Best Slasher Film
 

what do you think the best slasher film is?

the cliche answer is Halloween... but I think slumber part massacre puts up a good fight.

deep red and tenebre are also both good.

frieday the 13th n holloween

If I must give a unique answer, "The Prowler" has an adequate plot with great Savini FX.

sleepaway camp is pretty spectacular.. other than halloween

friday the thirteeth or NOES

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these two are way to good to be on the same level as all the other 'traditional' slasher films..... they're on another level completely.

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giallo

I'm not picking Halloween because it's my favorite, but it's such a great movie. The kills are so creative, even more so than Halloween II. Halloween started it all...

Some say that Psycho started it all, but I think as far as slasher movies go it's usually not even considered. Halloween is the best that I can think of.

halloween

holy shit! somebody actually put "The Prowler" down as their favorite slasher.The Prowler is one the best slasher movies ive ever seen.I would have to say that my favorite is either The Prowler or The Toolbox Murders.Their both fantastic.

...what's JC stand for?

Dear god Sam....please tell me you're kidding? [John Carpenter, if you're actually serious...Im probably just to dumb to get the joke here, arent I?]



Anyway....

I guess the 1st NOES

Either that or TCM (Original)

Bay of Blood (a.k.a. Twitch of the Death Nerve 1971/Mario Bava) is generally considered to be the first "slasher" (or "bodycount movie") that set the standards for the likes of Friday the 13th and Halloween to follow.

Many death set-pieces from it were directly ripped off for Friday 13th Part 2, like the axe-in-the-face and spearing sequences.

Halloween 3! That movie was awesome!

NOT! That was the worst movie ever. It completely ruin the Halloween films to me.

My real answer:

A Nightmare on Elm Street. The darkness, the revenge, the kills, the killer. All so great.

Followed up by Halloween.

doctor who, espeacily the ones with the cyborgs in them.

anybody here ever see a movie called The Boogeyman?... not too bad actually.. it is one of the few movies when i've ever seen a kid get killed

Halloween is the father of the slasher genre and has never and likely will never be equaled.

just making sure it's not one of those Jesus-types trying to integrate themselves before they start bitching about how we should pray to Jesus or whatever

WTF are you talking about?

yes

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no it doesn't




and freddy whats with you liking michael myers recently?

:confused:

LMAO...

MANIAC beyond a damn doubt! followed by the Prowler

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What do you have against Myers? He's cool. A good slasher with some great movies... I loved ALL the Halloween movies. I never thought much of Michael until recently, although some of his films have been a little farfetch...

Michael with his emotionless mask, his cold heart and slyness. What's not to love? Though I think Jason is a rip off of Michael. To killers... white masks (even though Jaosn started off with a burlap shack), they never talk, they act emotionless, show no real verbal expression toward pain, both powerful... sounds like a rip off to me. My favorite is still Freddy, the way he gets a laugh out of killing and torments his victims before killing them is great. Instead of the 'sneak up and kill' approach Michael and Jason have.


*Mental Note* Yes, I said ALL the Halloween films. Because in my mind the third installment, Halloween 3, was not, is not, and doesn't derve to be part of the Halloween series. It was stupid as a dumb blonde on dope. It's I.Q. was 12. Michael wasn't even in it for God's sake. So to me, that is NOT a Halloween film. To me, they skipped the 3rd movie and went right to the forth. There is np Halloween 3. It has yet to be made. It was just that bad.

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who ever said i had anything against michael myers?

so you thought it was.... Jesus Christ's The Thing....

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It was just the way you implied I suppose. Sorry.

LMFAO!

HALLOWEEN...By Far Is The Best Slasher Flick Ever Made!!!!
Scream paid homage to this great movie and I add Scream to the list of great slasher flicks. Next on the list, Happy Birthday To Me....can't have a good slasher without the 'killer heroin'...right? I also, liked "May"....Another kick azz slasher babe...All she wanted was to be loved.... Last, though many of you may not agree....I liked "popcorn".




~The Vampyre~

Halloween


But, I'll give props to PROM NIGHT 2 and 3....Gotta love a chick that kills you and fills you with ice cream.

You would know a lot about being filled with cream, wouldn't you.

Friday the 13th part 2

Friday the 13th and Halloween.

1.Psycho

2.Halloween

3 Nightmare On Elm Street

The Burning and Madman is my favorite slasher flicks.. I prefer older shit .... Sleepaway camp is another movie I fucking love a lot

I have a hard time with using Best and Slasher Flick in the same sentence ..

Dont get me wrong, I like them .. but they are the 'junk food' of the horror genre ... something to get you by until you can afford a nice big steak...


I've seen so many of the damn things that i cant remember who or what killed where and why anymore.

The last one I saw was Freddy Vs Jason and it made me laugh so I'll say that one.

'that goalie is pissed man !' i love that line :)

Ahh no, let me change that ... I'll be unimaginative and go with the greatest classic : Halloween.

It was a great horror film .. period .. slasher or not.

I respectfully disagree with your analogy that "slasher films" are the "junk food" of the horror genre. I contend that today's unimaginative re-makes, laden with CGI graphics, and copycat effects are cheapening the "Horror" in horror films. The studios are producing flashy movie previews, with no real substance, ("movie") to back it up. All of this of course is intended to get you back into the theatre or rental store for that almighty dollar.

well, i cant help but compare films within the genre and there are a lot of far more clever and atmospheric horror films out there that consist of more than just a bunch of fornicating teenagers being dispatched in sometimes entertaining ways ...

There's certainly a time and a place for these films but they are definately on the low end of the scale compared to the heavier more imaginative horror films out there ...

but still .. i do like them ....

stagefright is a great slasher film the burning is good and even though the series has been dragged out forever i gotta say the friday the 13th series