Best Slasher

Wes Craven's 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' introduced Freddy Krueger, a terrifying dream demon who stalks and kills teenagers in their sleep. The film masterfully blends slasher elements with psychologi...

While American Horror Story is an anthology, the '1984' season is a love letter to the golden age of slasher cinema. Set at a summer camp, it perfectly captures the aesthetic of Friday the 13th and Sl...

Happy Death Day is a fun, high-concept slasher that uses the 'Groundhog Day' time-loop premise to great effect. A college student must relive the day of her murder over and over until she can identify...

A razor-sharp satire of Gen-Z culture, set during a hurricane party at a remote mansion. When a party game goes wrong and a body turns up, the friends turn on each other, revealing deep-seated insecur...

Higurashi When They Cry is a complex, multi-layered mystery horror series set in the rural village of Hinamizawa. The story follows a group of friends who become entangled in a series of gruesome murd...

Hush is a taut, inventive home-invasion thriller about a deaf writer who lives in isolation and must fight for her life when a masked killer appears at her window. By removing the protagonist's abilit...

Based on the iconic film franchise, this series brings the meta-commentary and masked killer thrills to a modern television format. It follows a group of teenagers in a small town haunted by a dark pa...

James Wan's 'Malignant' is a refreshingly original and inventive horror film. The story follows Madison, who is plagued by disturbing visions and discovers a shocking connection to a series of murders...

Ti West's X (2022) is a stylish and brutal slasher film set in 1979, following a group of young filmmakers who set out to make an adult film in rural Texas. The film pays homage to classic exploitatio...

Another is a chilling supernatural mystery set in a middle school classroom cursed by a tragic death from the past. Students and their families begin dying in gruesome, inexplicable accidents. The sto...

Chucky brings the legendary killer doll to television, expanding the lore of the Child's Play franchise. It perfectly balances the series' signature dark humor with genuine slasher violence. The show...

Dead of Summer is a supernatural slasher set at a summer camp in the 1980s. It blends traditional slasher tropes with occult mystery, creating a unique atmosphere that feels like a darker, more seriou...

Freaky is a clever body-swap slasher that sees a high school girl switch bodies with a notorious serial killer. The film is a fun, energetic take on the slasher genre, featuring great performances by...

Fear Street Part One: 1994 is a love letter to 90s slasher cinema, following a group of teenagers who discover that the terrifying events plaguing their town are connected to a centuries-old curse. Th...

Scary Movie is the film that defined the 'spoof' genre for a generation. By targeting the slasher movie boom of the late 90s, particularly 'Scream' and 'I Know What You Did Last Summer', it created a...

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon is a clever mockumentary that follows an aspiring slasher as he prepares to become a horror icon. The film satirizes slasher tropes while offering a surprisi...

Happy Death Day is a clever, fun slasher that combines the genre with the time-loop premise of Groundhog Day. A college student must relive the day of her murder over and over until she can identify h...

Scream Queens is a satirical take on the slasher genre, created by Ryan Murphy. It follows a sorority house plagued by a serial killer known as the Red Devil. The show is intentionally over-the-top, f...

This modern reimagining of the classic slasher premise updates the story for the social media age. It follows a group of friends who are stalked by a killer one year after a fatal accident on their gr...

Dwyane Wade was one of the most explosive slashers in NBA history. His ability to get to the rim and finish through contact made him a nightmare for defenders. As a three-time champion with the Miami...

Death Bell is a high-stakes slasher film set in a high school where students are forced to solve deadly riddles to survive. As the clock ticks down, the students must uncover the truth behind the kill...

The Babysitter is a high-energy, gory, and hilarious comedy-horror film about a young boy who discovers that his babysitter is part of a satanic cult. The film is a wild ride that doesn't take itself...

Renny Hartman's 'My Bloody Valentine' is a brutal and gory slasher film centered around a series of Valentine's Day killings in a small mining town. The film's practical effects and relentless pacing...

A continuation of the iconic Evil Dead film franchise, this series follows an aging Ash Williams as he once again battles the Deadites. It is a gore-filled, hilarious, and high-energy show that perfec...

The Friday the 13th franchise, beginning in 1980, is a cornerstone of the slasher horror genre. The films follow the vengeful spirit of Jason Voorhees as he terrorizes Camp Crystal Lake. While the fra...

Ghostrunner is a fast-paced, first-person slasher game set in a cyberpunk megastructure. Players take on the role of a cybernetically enhanced ninja, tasked with eliminating a tyrannical ruler. The ga...

Until Dawn is a choice-driven horror game inspired by teen slasher films. Players control a group of teenagers trapped in a remote mountain cabin, stalked by a mysterious killer. The games branching n...

Ten strangers are stranded at a remote motel during a rainstorm and are killed off one by one. This film is a fast-paced, high-concept thriller that blends the slasher genre with a complex psychologic...

Wes Cravens 'Scream' revitalized the slasher genre in the 90s by being self-aware and meta. It follows a group of high schoolers being hunted by a masked killer who uses horror movie tropes against th...