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Slasher movies

Rules, masks, and a final girl who figures it out before anyone believes her. The slasher is the most formula-driven corner of horror, which is exactly why the good ones feel so good: you know the shape, so every break from it lands. Classics first, then the films that took the formula apart on purpose.

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Halloween
1978 · dir. John Carpenter
🍅 97%★ 7.7horror · thriller

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.

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Scream
1996 · dir. Wes Craven
🍅 78%★ 7.4crime · horror · mysteryHuluParamount+

A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984 · dir. Wes Craven
🍅 93%★ 7.4horrorMax

Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...

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Psycho
1960 · dir. Alfred Hitchcock
🍅 97%★ 8.5horror · thriller · mysteryNetflixPeacock

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.

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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974 · dir. Tobe Hooper
🍅 85%★ 7.4horrorNetflixPrime Video

Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.

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X
2022 · dir. Ti West
🍅 94%★ 6.5horrorPrime VideoMax

In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.

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Halloween
2018 · dir. David Gordon Green
🍅 79%★ 6.5horror · thrillerPeacock

Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

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Scream
2022 · dir. Tyler Gillett
🍅 76%★ 6.3horror · mysteryParamount+

Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.

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Happy Death Day
2017 · dir. Christopher Landon
🍅 71%★ 6.6comedy · horror · mysteryMaxPeacock

Caught in a bizarre and terrifying time warp, college student Tree finds herself repeatedly reliving the day of her murder, ultimately realizing that she must identify the killer and the reason for her death before her chances of survival run out.

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Hush
2016 · dir. Mike Flanagan
🍅 92%★ 6.6horror · thrillerNetflixPrime Video

A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.

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Saw
2004 · dir. James Wan
🍅 50%★ 7.6horror · mystery · crimePeacock

Two men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy, abandoned bathroom. As they struggle to comprehend their predicament, they discover a disturbing tape left behind by the sadistic mastermind known as Jigsaw. With a chilling voice and cryptic instructions, Jigsaw informs them that they must partake in a gruesome game in order to secure their freedom.

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Final Destination 3
2006 · dir. James Wong
🍅 44%★ 5.9horror · mysteryMax

High school senior Wendy's premonition of a deadly rollercoaster ride saves her life and a lucky few, but not from death itself — which seeks out those who escaped their fate.

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Final Destination 5
2011 · dir. Steven Quale
🍅 64%★ 5.9horror · mysteryMax

Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and is unleashed after one man’s premonition saves a group of coworkers from a terrifying suspension bridge collapse. But this group of unsuspecting souls was never supposed to survive, and, in a terrifying race against time, the ill-fated group frantically tries to discover a way to escape Death’s sinister agenda.

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Child's Play
1988 · dir. Tom Holland
🍅 65%★ 6.7horrorPrime Video

After being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her six-year-old son Andy, which unleashes terror upon the city.

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Buddy
2026 · dir. Casper Kelly
🍅 88%★ 7.1horror · comedy · fantasyRent or buy

A magical, singing orange unicorn holds his cast hostage in a surreal TV-show dimension, as he becomes more and more demented.

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Pearl
2022 · dir. Ti West
🍅 93%★ 7horror · dramaPrime VideoMax

Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions collide.

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Deep Red
1975 · dir. Dario Argento
🍅 94%★ 7.5horror · mystery · thriller

An English pianist living in Rome witnesses the brutal murder of his psychic neighbor. With the help of a tenacious young reporter, he tries to discover the killer using very unconventional methods. The two are soon drawn into a shocking web of dementia and violence.

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Black Christmas
1974 · dir. Bob Clark
🍅 73%★ 7.1horror · mystery · crimePrime VideoPeacock

As the residents of the Pi Kappa Sigma sorority house prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to harass them with a series of obscene phone calls.

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