slasher movies
Motel Hell is a Smart, Satirical Horror Movie
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is the quintessential barbecue horror movie, if such a thing exists. It may even be surprising to learn that there are others, but Texas is a benchmark in the wide spectru...
How Halloween II Was Shaped by the Early Slashers
While Halloween II is consistent with the first and is overall a very similar film, it was made in a completely different climate and that surely has an effect on the movie itself. This was made the s...
Horror Logic: Run Upstairs, Get Naked And Keep Filming
Horror logic dictates we should run upstairs instead of out the front door. Horror logic assures us that entering the murky swamp/darkened house/pitch-black basement is the best and only option availa...
Seven Surprisingly Mean-Spirited Classic Slashers
For the most part, slashers are fun popcorn horror movies. We’re not meant to think too deeply about them. We’re not really meant to mourn for the passing of these characters, we’re just along for the...
How Halloween 4 Saved the Franchise
When John Carpenter’s Halloween was released, it was the most successful independent film of all time. It held that record for many years. The success didn’t happen right away, though. It made no mone...
How The Burning Beat Friday the 13th At its Own Game
After the success of Halloween, Sean Cunningham—in attempt to recreate that success—directed Friday the 13th. From there, the slasher craze of the early 1980’s was born. Movies like Terror Train, Prom...
Don’t Wanna Dream No More: How A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 Empowered the Slasher Genre
The slasher genre has always fallen under a critical eye for showcasing the deaths of teenagers as gratuitous fun. They are generalized as having no characterization and no depth of any kind. The char...
Strangest Things That Almost Happened in Freddy vs. Jason
Freddy vs. Jason is a movie famous for the incredible amount of time that it took to get made. It was first brought up in the mid-1980’s, around the time that the second Nightmare on Elm Street ...
How Maniac Explores Murder from a Killer’s Perspective
William Lustig’s Maniac is a disturbing movie. There are gorier films out there, to be sure, and there are films that went further in terms of violent extremes. But Maniac still feels like one of the...
