Best 80's slashers
 

I was wondering if there was a list of classic 80's slashers. Would like to know what ones people liked.
Just a small list to start it.
1. Friday the 13th
2. Mothers Day
3. Halloween
4. Nightmare on Elm St
5. Happy B-day to me
6. Mad man
7. The Prowler

A nightmare on Elm Street is my favourite 80's slasher flick. In fact for years it was my favourite movie, horror or otherwise.

My favorite movie of all time is Halloween. Although if Im not mistaken it came out in 78 or 79.
I really liked Trick or Treat to. The Wraith and Fright Night were pretty good 80s movies. Neither was really a slasher movie though.

Fright Night really holds up. And not to knock the thread even further off-course, but Horror in the 80's can pretty much be summed up for me with Return of the Living Dead. John Russo was a genius.

I always liked April Fool's Day and Sleepaway Camp

I have always like April Fool's Day as well. Saw Sleepaway Camp for the first time last year, its goofy fun. Though I will say, I avoided the twist for years, only to be spoiled by the back cover when I finally got a copy....:rolleyes:

A Nightmare On Elm Street of course. Halloween WAS released in the late seventies though. Trick or Treat is one of my favorites, so is My Bloody Valentine. Night of the Demons is pretty entertaining. I have also always been pretty partial to Terror Train, its fun.

There's also The Burning, which I have never seen, because I can't seem to find it.

Halloween 2
Friday the thirteen the other 39 sequals.

And a nightmare on elm street

1. Friday the 13th
2. Friday the 13th:The Final Chapter
3. My Bloody Valentine
4. Friday the 13th part 3
5. Friday the 13th part 2
6. The Prowler
7. Psycho part 3
8. Happy Birthday to Me
9. Psycho part 2
10. Sleepaway Camp
11. The Burning
12. The House on Sorority Row
13. The Funhouse
14. Sweet Sixteen
15. Hell Night
16. Friday the 13th part 5
17. Halloween part 2
18. Prom Night
19. Terror Train
20. Stagefright
21. The Majorettes
22. Slumber Party Massacre
23. Cutting Class
24. Maniac
25. Maniac Cop
26. National Lampoon's Class Reunion :D

i recently watched terror at the opera during my argento season and thought it was pretty good. is it giallo or slasher? who cares, watch it . its good.

They've already been mentioned but....
Friday the 13th 1-5
Return of the Living Dead 1&2
Nightmare on Elm St. 1&2
And of course the best Horror/Slasher franchise ever.....
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Halloween 1,2,4,5 (pt. 3 is not a slasher)

Return of the Living Dead 1 & 2?

zombies slash people with their teeth.

is halloween 1 really a slasher? It's my favourite horror of all time but can it be called a slasher considering the only blood shown is on lauries arm when it gets scraped?

Personally, Ive always thought of Halloween as the father of slasher movies.

Kinda like how alot of people consider Led Zepplin the fathers of heavy metal even though they didnt play it, they inspired 99% of the later bands that did.

Halloween..............a classic......the classic

:o Oops, Zombie not slasher. I guess I was just being nostalgic from the 80's theme.

Halloween (1978)

The New York Ripper and Intruder deserve a mention.

so does Black Christmas (but thats from the 70s but whatever.....)

blood has nothing to do with it.

people get slashed.

its a slasher.

he has you on a technicality there ferret. dunno if this counts but, 90% of argento's body of work. here's a good question, what's the difference between slasher and giallo? that might make a good thread.

Okay, let's see........a giallo film is usually more of a mystery film than a slasher film. it contains the violence, blood, and nudity of a slasher film but it is very much whodunit? There is almost always the focus on the gloved hand, holding a weapon, and you are supposed to try to fit the pieces together; slasher films you either know who the murderer is, or it doesn't seem to matter who the murderer is.......;) I didn't think to add any here when I was listing favorite slasher films, but I do think they aren't all that different as far as content. People do get slashed (to borrow The Mothman's line).....:p

so giallo is more columbo and slasher is just 'heres the bad guy, watch him kill these people'

Friday the 13th
Terror Train
Friday the 13th part 5
Prom Night
My Bloody Valentine


All pretty good slasher/mystery flicks!

No,a lot of slasher films are thrillers too!

Prom Night is dreadfully boring....or is that just me? ;)
Oh well, my point was, not that slashers never have an element of mystery, just that a slasher film doesn't always have that element, unlike a giallo film (at least in the ones I have seen). In slasher films, it seems like any mystery involved is usually secondary to the death scenes, the violence. The question for me is often "who is going to die next?" with most slasher films, rather than "who is behind the mask?".

It's just you!:)



Have you seen these giallo?

Torso - Sergio Martino

Terror at the Opera & Sleepless- Dairo Argento

The New York Ripper- Lucio Fulci

Death Walks on High Heels & Death Walks at Midnight- Luciano Ercoli

I would recommend these films to any slasher fan!

would you guys consider Maniac a slasher or an exploitation movie?

Both.




It's also a grindhouse classic.:)

whatever it is, its awesome.

It's weird that Jason isn't even the killer in part 5. :rolleyes:
I still like it though. :D

It's the last true slasher in the Friday the 13th franchise.

Jason Goes To Hell was pretty awesome though...

Bay of Blood
(AKA Twitch of the Death Nerve)
A beautiful slasher with kills have been reproduced in many modern slashers. Better than most
80's slashers.

Loved a Nightmare on Elm Street, it was awesome. Freddy rocks!! I also love Demons and Demons 2, loads of gore!!

i loved how freddy turned total comedian.........i cant watch noes now and see it as scary like i did the first time as a child...........

noes series rules tho.......dont get me wrong.....


oh and how in noes they call him fred kruger........not freddy....hmmmmmm?

Love the A Nightmare On Elm Street series (definetly my fav.)

Sleepaway Camp is amazing too, best ending ever :)

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Sleepaway Camp is amazing too, best ending ever :)[/QUOTE]



The first time I saw Sleepaway Camp I was 13........I'm still traumatized by the ending!:)

best slashers
 

For me halloween dominates the top 3

With the new halloween narrowly beating the original

Halloween 2007
Halloween 1978
Halloween 2
Friday 13th part 2
Friday 13th part 1
Maniac
Burning
Black Christmas
visiting hours

[QUOTE=nicklord1;633342]For me halloween dominates the top 3

With the new halloween narrowly beating the original

Black Christmas
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1974 or 2006?




Have you seen "Jack O'Lantern"? It's a fu*king AWESOME flick!

my bloody valentine was a great one
surprisingly well-done