Slasher Movie reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 166 Reddit reviews across 9 subreddits and 22 posts to rank the best Slasher Movie brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/slasherfilms, r/horror, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/HorrorMovies, r/fridaythe13th. Top-rated brands include Scream (4.9/5), My Bloody Valentine (3.8/5), Hatchet Series (4.4/5).
Stats
Reviews166
Subreddits9
Posts22
Brands99
Products7
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#1
Scream
4.9
(8)
"Scream. Scream 2. Halloween ‘78. NOES Dream Warriors. TCM 2003."
"Scream (1996) Child’s Play (1988) Halloween (1978) TCM (both 1974 and 2003 remake) Heart Eyes (2025)"
"In order: - Scream"
"Can't go wrong with Scream or the first two Halloween's."
"Others have already mentioned Scream and Alien which would be my top picks"
"Scream is one of the easier jumping off points due to how it balances comedic beats with slasher stuff."
"Scream"
"I showed my friend Scream as his fist slasher movie to prep for a groupwatch of Scary Movie 1 as his first slasher, and he really enjoyed it."
#2
My Bloody Valentine
3.8
(6)
"My bloody valentine. Enjoy a miner's company🤣"
"My Bloody Valentine (both versions), Valentine, X-Ray (aka Hospital Massacre) Not Valentines Day specifically… Lover’s Lane, Cherry Falls Not a slasher, but… if you want romantic horror… Audition is a great choice."
"My choice as well. It's such a fun slasher."
"My Bloody Valentine (the original from the 80s and the 2000s remake)"
"My Bloody Valentine"
"My Bloody Valentine. I saw heart eyes and I was disappointed, but mainly because I wanted it to be a scary slasher and it was more a comedy"
#3
Hatchet Series
4.4
(5)
"I love the first three Hatchet films. Great slashers."
"The entire Hatchet franchise. Four movies and a book and all are a lot of fun and feature a super high body count and some fantastic practical effects."
"The Hatchet movies are pretty good"
"New editions; Insidious; The Conjuring; Hatchet; Happy Death Day; The Babysitter; Sinister"
"Hatchet, Laid to Rest, The Collector, High Tension, Sick, Sissy, Maniac, The Burning, Sleepway Camp and Motel Hell."
#4
The Burning
4.0
(4)
"The Burning,Maniac (1980),Halloween 78,Terrifier 2,Black Christmas"
"The Burning
The Prowler
Happy Birthday to Me
Girls Nite Out
Pieces
Intruder
Slumber Party Massacre"
"The Burning"
"For Friday the 13 you could watch The Burning, Madman, The Final Girls, Sleepaway Camp or Just Before Dawn."
#5
The Burning (1981)
5.0
(3)
"The Burning and Madman are amazing."
"The Burning (1981)"
"The Burning (1981) summer camp slasher"
#6
Halloween (1978)
5.0
(3)
"In order: - Halloween (Original)"
"-Halloween."
"For a slasher, starting with the original Halloween would be great"
#7
Jeepers Creepers
3.3
(4)
"Two of the first I remember watching and loving were Wrong Turn and Jeepers Creepers"
"Jeepers Creepers (first one is fun, second is meh)."
"Jeepers Creepers"
"Jepers creapers"
#8
Terrifier Series
4.3
(3)
"Terrifier and Terrifier 2. Get them started with a bang."
"Terrifier series"
"I’d say the Terrifier films but I’m sure you’ve already seen them."
#9
Urban Legend
4.3
(3)
"I unapologetically love Urban Legend."
"Urban legend"
"For just Scream style stuff watch Urban Legend, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Just Before Dawn, Cherry Falls, Valentine, The Faculty, Final Destination and Bride of Chucky."
#10
The Thing
4.3
(3)
"The Thing would be great for general horror."
"The Thing holds up perfectly."
"The thing"
#11
Fear Street Trilogy
4.0
(3)
"The Fear Street trilogy (Netflix) are good."
"Fear street trilogy.."
"Fear Street Parts 1 and 2 are equally Scream and Friday the 13th."
#12
Madman
3.7
(3)
"Madman"
"For Friday the 13 you could watch The Burning, Madman, The Final Girls, Sleepaway Camp or Just Before Dawn."
"Madman"
#13
Laid to Rest Series
5.0
(2)
"Strongly recommend the Laid to Rest/Chromeskull franchise"
"Laid to rest and Chrome skull:Laid to rest 2"
#14
Pumpkinhead
5.0
(2)
"Pumpkin head ❤️"
"Classics: Pumpkinhead; Hellraiser; Texas Chainsaw Massacre; The Exorcist; When a Stranger Calls"
#15
A Nightmare on Elm Street
5.0
(2)
"My top 5 would be: 1. ANOES 2. Scream 3. ANOES 3: Dream Warriors 4. Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers 5. Halloween"
"A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) The Final Girls (2015) Body Double (1984) The Funhouse (1981) You're Next (2011) Terrifier (2022)"
#16
Friday the 13th
5.0
(2)
"I fuckin love it. It was the first movie I’d ever watched, and it’ll always have a special place in my heart for that."
"- Friday the 13th movies
- Sleepaway Camp
- Scream movies
- Halloween movies
- Child's Play movies"
#17
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
5.0
(2)
"In order: - A Nightmare On Elm Street (Original)"
"-nightmare on elm street."
#18
The Thing (1982)
5.0
(2)
"In order: - The Thing (Original)"
"-The thing (1984)."
#19
Halloween
5.0
(2)
"Halloween Scream ANOES F13TH Final Chapter The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"
"My top 5 favs are: Halloween 1978 ANOES 1984 Scream 1996 Friday the 13th Part IV Friday the 13th Part VI"
#20
Just Before Dawn
4.5
(2)
"Just Before Dawn rules."
"For Friday the 13 you could watch The Burning, Madman, The Final Girls, Sleepaway Camp or Just Before Dawn."
#21
Terror Train
4.5
(2)
"Terror Train.
Excellent movie.
Jamie Lee Curtis
Can’t go wrong."
"Terror Train"
#22
Terrifier Trilogy
4.5
(2)
"Terrifier"
"Terrifier trilogy"
#23
Slotherhouse
4.5
(2)
"I absolutely loved it!"
"Slotherhouse, VelociPastor, and Zombeavers. They’re all so horrible they’re good."
#24
Black Christmas (1974)
4.5
(2)
"Black Christmas (1974) Halloween (1978) A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Scream (1996) There's plenty of gems in between those, but those four are probably the absolute best ones."
"You could start by going back to pre-Halloween and watching Black Christmas."
#25
Evil Dead Series
4.5
(2)
"-the evil dead series"
"Genuinely terrifying, not the most “fun” but Evil Dead. If you want fun, watch Evil Dead 2"
#26
Candyman
4.0
(2)
"Candymans and rob zombie movies are great!"
"Candyman, Slumber Party Massacre, House of 1000 Corpses/The Devil's Rejects, Toolbox Murders (the 1978 original is only one movie, but there's a remake from 2004 and a sequel in 2013)"
#27
My Bloody Valentine (1981)
4.0
(2)
"My bloody Valentine 1981"
"My Bloody Valentine (1981)"
#28
Wolf Creek
4.0
(2)
"Wolf Creek"
"Wolf Creek is great and so are the Wrong Turn Movies"
#29
The Prowler (1981)
4.0
(2)
"The Prowler (1981)"
"The Prowler (1981) is an underrated classic."
#30
Intruder (1989)
4.0
(2)
"Intruder (1989) Torso (1973) Hide and go Shriek (1988) Death Spa (1988) A Blade in the Dark (1983)"
"Intruder. Again, try to find this one unrated."
#31
Cherry Falls
4.0
(2)
"Cherry Falls and Cry Wolf are underrated early 2000s entries."
"Cherry Falls"
#32
Sleepaway Camp
4.0
(2)
"Sleepaway Camp"
"For Friday the 13 you could watch The Burning, Madman, The Final Girls, Sleepaway Camp or Just Before Dawn."
#33
Bride of Chucky
4.0
(2)
"Bride of Chucky, Wes Craven's New Nightmare are both good."
"Bride of chucky"
#34
Halloween Series
4.0
(2)
"Halloween H2O"
"Rob zombies Halloween 07"
#35
Friday the 13th Series
4.0
(2)
"If you wanna get eased into it, the older Friday the 13th movies should do."
"Friday the 13th remake was an amazing slasher."
#36
Slasher
4.0
(2)
"The series slasher is a whodunnit similar to scream, only the first 3 seasons are really worth watching though"
"The Canadian TV show 'Slasher' also rocks. The first few series being the most fun."
#37
Evil Dead 2 (1987)
4.0
(2)
"Evil Dead 2 is a horror comedy/pseudo remake, sequel thing, that is often times more funny than scary but it also has a bunch of iconic moments and cool monsters."
"Pretty much any horror-comedy movies (i.e Evil Dead 2, Scream franchise, Nightmare on Elm Street's past 2) are a great way to dip into them without being overwhelmed by full horror stuff."
#38
Shocker
4.0
(2)
"Horace was a great villain, he had some cool powers, and I loved the soundtrack."
"Shocker. Wes craven."
#39
Valentine (2001)
4.0
(2)
"Valentine (2001)"
"Valentine (2001)"
#40
Tourist Trap
4.0
(2)
"Tourist trap was great the manaquens were fucking creepy!"
"Tourist Trap, The New York Ripper, 70s version of Toolbox Murders"
#41
Stage Fright
3.5
(2)
"Stage Fright, Maniac, Day of The Dead (and sequel Land of The Dead), The Crazies, The Hills Have Eyes, Laid to Rest, Hatchet and Texas Chain Saw Massacre."
"Stage fright"
#42
House of Wax Series
3.0
(2)
"House of Wax remake. Not amazing but still creepy"
"House of Wax"
#43
Valentine
3.0
(2)
"Valentine"
"Valentine (not a good one but if you are able to get through 80s camp where you root for the protagonists to die then you can probably get through this)."
#44
Just Before Dawn (1981)
5.0
(1)
"Just Before Dawn (1981) camping in the woods slasher"
#45
Alien (1979)
5.0
(1)
"In order: - Alien"
#46
Evil Dead Trilogy
5.0
(1)
"Definitely the Evil Dead trilogy."
#47
Alien & Aliens
5.0
(1)
"-Alien + aliens(2)."
#48
Charlies Farm, The Furies, The Burning, The Prowler, Haunt, Alone in the Dark, Madman, Slasher TV series, Hatchet
4.0
(1)
"Charlies farm , the furies , you're next , the burning , the prowler , haunt 2019 , alone in the dark 1982 , madman , slasher tv series , hatchet 1 , 2 , 3 , just before dawn 1981"
#49
Candyman, Hellraiser, Chucky
4.0
(1)
"Og Candy man and candy man 2021, Hellraiser reboot, Chucky series"
#50
Bad Land, Butchers, Timber Falls
4.0
(1)
"This is a total random movie that never gets mentioned on this sub, but if you liked Wrong Turn, this movie will sate your craving: Bad Land 2007. You can follow that up with Butchers 2020. And you can end with Timber Falls 2007."
#51
Blood Diner
4.0
(1)
"BLOOD DINER IS KRAY, KRAY."
#52
Torso (1973)
4.0
(1)
"Torso (1973)"
#53
Saw series, Final Destination series, Jeepers Creepers, Wishmaster, Hatchet series
4.0
(1)
"Saw series, Final destination series, Jeepers creepers 1 & 2 only (other two are hot garbage), Wishmaster (b grade but gold), Hatchet series"
#54
The Burning, The Prowler, My Bloody Valentine
4.0
(1)
"The Burning. The Prowler. My Bloody Valentine. A quality trio to compliment the franchise heavyweights."
#55
Maniac, Pieces, 100 Tears, Circus of the Dead, Black Christmas, The Sadness
4.0
(1)
"Maniac (both original and remake), Pieces, 100 Tears, Circus of the Dead, Black Christmas, The Sadness"
#56
American Psycho, The House that Jack Built, The Descent
4.0
(1)
"American Psycho is a good one. And if you like that The House that Jack Built is similar but a lot more gorey and crazy lol. The Descent is more of a creature feature, I think, but I'd say it falls under that slasher type as well."
#57
Saw, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Final Destination, Cocaine Bear, P2, Violent Night, The Babysitter, Terrifier
4.0
(1)
"Saw (Franchise), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), Final Destination 1-3 and 5, Cocaine Bear, P2, Violent Night, The Babysitter, The Babysitter: Killer Queen, Terrifier 1-2"
#58
The Hostel, The Collector
4.0
(1)
"The hostel, The collector"
#59
Hatchet, Hush, Child's Play, My Bloody Valentine
4.0
(1)
"Hatchet, Hush, Child's Play, My Bloody Valentine"
#60
Nightmare on Elm Street, Jeepers Creepers, The Slumber Party Massacre
4.0
(1)
"Nightmare on the elm street, Jeepers Creepers, The slumber party massacre."
#61
The Hills Have Eyes, Texas Chainsaw Massacre
4.0
(1)
"The Hills have eyes. Texas chainsaw massacre."
#62
Saw, Scream, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Texas Chainsaw
4.0
(1)
"Saw, Scream, Friday the 13th, A nightmare on elm Street, Texas chainsaw"
#63
Laid to Rest, The Collector, You’re Next
4.0
(1)
"Laid to Rest (2009), The Collector (2009), You’re Next (2011)"
#64
The Crazies
4.0
(1)
"The Crazies i guess? Both the OG and the remake are good imo."
#65
Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Urban Legends
4.0
(1)
"These are old but Scream, I know what you did last summer, and Urban Legends."
#66
Lake Bodom
4.0
(1)
"There is a Swedish movie called "Lake Bodom" based on a true story, that aligns really well with something like Wrong Turn."
#67
Cold Prey series
4.0
(1)
"Cold Prey 1 and 2 are really good(or Fritt Vitt 1 and 2 its in norwegian, but there are english dubbed or subtitled version out there on Roku Tv, You Tube(Cold Prey 1), and Amazon Prime(Cold Prey 2)"
#68
Rob Zombie Trilogy
4.0
(1)
"Rob Zombie's Trilogy is pretty good, from the other perspective. Stick to House of 1000 Corpses and Devil's Rejects."
#69
The Collector
4.0
(1)
"The Collector & The Collection"
#70
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
4.0
(1)
"The town that Dreaded sundown (original,remake)"
#71
The Hills Have Eyes
4.0
(1)
"The hills have eyes"
#72
The Strangers series
4.0
(1)
"The Strangers. All of them."
#73
Hush
4.0
(1)
"Hush on Netflix. It’s thrilling, not too gory, you root for the main character who is actually smart, the villain/bad guy is realistically creepy."
#74
Final Destination series
4.0
(1)
"Final Destination, also very light and easy to access."
#75
Freaky
4.0
(1)
"Fun, silly ones that I liked in the past few years. Namely Freaky, Happy Death Day, and (to a lesser extent) Totally Killer"
#76
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil
4.0
(1)
"Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil"
#77
Chucky series
4.0
(1)
"Tried organizing the good ones from best to worst (but they’re all good): Chucky (original)"
#78
Serial Mom
4.0
(1)
"Serial Mom leans toward comedy, the scares are mostly silly, and Kathleen Turner is unhinged"
#79
April Fools Day (1981)
4.0
(1)
"April fools day 1981"
#80
Leprechaun series
4.0
(1)
"The Leprechaun movies are definitely introduction friendly I think."
#81
Audition
4.0
(1)
"Audition"
#82
Bone Tomahawk
4.0
(1)
"Bone Tomahawk"
#83
Saint
3.0
(1)
"Saint/sint,Saint nick"
#84
Basket Case
3.0
(1)
"Basket Case"
#85
Slaughter High
3.0
(1)
"Slaughter high"
#86
Bloody Murder
3.0
(1)
"Bloody murder"
#87
Maniac Cop
3.0
(1)
"Maniac cop"
#88
Psycho Cop
3.0
(1)
"Psycho cop"
#89
Midnight Movie
3.0
(1)
"Midnight movie"
#90
Laid to Rest
3.0
(1)
"Laid to rest"
#91
When a Stranger Calls
3.0
(1)
"When a stranger calls"
#92
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane
3.0
(1)
"All the boys love mandy lane"
#93
My Soul to Take
3.0
(1)
"My soul to take"
#94
Joy Ride
3.0
(1)
"Joy ride"
#95
Amsterdamned
3.0
(1)
"Amsterdamned"
#96
Cub
3.0
(1)
"Cub"
#97
Charlie's Farm
3.0
(1)
"Charlies farm"
#98
Road Games
3.0
(1)
"Road games"
#99
Student Bodies (1981)
3.0
(1)
"Student Bodies (1981)"
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