Slasher Films, a list by Michael Mcdermott

7.7

/335395/

75

/11170/

75

/6016/

3.8

/1022456/

97

/92/

89

/15062/

91

/21/

4.0

age 16+

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.

82

8.1

/991418/

80

/28303/

76

/14171/

3.9

/892563/

90

/130/

89

/19864/

84

/21/

age 15+

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

80

7.8

/910426/

76

/35096/

77

/11496/

4.0

/3590226/

85

/527/

87

/9068/

72

/68/

3.5

age 14+

In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.

80

7.8

/261198/

78

/7924/

77

/5036/

4.0

/543097/

91

/80/

90

/6656/

75

/23/

3.0

age 17+

After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she holds him captive in her remote Colorado home and forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.

79

7.3

/404076/

72

/9833/

71

/6192/

3.5

/468118/

86

/231/

81

/64750/

83

/39/

4.0

age 16+

The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.

79

7.3

/115059/

73

/3820/

74

/3114/

3.9

/523745/

94

/64/

83

/3123/

79

/11/

An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.

78

7.4

/287731/

74

/10216/

73

/5549/

3.7

/726673/

94

/70/

84

/16347/

76

/12/

age 17+

Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...

76

6.9

/254699/

70

/13013/

75

/5594/

3.3

/1336738/

81

/272/

88

/1722/

65

/38/

4.0

age 16+

Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.

76

6.8

/384649/

70

/18758/

70

/7858/

3.6

/2122416/

93

/553/

61

/5322/

81

/56/

4.0

age 16+

Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.

76

7.5

/196115/

72

/2996/

69

/1813/

3.7

/84600/

84

/194/

87

/24531/

77

/36/

Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who kills young women with modified vehicles. It is presented as a double feature with fictitious exploitation trailers preceding each segment.

76

7.5

/207086/

77

/9293/

74

/3013/

3.7

/195991/

86

/116/

85

/2947/

65

/23/

3.0

age 17+

Two hillbillies are suspected of being killers by a group of paranoid college kids camping near the duo's West Virginian cabin. As the body count climbs, so does the fear and confusion as the college kids try to seek revenge against the pair.

75

7.0

/154887/

71

/7573/

72

/2423/

3.7

/1831202/

93

/218/

83

/195/

76

/39/

2.5

age 17+

Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions collide.

75

7.4

/435909/

75

/15461/

74

/7613/

4.0

/1935109/

78

/130/

80

/15581/

66

/25/

3.0

age 16+

A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.

75

7.0

/43841/

67

/1292/

67

/759/

3.5

/62650/

89

/66/

71

/937/

80

/22/

3.5

Arriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer.

75

7.4

/208807/

72

/5984/

73

/3668/

3.8

/821671/

84

/90/

82

/7269/

92

/18/

2.0

age 16+

Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.

74

7.6

/819557/

75

/24862/

74

/11864/

3.8

/3343798/

68

/249/

85

/19488/

64

/35/

3.0

age 18+

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.

73

6.5

/220226/

65

/10375/

67

/3781/

3.4

/1602072/

94

/230/

76

/303/

80

/35/

3.0

age 17+

In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.

73

7.0

/55388/

69

/1412/

69

/1072/

3.6

/112995/

83

/60/

74

/578/

74

/16/

3.0

After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing her only witness.

73

7.0

/485219/

72

/19292/

66

/8319/

3.4

/822629/

92

/291/

74

/13124/

72

/40/

3.0

age 17+

Five friends set out for a weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, expecting nothing more than fun and relaxation. As night falls, they discover that something far more unsettling is at work and that nothing about their getaway is what it seems.

72

6.6

/74278/

70

/4955/

70

/1922/

3.3

/461666/

89

/99/

75

/272/

68

/15/

3.0

age 17+

In 1666, a colonial town is gripped by a hysterical witch-hunt that has deadly consequences for centuries to come, and it's up to teenagers in 1994 to finally put an end to their town's curse, before it's too late.

73

72

6.9

/13855/

68

/361/

67

/303/

3.7

/34067/

90

/40/

76

/426/

68

/9/

A young man, convinced he's a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a small Pennsylvanian town, where he tries to suppress his bloodlust.

72

6.8

/44191/

68

/1212/

68

/879/

3.8

/102651/

78

/41/

65

/472/

69

/18/

3.5

After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies a gorgeous woman dancing in her window. But when he witnesses the girl's murder, it leads Scully through the netherworld of the adult entertainment industry on a search for answers—with porn actress Holly Body as his guide.

71

6.0

/26367/

62

/2079/

59

/376/

3.1

/135478/

87

/147/

85

/400/

67

/34/

3.5

age 15+

Seven black friends go away for the weekend, only to find themselves trapped in a cabin with a killer who has a vendetta. They must pit their street smarts and knowledge of horror movies against the murderer to stay alive.

71

6.3

/178561/

66

/12005/

70

/4610/

2.7

/800945/

93

/319/

78

/1722/

72

/55/

3.0

age 14+

A brilliant toy company roboticist uses artificial intelligence to develop M3GAN, a life-like doll programmed to emotionally bond with her newly orphaned niece. But when the doll's programming works too well, she becomes overprotective of her new friend with terrifying results.

71

6.6

/43918/

67

/1031/

65

/681/

3.6

/121188/

70

/71/

75

/1789/

58

/18/

4.0

A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands.

71

7.1

/55649/

70

/1809/

69

/914/

3.8

/210026/

71

/45/

76

/1588/

65

/9/

As the residents of the Pi Kappa Sigma sorority house prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to harass them with a series of obscene phone calls.

75

71

6.7

/113752/

70

/4128/

69

/2015/

3.4

/235285/

82

/38/

99

/26/

age 16+

Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank, and a bitter old recluse receives an uninvited guest.

70

6.5

/67399/

67

/3938/

68

/1036/

3.1

/361684/

85

/110/

76

/318/

62

/17/

3.0

age 15+

When the infamous "Sweet Sixteen Killer" returns 35 years after his first murder spree to claim another victim, 17-year-old Jamie accidentally travels back in time to 1987, determined to stop the killer before he can start.

70

6.3

/80556/

66

/5276/

65

/1765/

3.1

/231343/

84

/252/

80

/266/

67

/39/

3.0

age 16+

A mystical, ancient dagger causes a notorious serial killer to magically switch bodies with a 17-year-old girl.

70

6.5

/48961/

66

/3215/

65

/1054/

3.2

/208370/

98

/98/

71

/357/

73

/7/

2.5

age 15+

Six friends hire a medium to hold a séance via Zoom during lockdown — but they get far more than they bargained for as things quickly go wrong. When an evil spirit starts invading their homes, they begin to realise they might not survive the night.

70

6.7

/8198/

66

/214/

64

/150/

3.5

/13440/

85

/26/

66

/121/

3.0

When a mute makeup/special effects artist working on a low-budget slasher film gets locked in a dilapidated Moscow movie studio late one night, she thinks she witnesses the making of a snuff film. Thus begins a night of terror.

70

6.6

/81115/

67

/1990/

65

/1290/

3.2

/48554/

74

/116/

66

/2213/

75

/31/

3.5

Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer.

70

7.3

/288801/

73

/7818/

71

/4176/

3.4

/187034/

63

/168/

75

/6722/

64

/34/

3.0

age 18+

Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.

70

6.6

/167569/

69

/8074/

67

/4744/

3.2

/457259/

92

/48/

73

/985/

67

/7/

2.5

age 17+

A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.

69

6.4

/146001/

67

/7545/

69

/2977/

3.4

/814380/

77

/316/

90

/1522/

61

/53/

2.5

age 16+

Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.

69

7.0

/331093/

70

/8372/

68

/5456/

3.6

/431378/

67

/45/

71

/21115/

age 18+

Austin's hottest DJ, Jungle Julia, sets out into the night to unwind with her two friends Shanna and Arlene. Covertly tracking their moves is Stuntman Mike, a scarred rebel leering from behind the wheel of his muscle car, revving just feet away.

69

6.3

/181996/

65

/9540/

66

/3662/

3.2

/836581/

76

/300/

82

/1630/

60

/49/

3.0

age 16+

Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.

69

6.7

/88885/

71

/5540/

71

/2141/

3.5

/552527/

88

/109/

81

/318/

61

/16/

2.0

age 17+

In 1978, two rival groups at Camp Nightwing must band together to solve a terrifying mystery when horrors from their towns' history come alive.

69

5.9

/82344/

61

/4968/

60

/1701/

3.0

/318126/

84

/335/

72

/1272/

72

/54/

3.5

age 16+

A Chicago artist's sanity starts to unravel, unleashing a terrifying wave of violence when he begins to explore the macabre history of the Candyman.

69

6.7

/26878/

67

/983/

64

/490/

3.4

/36407/

76

/41/

74

/1776/

66

/14/

age 17+

The next great psycho horror slasher has given a documentary crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the sleepy town of Glen Echo, all the while deconstructing the conventions and archetypes of the horror genre for them.

69

6.7

/108504/

69

/3836/

66

/1738/

3.7

/254941/

79

/82/

64

/3012/

61

/15/

3.0

age 16+

The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.

69

6.9

/146025/

71

/6300/

69

/2857/

3.3

/166844/

78

/37/

66

/1898/

When Jess sets sail on a yacht with a group of friends, she cannot shake the feeling that there is something wrong.

68

6.0

/34286/

62

/2206/

63

/421/

2.8

/230664/

78

/180/

76

/592/

61

/28/

3.5

age 16+

When the "Heart Eyes Killer" strikes Seattle, a pair of co-workers pulling overtime on Valentine's Day are mistaken for a couple by the elusive couple-hunting killer. Now, they must spend the most romantic night of the year running for their lives.

68

6.1

/44826/

63

/3275/

67

/800/

3.1

/403652/

72

/191/

83

/1091/

61

/37/

3.0

age 16+

Four years after escaping The Grabber, Finney Blake is struggling with his life after captivity. When his sister Gwen begins receiving calls in her dreams from the black phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp, the siblings become determined to solve the mystery and confront a killer who has grown more powerful in death and more significant to them than either could imagine.

68

6.2

/78804/

64

/4307/

64

/1488/

2.9

/366005/

83

/150/

77

/300/

63

/34/

3.0

age 17+

After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts - the birthplace of the holiday. Picking off residents one by one, what begins as random revenge killings are soon revealed to be part of a larger, sinister holiday plan.

68

6.2

/108222/

67

/6622/

66

/2546/

3.1

/639668/

84

/116/

63

/575/

67

/20/

3.0

age 17+

After a series of brutal slayings, a teen and her friends take on an evil force that's plagued their notorious town for centuries.

68

6.4

/69072/

66

/2557/

64

/1529/

3.3

/112854/

78

/49/

67

/2328/

64

/21/

3.0

A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?

67

6.1

/9451/

63

/689/

62

/167/

3.1

/32420/

96

/75/

63

/56/