Fans consider the 1980s the high point of horror cinema for a reason. With home video becoming a standard part of every American home, and cable channels growing every day, distributors wanted ...

A good 80’s slasher movie is comprised of gallons of fake blood, lots of screaming and usually some tie to a mental institution. Local musician and 80’s horror film aficionado David Kerr knows this, ...

As much as I love horror, my mileage varies on slashers because they’re so overdone and predictable. Slashers of the 70s and 80s have some great kills but leave very little to the imagination. Modern ...

Freddy Krueger was always at least middle-aged, but now his whole series is about to follow suit: A Nightmare on Elm Street, the Wes Craven slasher classic, is turning 40 shortly after Halloween. It’s ...

Before 2009, My Bloody Valentine was only available in a butchered theatrical version, with three minutes of gore footage excised. This significantly diminished the film’s impact, because it has some ...

A dark-haired man opens his mouth in a scream while a skewer with meat and vegetables on it is driven towards his face. Image via Columbia Pictures Twists have a long, storied history in horror. The ...

Angela, played by actor Pamela Springsteen, in front of a flaming forest background with a sneaker impaled on a knife. Image by Zanda Rice 1983’s Sleepaway Camp is a cult classic, a slasher film made ...

Slaughter High follows high school misfit Marty (Simon Scuddamore). Marty desperately wants to fit in with his peers but he’s nerdy as hell and always finds himself the butt of his classmates’ cruel ...

I Know What You Did Last Summer has always been a low-rated slasher movie, but the cult following was substantial enough for two sequels and a TV show adaptation. Unfortunately, the recently released ...