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BW's top ten slashers

by Bloodwank • Created 13 years ago • Modified 13 years ago
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  • StageFright (1987)

    1. StageFright

    19871h 30mUnrated
    6.6 (10K)
    A group of stage actors lock themselves in the theater for a rehearsal of their upcoming musical production, unaware that an escaped psychopath has sneaked into the theater with them.
    DirectorMichele SoaviStarsDavid BrandonRichard BarkeleyBarbara Cupisti
    A wedding of slasher and theatre, turning convention into bloody art (the killer's final tableaux). Also it has the best killers mask ever
  • Black Christmas (1974)

    2. Black Christmas

    19741h 38mR65Metascore
    7.1 (53K)
    During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.
    DirectorBob ClarkStarsOlivia HusseyKeir DulleaMargot Kidder
    Killer and his actions are enigmatic and creepy as f#ck, and spiking into well observed, engaging and funny character life
  • Dream Home (2010)

    3. Dream Home

    20101h 36mNot Rated
    6.6 (6.1K)
    Cheng Li-sheung is a young, upwardly mobile professional finally ready to invest in her first home. But when the deal falls through, she is forced to keep her dream alive - even if it means keeping her would-be neighbors dead.
    DirectorHo-Cheung PangStarsJosie HoChing WongHelen To
    Fabulously brutal violence, delivered with humour and bound in real pathos and biting commentary. Also very well shot.
  • Pieces (1982)

    4. Pieces

    19821h 25mNot Rated68Metascore
    6.0 (14K)
    The co-eds of a Boston college campus are targeted by a mysterious killer who is creating a human jigsaw puzzle from their body parts.
    DirectorJuan Piquer SimónStarsChristopher GeorgeLynda Day GeorgeFrank Braña
    Nothing normal in this one. Sometimes a straining to normality, but then the grisly murders or general lunacy takes over. Hugely entertaining
  • The Prowler (1981)

    5. The Prowler

    19811h 29mR45Metascore
    5.9 (14K)
    An unknown killer, clad in World War II U.S. Army fatigues, stalks a small California town, bent on reliving a 35 year-old double murder by focusing on a group of college kids holding an annual graduation dance.
    DirectorJoseph ZitoStarsVicky DawsonChristopher GoutmanLawrence Tierney
    Relentlessly, oppressively dark. Basically just a vehicle for grisly slaughter, but the slaughter is terrific and the gloom unrelenting
  • Intruder (1989)

    6. Intruder

    19891h 23mR
    6.1 (13K)
    The overnight stock crew of a local supermarket find themselves being stalked and slashed by a mysterious maniac.
    DirectorScott SpiegelStarsLiz KernRenée EstevezDan Hicks
    Nicely handled atmosphere meets crazed camera work and even crazier gore. A true mindless classic
  • George Kennedy, John Hunsaker, and Jamie Rose in Just Before Dawn (1981)

    7. Just Before Dawn

    19811h 30mR
    6.0 (7.6K)
    Five young people venture into the backwoods of Oregon to claim a property, and find themselves being stalked by a hulking, machete-wielding psychopath.
    DirectorJeff LiebermanStarsGeorge KennedyMike KellinChris Lemmon
    Amazingly evocative take on wilderness horror, likable characters, great photography and potent suspense make a classic
  • Madman (1981)

    8. Madman

    19811h 28mR
    5.1 (7.4K)
    A legendary psychopathic murderer stalks a summer camp.
    DirectorJoe GiannoneStarsGaylen RossTony NunziataHarriet Bass
    Menacing killer, great twilight cinematography and awesome score plus nicely handled deaths = traditionalist winner
  • The Redeemer: Son of Satan! (1978)

    9. The Redeemer: Son of Satan!

    19781h 24mR
    5.1 (1.2K)
    Six people are trapped within the confines of their old high school during their 10th high school reunion with a psychotic, masked preacher who kills them off for their sinful lives they have made for themselves.
    DirectorConstantine S. GochisStarsJerry LazarusJeannetta ArnetteNick Carter
    Disturbing connotations leading to unsettling offbeat atmosphere, add chilling leftfield kills and there's a winner
  • Halloween (1978)

    10. Halloween

    19781h 31mR90Metascore
    7.7 (326K)
    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.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsDonald PleasenceJamie Lee CurtisTony Moran
    For all ill it spawned just a great fun piece of work, sublimely constructed with a sense of pure fun beyond its "iconic" shocks.

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