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Genre: Slasher

Masked killers, final girls, and body counts with rules. Slasher reviews covering the icons, the imitators, and the ones that still actually scare.

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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. Black Christmas is Bob Clark's 1974 Canadian horror film depicting a sorority house during Christmas break terrorized by an…

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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. Sellier Jr.'s 1984 American slasher film depicting a young man traumatized by witnessing his parents' murder by…

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Psycho (1960)

Hitchcock's adaptation of Robert Bloch's novel about a woman who steals from her employer and stops at the wrong motel. Psycho is Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 American horror-thriller adapted from Robert Bloch's 1959 novel, depicting a Phoenix real-estate secretary who steals…

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Friday the 13th (1980)

Counselors at a summer camp reopening after a drowning tragedy are stalked and killed by an unseen attacker. Cunningham's 1980 American slasher film depicting counselors at a summer camp reopening after a child's drowning tragedy who are stalked and killed…

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Scream (1996)

Wes Craven directs the meta slasher about a high school targeted by a killer in a Ghostface mask who knows horror conventions. Scream is Wes Craven's 1996 American slasher film depicting a high school targeted by a killer in a…

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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. Cheerleader Camp is John Quinn's 1988 American slasher film depicting a high school cheerleading squad attending…

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