Blood Feast (1963)

Blood Feast (1963)

[2] Herschell Gordon Lewis earned the title 'godfather of gore' because of this film, the first widely distributed movie to feature excessive blood and bodily mutilation. Its novelty with young drive-in audiences was so strong, that it allowed Lewis to…
Scream (2022)

Scream (2022)

[6] I like all the Scream movies, and I'm happy to say that trend continues with this fifth entry in the franchise. Not that the fuel tank isn't getting low. While the original movie marries an inspired script with tight…
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)

Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)

[6] The body count continues at Camp Crystal Lake, as a new batch of teenaged camp counselors gather at a neighboring campsite and learn about the legend of Jason Voorhees -- the little boy who drowned in the lake when…
Friday the 13th (1980)

Friday the 13th (1980)

[7] Producer/director Sean S. Cunningham admits Friday the 13th was a post-Halloween cash grab, but slasher fans decided there was plenty of room in the world for more than one killer franchise. All Cunningham needed was a great title that…
Peeping Tom (1960)

Peeping Tom (1960)

[7] Michael Powell (The Red Shoes) directs this British giallo flick about a photographer whose ghastly hobby is stalking young women and filming their expressions as he murders them. You could say that Peeping Tom is an early slasher film,…
Prom Night (1980)

Prom Night (1980)

[5] A masked killer stalks four teenagers at the prom, six years after they accidentally killed a fellow classmate. Prom Night is part of the slasher boom of the late '70s and early '80s. Jamie Lee Curtis stars as the…
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)

[7] Freddy's franchise continues with this installment directed by Stephen Hopkins (The Ghost and the Darkness, Predator 2). Alice (returning player Lisa Wilcox) is pregnant, and Freddy (Robert Englund) finds a way to kill again through her unborn baby's dreams.…
High Tension (2003)

High Tension (2003)

[6] Director/co-writer Alexandre Aja hit the horror scene with this taut, gory French thriller about a young woman staying with a classmate's family when a home invader attacks. The invader murders the friend's parents and little brother, then kidnaps the…
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

[7] Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) returns for more murderous mayhem in this entry directed by Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, The Long Kiss Goodnight). First, he dispatches of the three remaining characters from The Dream Warriors, including returning character Kristen…
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

[8] After taking an interesting turn for the worse with their first sequel, New Line Cinema corrects course with a third Freddy movie that's just as good as the original film. Original star Heather Langenkamp returns as a psychologist that…