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fav slashers off the top of my head-
Opera - Argento's giallo. You should see this to kind of see where slashers came from.
Halloween - the granddaddy. Amazing. So tense.
Friday the 13th (series) - so hard to choose a fav. Though I'd probably go with VI if I had to choose. But that series is so big for me. Just the whole 'kids getting killed in the woods' thing. Just so cliche but for good reason.
The Burning - made the same year as F13 and based on same urban legend of Cropsy. Only it has Cropsy. And Michael Richards. And amazing liferaft scene.
So underrated.
Slumber Party Massacre/Sorority House Massacre (series) - there's a bunch of these. They're all really different and get really trippy and arty. Very interesting films that hide behind blood and boobs.
Sleepaway Camp (series) - or at least trilogy. The 4th was meh. The 1st and 2nd are my favs. 2nd wins, but they're so so different you need to see both.
April Fool's Day/Happy Birthday To Me/My Bloody Valentine - Canada pumped out some excellent slashers in the 80's.
Scream - totally jumpstarted slashers. I LOVE this movie hardcore. Just brilliant in design. The 4th was the next best in the series and again - brilliant. See both.
Black Xmas - the remake. Fuck the original film. I said it. Wanna fight?
Behind The Mask - this film (like Scream) breaks down the whole genre, but this does it in a mockumentary way. It's so brainy if you're into the genre.
...these are some landmark ones that pop in my head right away, but I know I'm missing a bunch of favs.
Id' also recommend (big time) Going To Pieces which is a documentary about the slasher genre. It is required watching y'all.
(Oh and I don't consider Nightmare on Elm St a slasher so much. The whole dreams thing. I love the series, but it doesn't quite fit my description. But you should def see 1 and 3 and I personally love 6 thought it's not great by most folk's standards).
(A lot of other films like Evil Dead or Night of the Demons or Texas Chainsaw etc will get lumped in w/ slashers but I don't know. I'm picky with the title. I tend to go by the One Little Indian idea of a dude stalking teens...)
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