The Top 250 Slasher Films of All Time

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The Top 250 Slasher Films of All Time
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Movie Title Release
Year
Director MPAA
Rating
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611 Halloween 1978 John Carpenter R -
665 Black Christmas 1974 Bob Clark R -
742 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1974 Tobe Hooper R -
948 A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984 Wes Craven R -
1160 Scream 1996 Wes Craven R -
1396 Blood and Black Lace 1964 Mario Bava NR -
1528 Grindhouse 2007 Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino R -
1956 Death Proof 2007 Quentin Tarantino NR -
2031 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors 1987 Chuck Russell R -
2058 Friday the 13th 1980 Sean S. Cunningham R -
2155 My Bloody Valentine 1981 George Mihalka R -
2284 Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon 2006 Scott Glosserman R -
2323 High Tension 2003 Alexandre Aja NC17 -
2335 You're Next 2011 Adam Wingard R -
2345 The Burning 1981 Tony Maylam R -
2419 Wes Craven's New Nightmare 1994 Wes Craven R -
2427 Candyman 1992 Bernard Rose R -
2446 Halloween II 1981 Rick Rosenthal R -
2562 A Bay of Blood 1971 Mario Bava R -
2668 Sleepaway Camp 1983 Robert Hiltzik R -
2780 Pearl 2022 Ti West R -
2865 Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter 1984 Joseph Zito R -
2876 Child's Play 1988 Tom Holland R -
2901 Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI 1986 Tom McLoughlin R -
2974 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 1986 Tobe Hooper R -
3118 Friday the 13th Part II 1981 Steve Miner R -
3452 Pieces 1982 Juan Piquer Simón NR -
3461 April Fool's Day 1986 Fred Walton R -
3506 Happy Death Day 2017 Christopher Landon PG13 -
3648 Motel Hell 1980 Kevin Connor R -
3723 The Funhouse 1981 Tobe Hooper R -
3753 StageFright 1987 Michele Soavi NR -
3793 Psycho II 1983 Richard Franklin R -
3819 Halloween 2018 David Gordon Green R -
3837 The Slumber Party Massacre 1982 Amy Holden Jones R -
3849 Alice, Sweet Alice 1976 Alfred Sole R -
3969 Maniac Cop 1988 William Lustig R -
4104 Friday the 13th Part III 1982 Steve Miner R -
4115 Happy Birthday to Me 1981 J. Lee Thompson R -
4119 Silent Night, Deadly Night 1984 Charles E. Sellier Jr. R -
4136 The Prowler 1981 Joseph Zito R -
4155 The Final Girls 2015 Todd Strauss-Schulson PG13 -
4205 Tourist Trap 1979 David Schmoeller PG -
4241 When a Stranger Calls 1979 Fred Walton R -
4250 X 2022 Ti West R -
4294 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master 1988 Renny Harlin R -
4296 Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers 1988 Dwight H. Little R -
4391 Terror Train 1980 Roger Spottiswoode R -
4452 Final Destination 2000 James Wong R -
4758 Chopping Mall 1986 Jim Wynorski NR -
4883 Scream 2 1997 Wes Craven R -
4896 The House on Sorority Row 1982 Mark Rosman R -
4979 The Strangers 2008 Bryan Bertino R -
5012 Psycho 1998 Gus Van Sant R -
5132 Scream 4 2011 Wes Craven R -
5170 Alone in the Dark 1982 Jack Sholder R -
5178 Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood 1988 John Carl Buechler R -
5224 Hatchet 2006 Adam Green R -
5266 A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge 1985 Jack Sholder R -
5288 Scream 2022 Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett R -
5316 Scary Movie 2000 Keenen Ivory Wayans R -
5347 Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II 1987 Bruce Pittman R -
5381 Child's Play 2 1990 John Lafia R -
5506 Freaky 2020 Christopher Landon R -
5638 The Midnight Meat Train 2008 Ryûhei Kitamura R -
5712 Student Bodies 1981 Mickey Rose R -
5734 The Town That Dreaded Sundown 1976 Charles B. Pierce R -
5824 Hatchet for the Honeymoon 1970 Mario Bava NR -
5932 Hell Night 1981 Tom DeSimone R -
5946 Maniac 2012 Franck Khalfoun NR -
5957 Wrong Turn 2003 Rob Schmidt R -
6041 Friday the 13th: A New Beginning 1985 Danny Steinmann R -
6082 Scream VI 2023 Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett R -
6183 Halloween: H20 1998 Steve Miner R -
6213 Intruder 1989 Scott Spiegel R -
6230 Body Bags 1993 John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper R -
6262 Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth 1992 Anthony Hickox R -
6281 Freddy Vs. Jason 2003 Ronny Yu R -
6303 Christmas Evil 1980 Lewis Jackson R -
6312 Halloween 2007 Rob Zombie R -
6376 Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers 1988 Michael A. Simpson R -
6382 Two Thousand Maniacs! 1964 Herschell Gordon Lewis NR -
6526 A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child 1989 Stephen Hopkins R -
6597 Detention 2011 Joseph Kahn R -
6625 Final Destination 2 2003 David R. Ellis R -
6658 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003 Marcus Nispel R -
6756 Prom Night 1980 Paul Lynch R -
6800 Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers 1989 Dominique Othenin-Girard R -
6969 Happy Death Day 2U 2019 Christopher Landon PG13 -
6970 All the Boys Love Mandy Lane 2006 Jonathan Levine R -
6983 Bride of Chucky 1998 Ronny Yu R -
6984 Final Destination 5 2011 Steven Quale R -
6996 V/H/S 2012 David Bruckner, Glenn McQuaid, Radio Silence, Joe Swanberg, Ti West, Adam Wingard R -
7005 The Collector 2009 Marcus Dunstan R -
7064 Urban Legend 1998 Jamie Blanks R -
7099 Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III 1990 Jeff Burr R -
7200 Just Before Dawn 1981 Jeff Lieberman R -
7257 Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare 1991 Rachel Talalay R -
7294 Nightmares 1983 Joseph Sargent R -
7390 Bloody Birthday 1981 Ed Hunt R -
7402 I Know What You Did Last Summer 1997 Jim Gillespie R -
7425 Scream 3 2000 Wes Craven R -
7440 Homicidal 1961 William Castle NR -
7491 Don't Go in the House 1980 Joseph Ellison R -
7559 Bodies Bodies Bodies 2022 Halina Reijn R -
7605 Fade to Black 1980 Vernon Zimmerman R -
7674 Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers 1995 Joe Chappelle R -
7684 Eaten Alive 1976 Tobe Hooper R -
7762 Hands of the Ripper 1971 Peter Sasdy NR -
7782 Mindhunters 2004 Renny Harlin R -
7793 Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan 1989 Rob Hedden R -
7962 Anguish 1987 Bigas Luna R -
7982 Popcorn 1991 Mark Herrier R -
8019 Wrong Turn 2 2007 Joe Lynch R -
8245 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning 2006 Jonathan Liebesman R -
8259 Fear Street Part Two: 1978 2021 Leigh Janiak R -
8499 Psycho III 1986 Anthony Perkins R -
8546 Friday the 13th 2009 Marcus Nispel R -
8607 The Hitcher 2007 Dave Meyers R -
8623 Fear Street Part One: 1994 2021 Leigh Janiak R -
8633 The Initiation 1984 Larry Stewart R -
8799 Madman 1981 Joe Giannone R -
8815 The House That Screamed 1969 Narciso Ibáñez Serrador PG -
8822 Child's Play 3 1991 Jack Bender R -
8966 Jason X 2001 James Isaac R -
8982 The Children 2008 Tom Shankland R -
9027 Final Destination 3 2006 James Wong R -
9075 Scream 1981 Byron Quisenberry R -
9082 A Blade in the Dark 1983 Lamberto Bava NR -
9096 Bedevilled 2010 Chul-soo Jang NR -
9118 Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday 1993 Adam Marcus R -
9191 Creep 2004 Christopher Smith R -
9298 Curse of Chucky 2013 Don Mancini R -
9495 Dementia 13 1963 Francis Ford Coppola NR -
9704 The Collection 2012 Marcus Dunstan R -
9736 He Knows You're Alone 1980 Armand Mastroianni R -
9748 Dead of Winter 1987 Arthur Penn R -
9768 My Bloody Valentine 3D 2009 Patrick Lussier R -
9858 MaXXXine 2024 Ti West R -
9882 Candyman 2021 Nia DaCosta R -
9956 The Silent Scream 1980 Denny Harris R -
9959 Totally Killer 2023 Nahnatchka Khan R -
9972 Body Parts 1991 Eric Red NR -
10019 Fear Street Part Three: 1666 2021 Leigh Janiak R -
10115 The Last House On Dead End Street 1977 Roger Watkins NR -
10190 The Toolbox Murders 1978 Dennis Donnelly R -
10199 Dr. Giggles 1992 Manny Coto R -
10204 Hatchet II 2010 Adam Green NR -
10405 Terrifier 2 2022 Damien Leone NR -
10459 The Final Terror 1983 Andrew Davis R -
10716 Night School 1981 Ken Hughes R -
10718 Amsterdamned 1988 Dick Maas NR -
10733 The Mutilator 1984 Buddy Cooper R -
10802 Blood Rage 1987 John Grissmer R -
10810 Cry_Wolf 2005 Jeff Wadlow PG13 -
10829 Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh 1995 Bill Condon R -
10864 Nightmare 1981 Romano Scavolini NR -
10910 Deadly Blessing 1981 Wes Craven R -
10964 The Last Horror Film 1982 David Winters R -
11007 Seed of Chucky 2004 Don Mancini R -
11084 Graduation Day 1981 Herb Freed R -
11089 Leprechaun 1993 Mark Jones R -
11141 Halloween II 2009 Rob Zombie R -
11177 I Still Know What You Did Last Summer 1998 Danny Cannon R -
11473 Slumber Party Massacre II 1987 Deborah Brock R -
11521 Cold Prey 2006 Roar Uthaug NR -
11665 Humongous 1982 Paul Lynch R -
11758 Visiting Hours 1982 Jean-Claude Lord R -
11764 Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland 1989 Michael A. Simpson R -
11900 Amer 2009 Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani NR -
12099 Eyes of a Stranger 1981 Ken Wiederhorn R -
12138 The Horror Show 1989 James Isaac R -
12299 A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010 Samuel Bayer R -
12368 House of Wax 2005 Jaume Collet-Serra R -
12425 The Hills Have Eyes 2 2007 Martin Weisz R -
12500 Strange Behavior 1981 Michael Laughlin R -
12509 I, Madman 1989 Tibor Takács R -
12532 Cult of Chucky 2017 Don Mancini R -
12547 Child's Play 2019 Lars Klevberg R -
12593 Slaughter High 1986 George Dugdale, Mark Ezra, Peter Mackenzie Litten R -
12759 Sorority House Massacre 1986 Carol Frank R -
13065 Don't Answer the Phone 1980 Robert Hammer R -
13245 The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1994 Kim Henkel R -
13378 Stay Alive 2006 William Brent Bell PG13 -
13395 Cherry Falls 2000 Geoffrey Wright R -
13479 Puppet Master II 1990 David Allen NR -
13507 Psycho IV: The Beginning 1990 Mick Garris R -
13588 Thanksgiving 2023 Eli Roth R -
13657 Black Christmas 2006 Glen Morgan R -
13689 Cutting Class 1989 Rospo Pallenberg R -
13728 Bloody Moon 1981 Jesús Franco NR -
13853 Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 1987 Lee Harry R -
13895 Color Me Blood Red 1965 Herschell Gordon Lewis NR -
14388 Laid to Rest 2009 Robert Hall R -
14528 Halloween Kills 2021 David Gordon Green R -
14544 The Babysitter: Killer Queen 2020 McG NR -
14602 Haunt 2019 Scott Beck, Bryan Woods R -
14851 Cheerleader Camp 1988 John Quinn R -
15044 Terrifier 3 2024 Damien Leone R -
15066 Silent Night, Bloody Night 1972 Theodore Gershuny R -
15075 Halloween: Resurrection 2002 Rick Rosenthal R -
15278 Don't Look in the Basement 1973 S.F. Brownrigg R -
15308 Slumber Party Massacre III 1990 Sally Mattison R -
15314 Stitches 2012 Conor McMahon R -
15615 Terrifier 2016 Damien Leone NR -
15632 The Town That Dreaded Sundown 2014 Alfonso Gomez-Rejon R -
15634 Madhouse 1981 Ovidio G. Assonitis NR -
15635 Return to Horror High 1987 Bill Froehlich R -
15705 American Gothic 1988 John Hough R -
15724 No One Lives 2012 Ryûhei Kitamura R -
15845 When a Stranger Calls 2006 Simon West PG13 -
15884 See No Evil 2006 Gregory Dark R -
15896 Superstition 1982 James W. Roberson NR -
16143 Urban Legends: The Final Cut 2000 John Ottman R -
16248 The Dorm That Dripped Blood 1982 Stephen Carpenter, Jeffrey Obrow R -
16286 Clownhouse 1989 Victor Salva R -
16410 Hospital Massacre 1982 Boaz Davidson R -
16414 Tragedy Girls 2017 Tyler MacIntyre R -
16470 Hatchet III 2013 BJ McDonnell NR -
16869 Incident On and Off a Mountain Road 2005 Don Coscarelli NR -
16944 The Tripper 2006 David Arquette R -
16962 Dream Home 2010 Ho-Cheung Pang NR -
16985 Blood and Lace 1971 Philip S. Gilbert PG -
17139 Wilderness 2006 M.J. Bassett R -
17201 Satan's Little Helper 2004 Jeff Lieberman R -
17223 Final Exam 1981 Jimmy Huston R -
17310 Dark Ride 2006 Craig Singer R -
17389 Absurd 1981 Joe D'Amato NR -
17471 Welcome to Spring Break 1989 Umberto Lenzi R -
17485 The Hills Run Red 2009 Dave Parker R -
17551 Reeker 2005 Dave Payne NR -
17681 Class Reunion 1982 Michael Miller R -
17684 Chamber of Horrors 1966 Hy Averback NR -
17909 The Boogeyman 1980 Ulli Lommel R -
17967 Axe 1977 Frederick R. Friedel R -
18174 Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest 1995 James D.R. Hickox R -
18220 Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice 1992 David Price R -
18323 Sorority Row 2009 Stewart Hendler R -
18369 Nightmares 1980 John D. Lamond NR -
18373 Valentine 2001 Jamie Blanks R -
18601 Killer Workout 1987 David A. Prior R -
18743 Home for the Holidays 1972 John Llewellyn Moxey NR -
18801 Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies 1999 Jack Sholder R -
18954 Neon Maniacs 1986 Joseph Mangine R -
18989 Tower of Evil 1972 Jim O'Connolly R -
19012 Girls Nite Out 1984 Robert Deubel R -
19243 Terror in the Wax Museum 1973 Georg Fenady PG -
19455 The Ugly 1997 Scott Reynolds R -
19558 Slaughter Hotel 1971 Fernando Di Leo R -
19561 Prom Night III: The Last Kiss 1990 Ron Oliver, Peter R. Simpson R -

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