The Top Slasher Movies

I want to open a discussion on the best slasher movies. i don't want you to just post a title. i want a little bit of thought put into this. post the names of some of your favorite slasher movies and explain what makes them so great.

(nothing past 2000, unless it's hatchet. and none of the "i know what you did" movies...let's be real here.)



I'm trying to make a short slasher movie and i want to view as many classic slasher movies as possible in order for me to write a script that plays on the conventions and formulas of the classics.

So let the discussion begin.

 

i am currently ordering several dvds. sleepaway camp is one, and i've never seen it. i haven't seen 13th since i was a kid, so i ordered that too. i ordered halloween although i've seen it several times recently. it has a lot of the classic suspense scenes that will work prior to any of the gore hittin the fan. this alone in the dark sounds interesting. jack palance and donald pleasance...nice. so i may have to order that one after watching the 9 i ordered today.

i also ordered scream. obviously scream is a satire of the slasher genre, and because of this, i ordered it as well. i've seen scream, but again, i was young enough that i didn't really "watch" it. so i thought that could use a good watching. and keep in mind that scream was originally titled "scary movie" because it is an obvious spoof, but most people didn't see it as one and that is why it bred a slew of rip-offs that sucked balls. but i ordered scream as well.

thanks for the responses. keep em comin =D

 

thanks =D i already own chainsaw massacre, and i've seen psycho so many times that i don't need it.

these are the one's i ordered today, which hopefully i'll have within two weeks.
Twitch of the Death Nerve
Black Christmas (74)
Halloween (original)
Friday the 13th
The Burning
The Funhouse
Sleepaway Camp
Nightmare on Elm St.
Scream

(to lexcorp, i have american psycho. it's hilarious, maybe i'll watch it again for a little inspiration. couldn't hurt.)

and here are the films i plan on buying after i receive the first batch.
alone in the dark (82)
madman
dr. giggles (this is a piece of garbage i saw when i was a kid, gotta throw a terrible one in there =D)
shocker
splatter university (another terrible one that i wish to own, if only for it's tagline "earn a higher degree...IN TERROR!)
silent night, deadly night
maniac
and Maniac cop.

i am tryin to go all out with this thing and see as many as i can. i may check out candyman, and i may start going into sequels for halloween and friday the 13th after seeing all of the originals i'm purchasing.

keep on posting, gorehounds =D

 

well it depends on your take on the movie. some people say the murders were all in his head. so if you want to live out sick fantasies in your head...then maybe it's not SO bad. but if you want to actually kill paul allen with an ax to the face...then maybe that's wrong. but if wanting to ax jared leto in the face is wrong, then i don't wanna be right.

 

yeah, i hope not the murder stuff. but go watch some slasher movies, so you can suggest for me some good'ns. =D

 

yes i did =D

well that's one of the ones i ordered, so i hope it's a good source of inspiration =D

yeah, i think the genre is fun. it's very bloody, it kind of exemplifies the 80s horror scene and the dirty horror movies. young good lookin kids, doin bad things, deformed killer, lots of blood, lots of jumps. it's fun stuff.

i bought high tension a few weeks back and just opened it last night. i've been meaning to watch it for a long long time. it's basically a slasher so i'm gonna watch it with all of these others. is drive thru actually any good?

 

cool. i don't know about drive thru. maybe i'll check it out. i'll definitely watch high tension soon though. and for the record, killer klowns from outer space is a cool one =D but...that has nothin to do with the slasher genre.