Votes: 5,456
one hour? no problem! This campy bad-taste horror comedy about a killer turkey is fun as hell and gruesome as *beep*
51. Don't Look Now (1973)
R | 110 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A married couple grieving the recent death of their young daughter are in Venice when they encounter two elderly sisters, one of whom is psychic and brings a warning from beyond.
Director: Nicolas Roeg | Stars: Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason, Clelia Matania
Votes: 62,270 | Gross: $0.98M
a Giallo (grandfather slashers) from the UK, it's atmospheric, intriguing and twists a good mystery surrounding a girl in a red raincoat.
52. The Shortcut (2009)
PG-13 | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Two brothers come upon a rarely used shortcut in their new town.
Director: Nicholaus Goossen | Stars: Katrina Bowden, Jeremy Bastian, Cavan Cunningham, William B. Davis
Votes: 3,910
not too bad, not too good, an average slasher surrounding an urban legend around a small town about a cursed shortcut...or something like that.
53. Triangle (2009)
R | 99 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Five friends set sail and their yacht is overturned by a strange and sudden storm. A mysterious ship arrives to rescue them, and what happens next cannot be explained.
Director: Christopher Smith | Stars: Melissa George, Joshua McIvor, Jack Taylor, Michael Dorman
Votes: 129,612
"Timecrimes" in a boat, with larger bodycount.
54. Popcorn (1991)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Horror
A master of disguise deranged killer begins killing off the college students who are organizing a horror-movie marathon in an abandoned theater.
Directors: Mark Herrier, Alan Ormsby | Stars: Jill Schoelen, Tom Villard, Dee Wallace, Derek Rydall
Votes: 6,301 | Gross: $4.21M
Surprisingly, I love this film to death! it's a nice throwback to those good days of drive-ins and cheesy gimmicks.
55. Audition (1999)
R | 115 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki, Jun Kunimura
Votes: 89,120
it's not a slasher film, i know, but it's a good addition to the list since it's influenced by some slasher elements: the man-of-steel (in this case, a woman), home invasion murder (though unsuccessful) and a bit of giallo.
56. The People Under the Stairs (1991)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Two adults and a juvenile break into a house occupied by a brother and sister and their stolen children. There, they must fight for their lives.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Brandon Quintin Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, A.J. Langer
Votes: 39,594 | Gross: $24.20M
a Texas Chainsaw Massacre-esque thriller in a suburban home.
57. Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet (2009)
R | 83 min | Horror
A group of teenagers celebrating the anniversary of the death of a local axe murderer suddenly find themselves face to face with the realities of this haunting urban legend.
Director: Frank Sabatella | Stars: Bill Moseley, Danielle Harris, Nate Dushku, Samantha Siong
Votes: 2,458
a tribute to the 80s slashers. well made, good special effects and a nice villain/s
58. Sexy Killer: You'll Die for Her (2008)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A femme fatale fashionista at a trendy design school embarks on a brutal and bloody killing spree, while gleefully evading the hapless cops assigned to the murder cases.
Director: Miguel Martí | Stars: Macarena Gómez, Alejo Sauras, César Camino, Ángel de Andrés López
Votes: 1,639
a sexy serial killer tells us her story
59. Idle Hands (1999)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A teenage slacker's right hand becomes possessed with murderous intent.
Director: Rodman Flender | Stars: Devon Sawa, Seth Green, Elden Henson, Jessica Alba
Votes: 46,706 | Gross: $4.00M
a slacker met his match in a form of his own hand possessed by some evil force. Who will help him stop it? His two undead friends and a groovy demon hunter.
60. The House of the Devil (2009)
R | 95 min | Horror, Mystery
In 1983, financially struggling college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret, putting her life in mortal danger.
Director: Ti West | Stars: Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, Greta Gerwig
Votes: 51,190 | Gross: $0.10M
Slasher/Satanic Cult hybrid. a tribute to the Satanism genre in the 70s.
61. Crawlspace (1986)
R | 80 min | Horror, Thriller
A man who runs an apartment house for women is the demented son of a Nazi surgeon who has the house equipped with secret passageways, hidden rooms and torture and murder devices.
Director: David Schmoeller | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Talia Balsam, Barbara Whinnery, Carole Francis
Votes: 3,842
Klaus Kinski's Slasher about a German surgeon turned landlord stalks and creeps his young tenants. most of the kills are done offscreen, yet Kinski himself kept the movie from falling apart.
62. Death Ship (1980)
R | 91 min | Adventure, Horror, Mystery
A mysterious ghostly freighter rams and sinks a modern day cruise ship whose survivors climb aboard the freighter and discover that it is a World War II Nazi torture vessel.
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: George Kennedy, Richard Crenna, Nick Mancuso, Sally Ann Howes
Votes: 5,671
a haunted German warship torments and kills off the survivors of a shipwreck.
63. Small Town Folk (2007)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
There is a place... a place called Grockleton, wherein, high on a hill-top stands the lonely Beesley's Manor, governed by the villainous 'Landlord' and his lowly male counterparts (Pooch, ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Stanley-Ward | Stars: Chris Ryle Wright, Warwick Davis, Dan Palmer, Simon Stanley-Ward
Votes: 1,119
a weird and artistic slasher about a small town where everybody is a mad killer and none are taken lightly about outsiders.
64. Bloody Birthday (1981)
R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
Three children are born at the height of an eclipse of the sun. Ten years later, they begin to murder the people around them - even their family members.
Director: Ed Hunt | Stars: Lori Lethin, Melinda Cordell, Julie Brown, Joe Penny
Votes: 5,655
First of the killer kiddies to be made in the 80s. This movie sports a trio of kids born under an eclipse, who grew up homicidal.
65. Bloody Reunion (2006)
Not Rated | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Buried grudges have disasterous consequences for a class reunion in this unapologetically bloody film from Korean director Dae-wung Lim.
Director: Dae-wung Lim | Stars: Lee Dong-kyu, Seong-won Jang, Seol-ah Yu, Oh Mi-hee
Votes: 2,621
a Korean hybrid of slasher and torture porn, an amazing story of murder, guilt and revenge.
66. Vacancy (2007)
R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
A married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and finds hidden video cameras in their room. They soon realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.
Director: Nimród Antal | Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Luke Wilson, Frank Whaley, Ethan Embry
Votes: 107,297 | Gross: $19.36M
a Hitchcockian slasher about a bitter couple who finds themselves in a set of a snuff film business.
67. Deadly Dreams (1988)
R | 79 min | Horror, Thriller
From the director of the highly acclaimed "Body Chemistry," comes a frightening excursion into terror. Alex is caught in a web of distrust between his brother, his best friend, a beautiful ... See full summary »
Director: Kristine Peterson | Stars: Mitchell Anderson, Juliette Cummins, Xander Berkeley, Thom Babbes
Votes: 508
a clever murder-mystery about a young man's paranoia as he kept seeing the same wolf-masked killer that murdered his parents.
68. Babysitter Wanted (2008)
R | 93 min | Horror, Thriller
In a small college town, a young girl working on a babysitting job in a rural farm is terrorized throughout the night.
Directors: Jonas Barnes, Michael Manasseri | Stars: Tina Houtz, Sarah Thompson, Nana Visitor, Jillian Schmitz
Votes: 7,891
the usual babysitter slasher, with a twist
69. The Hills Run Red (2009 Video)
R | 81 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A group of young horror fans go searching for a film that mysteriously vanished years ago but instead find that the demented killer from the movie is real, and he's thrilled to meet fans who will die gruesomely for his art.
Director: Dave Parker | Stars: Sophie Monk, Tad Hilgenbrink, William Sadler, Janet Montgomery
Votes: 10,944
an average attempt to satire slashers, this, however, gave birth to another underrated killer "Babyface"
70. Destroyer (1988)
R | 98 min | Horror, Thriller
A prison riot breaks out at the moment of a serial murderer's execution by electrocution, 18 months later, a team of filmmakers converge on the prison to film a women-in-prison exploitation flick.
Director: Robert Kirk | Stars: Deborah Foreman, Clayton Rohner, Lyle Alzado, Anthony Perkins
Votes: 1,028
a bulky killer survives his execution, only to dwell in the prison turned movie set for a prison riot film.
71. Cornered! (2009)
R | 87 min | Horror
During their nightly poker game, a group of lowlifes are terrorized in their own convenience store by a masked killer.
Director: Daniel Maze | Stars: Steve Guttenberg, James Duval, Liz Nicole Abrams, Peter Story
Votes: 1,373
this generation's "Intruder(1989)", however, it's a little downgraded. Still worth watching, though.
72. The Loved Ones (2009)
R | 84 min | Crime, Horror
When Brent turns down his classmate Lola's invitation to the prom, she concocts a wildly violent plan for revenge.
Director: Sean Byrne | Stars: Xavier Samuel, Robin McLeavy, John Brumpton, Richard Wilson
Votes: 44,014
Australia's answer to slasher and torture porn.
73. Peopletoys (1974)
R | 88 min | Horror
After five deranged children are involved in a bus wreck they start killing people at the lodge who insulted them or were rude to them.
Directors: Sean MacGregor, David Sheldon | Stars: Sorrell Booke, Gene Evans, Taylor Lacher, Joan McCall
Votes: 1,893
the forerunner to the killer kid genre.
74. Pieces (1982)
Not Rated | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The co-eds of a Boston college campus are targeted by a mysterious killer who is creating a human jigsaw puzzle from their body parts.
Director: Juan Piquer Simón | Stars: Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Frank Braña, Edmund Purdom
Votes: 12,794 | Gross: $2.03M
the so-bad-its-good slasher from Spain.
75. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
R | 116 min | Drama, Horror, Musical
The legendary tale of a barber who returns from wrongful imprisonment to 1840s London, bent on revenge for the rape and death of his wife, and resumes his trade while forming a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall
Votes: 386,725 | Gross: $52.90M
a slasher/serial killer musical about an avenging mad barber and his accomplice.
76. Hell Night (1981)
R | 101 min | Horror, Thriller
Four college pledges are forced to spend the night in a deserted old mansion, where they are stalked by the monstrous survivor of a family massacre years earlier.
Director: Tom DeSimone | Stars: Linda Blair, Vincent Van Patten, Peter Barton, Kevin Brophy
Votes: 8,753
Linda Blair's slasher about a group being initiated inside a mansion, only to find themselves not alone.
77. Motel Hell (1980)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
A seemingly friendly farmer and his sister kidnap unsuspecting travelers and bury them alive, using them to create the "special meat" they are famous for.
Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Paul Linke, Nancy Parsons, Nina Axelrod
Votes: 13,599 | Gross: $6.34M
very little on the killing, in fact, it's more of a black comedy than a slasher.
78. Slash (2002)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
A rock band gets stuck on a haunted farm while visiting their lead singer's family.
Director: Neal Sundstrom | Stars: Adam Woolf, Danny Keogh, Milan Murray, Guy Raphaely
Votes: 1,653
an okay slasher, to be honest. could had been worse.
79. Murder Party (2007)
Not Rated | 79 min | Comedy, Horror
A random invitation to a Halloween party leads a man into the hands of a rogue collective intent on murdering him for the sake of their art, sparking a bloodbath of mishap, mayhem and hilarity.
Director: Jeremy Saulnier | Stars: Chris Sharp, Kate Porterfield, Tess Porterfield Lovell, Puff Snooty
Votes: 12,292
a funny take on the slasher genre, spends the first hour talking and joking around before the real mayhem starts.
80. Sorority Row (2009)
R | 101 min | Horror, Mystery
A group of sorority sisters try to cover up the death of their house-sister after a prank gone wrong, only to be stalked by a serial killer.
Director: Stewart Hendler | Stars: Briana Evigan, Rumer Willis, Carrie Fisher, Teri Andrez
Votes: 32,390 | Gross: $11.96M
I like to see this as a stand-alone movie rather than a remake.
81. Art of the Devil II (2005)
100 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A group of high school friends reunite after two years when one of their fathers' committed suicide. They all spend the night at their friend's place. When darkness falls, strange things ... See full summary »
Directors: Pasith Buranajan, Kome Kongkiat Komesiri, Isara Nadee, Seree Phongnithi, Yosapong Polsap, Putipong Saisikaew, Art Thamthrakul | Stars: Napakpapha Nakprasitte, Hataiwan Ngamsukonpusit, Akarin Siwapornpitak, Chanida Suriyakompon
Votes: 1,686
the sequel to the supernatural revenge flick, this one, however, added the teen kill to it's idea and we have teenagers getting offed by curses.
82. Happy Hell Night (1991)
Not Rated | 87 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A fraternity-hazing prank goes terribly wrong and a psychotic killer is set loose. Now a relentless evil has been unleashed, and the coeds of Winfield College will face the bloody horror of HAPPY HELL NIGHT.
Director: Brian Owens | Stars: Larry Robinson, Lisa Nichols, Sam Rockwell, Irfan Mensur
Votes: 1,242
a demon in disguised as a priest rampages through a party, hacking people to death with a pickaxe.
83. Scalps (1983)
R | 82 min | Horror
A group of archeological students venture on Indian land for a dig. Unfortunately, they release an evil spirit who possesses one of them and starts killing the others.
Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Jo-Ann Robinson, Richard Hench, Roger Maycock, Frank McDonald
Votes: 1,560
another "Native-American-curse" slasher that's full of splatter
84. House of Wax (2005)
R | 113 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of teens are unwittingly stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra | Stars: Chad Michael Murray, Paris Hilton, Elisha Cuthbert, Brian Van Holt
Votes: 133,884 | Gross: $32.06M
the gory slasher "remake" of a classic mystery flick...with Vincent Price.
85. Red Velvet (2008)
Not Rated | 87 min | Horror
A man and a young woman have a chance encounter at a laundromat which leads to a story about a birthday party where everyone has been killed by a madman in a white jumpsuit.
Director: Bruce Dickson | Stars: Henry Thomas, Kelli Garner, Forrest J. Ackerman, Natalia Baron
Votes: 646
a really weird slasher about a guy in a white jump suit offing people before taking their pictures using a polaroid.
86. Toolbox Murders (2004)
R | 95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A historic Hollywood hotel houses a supernatural evil. It's been subdued for decades, but when renovations start, a series of murders take place.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Angela Bettis, Brent Roam, Marco Rodríguez, Rance Howard
Votes: 8,778
Tobe Hooper's masterpiece of a remake.
87. The Last House on the Left (2009)
R | 110 min | Horror, Thriller
After kidnapping and brutally assaulting two young women, a gang unknowingly finds refuge at a vacation home belonging to the parents of one of the victims: a mother and father who devise an increasingly gruesome series of revenge tactics.
Director: Dennis Iliadis | Stars: Garret Dillahunt, Monica Potter, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Bowen
Votes: 100,270 | Gross: $32.75M
I saw the original, but it's more of an exploitation than a slasher. This, however, widens the kills and made it more gruesome.
88. Dolls (1986)
R | 77 min | Horror
A dysfunctional family of three stop by a mansion during a storm -- father, stepmother, and child. The child discovers that the elderly owners are magical toy makers and have a haunted collection of dolls.
Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Ian Patrick Williams, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Carrie Lorraine, Guy Rolfe
Votes: 12,822
a forerunner to the killer doll genre.
89. Basket Case (1982)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Horror
A young man carrying a big basket that contains his extremely deformed, formerly conjoined twin brother seeks vengeance on the doctors who separated them against their will.
Director: Frank Henenlotter | Stars: Kevin VanHentenryck, Terri Susan Smith, Beverly Bonner, Robert Vogel
Votes: 21,646
a sleazy slasher film about a "conjoined-twin" brothers exacting their revenge on the doctors who separated them at birth.
90. The Slayer (1982)
R | 90 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Two couples become stranded on a rugged isle, and are haunted by a supernatural beast, drawn to the wife of one of the couples, who dreams of its killings.
Director: J.S. Cardone | Stars: Sarah Kendall, Frederick Flynn, Carol Kottenbrook, Alan McRae
Votes: 3,037
a supernatural slasher about an unseen creature haunting a woman in her dreams. But after going to an isolated island to calm herself, she finds it's all too real.
91. Meat Grinder (2009)
TV-14 | 92 min | Horror
A poverty stricken woman starts a restaurant where she slaughters people and serves up human flesh, cut from her victims.
Director: Tiwa Moeithaisong | Stars: Mai Charoenpura, Rattanaballang Tohssawat, Wiradit Srimalai, Atitaya Shindejanichakul
Votes: 1,080
a Thailand slasher/torture porn about cannibalism and a dysfunctional family
92. Intruder (2008 Video)
10 min | Short, Crime, Thriller
The difference between right and wrong isn't always black and white.
Director: Brian Spillane | Stars: Adam DeAngelis, Jeffrey Krueger, Jodi Miller
Another well made DTV slasher, however less paced and more of a throwback to the 80s slashers.
This is the reason why I always list down Intruder 1989 as "Nightcrew: the Final Checkout"
93. Nightmare (1981)
R | 97 min | Horror
A mental patient embarks on a murder spree upon escaping from an institution.
Director: Romano Scavolini | Stars: Baird Stafford, Sharon Smith, C.J. Cooke, Mik Cribben
Votes: 4,428
a weird sleazy slasher flick about a man let out thinking an experimental drug to suppress his dementia worked. Sadly it did not...
94. Summer School (2006)
Not Rated | 89 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
Charlie is a teenage horror buff and even runs his own movie review website.
Directors: Lance Hendrickson, Troy McCall, Mike P. Nelson, Steven Rhoden, Ben Trandem | Stars: Simon Wallace, Amy Cocchiarella, Tony D. Czech, Lance Hendrickson
Votes: 346
a nice little stab at us amateur horror reviewers. What would happen if our brain isn't that used to all the horror we see? This might.
95. Ghosthouse (1988)
Not Rated | 95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Visions of a deceased girl and her doll bring doom to the visitors of a deserted house.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Lara Wendel, Greg Rhodes, Mary Sellers, Ron Houck
Votes: 2,947
an evil clown doll? acid pit from hell? necks being slashed by electric fans? oh my...
96. Devil (2010)
PG-13 | 80 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A group of people are trapped in an elevator and the Devil is mysteriously amongst them.
Director: John Erick Dowdle | Stars: Chris Messina, Caroline Dhavernas, Bokeem Woodbine, Logan Marshall-Green
Votes: 156,843 | Gross: $33.58M
a murder mystery involving something killing off a band of people stuck in an elevator, as well as those who're trying to save them.
97. Strange Behavior (1981)
R | 87 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A scientist is experimenting with teenagers and turning them into murderers.
Director: Michael Laughlin | Stars: Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher, Dan Shor, Fiona Lewis
Votes: 2,407
a nicely made murder mystery involving a bunch of teenagers influenced into killing by an unknown force.
98. Spirit Camp (2009)
96 min | Comedy, Horror
When a street smart "goth girl" (Roxy Vandiver) is forced to attend cheerleader camp as part of her rehabilitation from a juvenile correction facility, she clashes with the "popular girls,"... See full summary »
Director: Kerry Beyer | Stars: Roxy Vandiver, Julin, Brandon Smith, Megan Moser
Votes: 710
a decently made DTV slasher. A little low-budgeted, yet sill fun to watch.
99. Nightmare Detective (2006)
Unrated | 106 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
Three people in Tokyo take a surreal voyage of self-discovery through memory and nightmares. "O" intends suicide while talking on a cell-phone with a stranger he meets on line who plans a ... See full summary »
Director: Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Stars: Ryûhei Matsuda, Hitomi, Masanobu Andô, Ren Ôsugi
Votes: 2,751
a moody murder mystery from Japan with visceral horror.
100. Black Devil Doll (2007)
73 min | Comedy, Horror
A young, buxom teen vixen finds herself hurled into an odyssey of forbidden sex and unspeakable violence after an innocent evening dabbling in the occult. What started as a simple child's ... See full summary »
Director: Jonathan Louis Lewis | Stars: Jonathan Louis Lewis, Chris Lewis, Minh Bao, The Brick
Votes: 1,108
a very erotic (nearly pornograhic) slasher flick about a killer puppet and his cum-pletly evil plans.
REALLY FOR MATURE AUDIENCES.
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