Machete

A machete is a handheld bladed cutting tool. Designed primarily for cutting through dense underbrush in tropical regions, it has also been known as a popular weapon used by slashers such as Jason Voorhees. As a weapon, a machete is light in weight, easy to wield and suitably effective for dispatching would-be victims.

In film

 * Friday the 13th (1980): Camp counselor Bill used a machete to kill a snake that had slithered it's way into one of the cabins. Later, Alice Hardy used the same machete to decapitate Pamela Voorhees on the shore of Camp Crystal Lake.
 * Friday the 13th: A New Beginning: Psychotic paramedic Roy Burns used a machete as his preferred weapon of choice. With this, he killed Ethel Hubbard, Junior Hubbard, Robin, Violet, Jake and Vinnie. Tommy Jarvis has a dream of Jason Voorhees where he is wielding a machete.

Notes & Trivia

 * Machete is also the name of the title character from the faux film preview Machete (and later feature film) featured in the Grindhouse double-bill. The character of Machete was played by Danny Trejo.