4 Old Slasher Movies That Are Still the Best in the Genre

Whenever you feel that life is getting boring, you try to do something that will pump your heart and get you some adrenaline. But what to do when paragliding is expensive and the ocean is nowhere around to surf? Well, there is an easier way to get your blood pressure higher.

There’s a subgenre in horror movies that is known as slasher, where there’s murders on every step of the way and the scream is so loud you can hear it from everywhere.

Slashers were extremely popular in the 60s and the 70s. So here we have 5 top ones for you to check out.

1. Halloween (1978)

John Carpenter’s Halloween is a must-watch if you want to start your acquaintance with slashers, because this movie is definitely the one we can call a king of the genre. In a way, Carpenter invented the premise and the movie became an immortal classic.

At the center of the story is a young man named Michael Myers. 15 years ago, he was put into a mental institution after stabbing his teenage sister to death. At the time the boy was only six years old. Now he made a return to the town, with a mind twisted worse than ever, when everybody expected it the least…

“Most slasher movies are about a masked killer hunting victims, then at the end its true identity is revealed as some crazy lunatic, who is then shot or killed, and peace is finally restored. Halloween takes a much different path. Even at the very end, when we think the horror is finally over, we noticed that Michael has disappeared, having survived what couldn’t be survived,” one redditor said.

2. Peeping Tom (1960)

1960 was a rich year for slashers. This Michael Powell’s masterpiece is one of the most iconic releases of films of the genre and here’s why.

The movie is about a character named Mark Lewis, a really creepy guy with a ruined and very traumatic childhood who grew up to be a cold-blooded murderer. He is obsessed with fear and the emotions of fear that appear on the faces of his victims, so he just kills them to record their dying faces. But one day he goes even further...

3. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

We doubt that there is anyone who considers themselves cinephiles who have never heard of this Tobe Hooper’s movie. What starts out as an adventure of a group of five teenagers who just want to visit their grandfather’s grave turns into a haunting story that leaves the viewers terrified for good.

The guys have decided to use an unknown route, so they end up picking up a sinister hitchhiker only to end up in a family house of… cannibals. The never-ending nightmare started right then and there.

“With a shockingly brief runtime of 82 minutes, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre manages to create one of the most thrillingly cinematic roller coaster ride experiences ever. The pacing of the film is near perfect and doesn’t waste one second. The tone is set from the very opening monologue and alongside the score places you in the somber, insidious ambiance of the setting,” Redditor CnelAurelianoBuendia said.

4. Psycho (1960)

Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho is also a must-watch for slasher fans. One of the most populars director’s works is following a Phoenix office worker Marion Crane who embezzled $40,000 from her employer's client.

After committing the crime, she goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother. And this will be a decision that will change her life forever…