Genre: Slasher
Slasher horror runs on the stalk and the kill — a relentless killer, a dwindling group, and the bloody arithmetic of who survives.
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Black Christmas (1974)
A sorority house is terrorized by an unseen caller during Christmas break, in the proto-slasher that preceded Halloween by four years. -
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
A traumatized young man dons a Santa suit and goes on a killing spree, in the controversial slasher that protested over its release. -
Psycho (1960)
Hitchcock's adaptation of Robert Bloch's novel about a woman who steals from her employer and stops at the wrong motel. -
Friday the 13th (1980)
Counselors at a summer camp reopening after a drowning tragedy are stalked and killed by an unseen attacker. -
Scream (1996)
Wes Craven directs the meta slasher about a high school targeted by a killer in a Ghostface mask who knows horror conventions. -
Cheerleader Camp (1988)
John Quinn's 1988 American slasher film about a high school cheerleading squad attending a competitive summer camp where members are murdered one by one. Betsy Russell stars as the troubled lead in the canonical 1980s cheerleader-slasher entry.