The Frankford Slasher is the name given by the media to a possible serial killer who operated in and around the neighborhood of Frankford in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1985 to 1990. Leonard Christopher was convicted in the murder of one of the nine supposedly linked victims, but the others remain unsolved.
Carl Eugene Watts (November 7, 1953 – September 21, 2007), also known by his nickname Coral, was an American serial killer dubbed "The Sunday Morning Slasher" who murdered numerous women and girls over an eight-year period. He is suspected of being the most prolific serial killer in United States history.
While he seemed like a scary babysitter killer in the first movie, he became a little more supernatural as the series wore on. Michael has been in 12 out of the Halloween movies, including both reboots, and he might be the most unstoppable slasher villain in history.
Thirteen Women. Thirteen Women (1932) is perhaps the earliest example of what would become a slasher film. It documents eleven (not thirteen, as two women's scenes were cut before theatrical release) women being harassed and murdered after a clairvoyant swami mails them a horoscope foreseeing swift doom.
Freddy Krueger (63 kills) Freddy Krueger, the child abuser and murderer from A Nightmare on Elm Street, has managed to rack up over 60 kills throughout his almost 40 years on-screen.
While Stephen King's It is often called a slasher movie online, the unique modus operandi of its villain Pennywise means that the horror hit doesn't technically fit that descriptor. The slasher genre is a horror mainstay, as is It author Stephen King.
And what more aptly named film to celebrate this month than the 1978 John Carpenter-directed, Debra Hill-produced classic Halloween, which many credit with inventing the whole slasher-film subgenre.
Who was the first masked killer? Blood And Black Lace (1964) In what is perhaps one of the earliest examples of a masked killer, the Italian shocker Blood And Black Lace has nearly all of the ingredients for a classic slasher.
A type of serial killer who is found in horror films, usually killing their victims with physically brutal methods. Though they exist, female slashers have been typically few and far between.
The Jigsaw Killer, the Saw franchise (2003–present)
John Kramer (Tobin Bell) is one of the most intelligent and ruthless horror villains in history. In the original Saw (2004), Kramer is trying to teach Dr.
Pinhead from Hellraiser doesn't fit the slasher mold, but if it came down to kills, he would be on top. Michael Myers ultimately takes the crown for the highest kill count among slasher villains, with 161 kills compared to Jason Voorhees' 151 kills, thanks to the recent.
The new Tubi documentary "Lights, Camera, Murder: Scream" combines Hollywood history with true crime intrigue, as it shines a light on the story of the Gainesville Ripper, a.k.a. Louisiana-born Danny Rolling — a real-life serial rapist and murderer who inspired "Scream" screenwriter Kevin Williamson to create his ...
Ghostface is revealed in the finale as both Billy and Stu, who reveal that they murdered Sidney's mother and framed Cotton. Billy cites his motivation as abandonment by his mother, brought about by his father's affair with Maureen, while Stu cites "peer pressure".
235) 1 Page 3 In superhero movies, the main draw is often the villain, and in slasher films, the star is typically the killer. In most cases, the killer is male.
While it isn't confirmed if he has supernatural abilities, he does possess superhuman strength, regenerative abilities and can withstand immense bodily harm, making it nearly impossible to kill him. These strengths have contributed to Jason having some of the highest kill counts in horror movie history.
Critics cite the Italian giallo films and psychological horror films such as Peeping Tom (1960) and Psycho (1960) as early influences. The genre hit its peak between 1978 and 1984 in an era referred to as the "Golden Age" of slasher films.
Stephen King's IT introduced readers to a one-of-a-kind creature that can take any form, the most common one being Pennywise the Dancing Clown, and as menacing as it is, this creature has one big enemy it's truly scared of: Maturin, the turtle.
Michael Myers is a fictional character from the slasher film series Halloween. He first appears in John Carpenter's Halloween (1978) as a young boy who murders his elder sister, Judith Myers. Fifteen years later, he returns home to Haddonfield, Illinois, to murder more teenagers.
Pennywise offers Georgie his boat back, but when Georgie attempts to reach out to it, Pennywise grabs Georgie's arm and bites it off, leaving Georgie to bleed to death in the rain.
The Human Centipede was banned altogether from Icelandic, British, and Australian theaters and released in the US without a rating. Its sequel, The Human Centipede 2, was placed under even heavier bans due to its exacerbation of the horrific elements in the first film.
The Child's Play franchise is known for its brutal, high kill counts. Racking up the kills together from all seven movies, Chucky has killed a total of 67 people.
In the 2010 remake of the original film, Freddy's backstory is that he was a groundskeeper at Springwood Badham Preschool who tortured and sexually abused the teenage protagonists of the film when they were children.
