Slasher

Slasher
Classification:	Genre
Genres:	Horror
Franchises:	A Nightmare on Elm Street Child's Play Friday the 13th Halloween
Character examples:	Charles Lee Ray; Freddy Krueger; Jason Voorhees; Michael Myers
Related articles:	Chainsaw; Knife; Machete; Psychopath; Serial killer

Slasher is a term used to describe a serial murderer who kills his victims using some form of bladed instrument. The term is derived from the slashing motion one makes with a weapon such as a knife or axe.

The phrase has also been used to describe films where slasher serial murderers are the primary antagonist. As a sub-genre, slasher films came into popularity in the American market in the late 1970s with John Carpenter's seminal work Halloween. It could be argued however, that earlier films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre were the forerunners of the modern slasher.

Slasher films

1. Bride of Chucky
2. Child's Play
3. Child's Play 2
4. Curse of Chucky
5. Dolls
6. Freddy vs. Jason
7. Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
8. Friday the 13th
9. Friday the 13th Part 2
10. Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
11. Halloween (1978)
12. Halloween II (1981)
13. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
14. Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
15. Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers
16. Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later
17. Halloween II (2009)
18. Halloween: Resurrection
19. Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
20. New Nightmare
21. Nightmare on Elm Street, A
22. Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, A
23. Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A
24. Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, A
25. Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, A
26. Nightmare on Elm Street, A (2010)
27. Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The
28. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, The
29. Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The
30. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
31. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
32. Texas Chainsaw 3D
33. Seed of Chucky