1. Genre Research
Slasher Movie

2. A typical Slasher movie usually
consists of a group of attractive
teenagers being preyed on by a
masked serial killer, with his motive
usually being revenge and his
weapon of choice always being
something metal and sharp to inflict
incredibly gory injuries. At the end of
the movie there is always one
survivor, and the serial killer is always
either dead or no where to be
seen, leaving the survivor as the main
suspect in the inevitable sequel which
always welcomes the return of the
original killer, or an imitator willing to
carry on his „work‟.
Being a sub-genre of Horror, it was
first introduced with Alfred Hitchcocks‟
1960 hit Psycho, but Slasher movies
first become popular in the late 70‟s
and early 80‟s with the arrival of the
iconic movies: Halloween, Friday the
13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street.
The sub-genre was reborn in the mid
90‟s with the arrival of the first of the
Scream franchise in 1996.

3. This is the movie that
introduces a new level of
Psycho 1960
violence, gore and Alfred Hitchcock
sexuality, which are all
essential parts of the typical
Slasher genre. Psycho went on
to influence later creations
which followed the typical story
lines.
The iconic shower scene from
the movie is the main scene
that tells us it‟s a Slasher
movie: attractive young woman
brutally killed by a shadowy
“masked” villain with a sharp
object.

4. The Texas Chainsaw
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Massacre
is an American movie franchise
focussing on the mass
murderers Leatherface and his
family who are cannibals that
kidnap customers from their gas 1974 & 1986
station. Tobe Hooper
1990
Jeff Burr
The original was released in 1994
1974 and was followed by: The Kim Henkel
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 in 2003
Marcus Nispel
1986, Leatherface: The Texas
2006
Chainsaw Massacre in Jonathan Liebesman
1990, Texas Chainsaw (Rumoured for 2013)
Massacre: The Next Generation John Luessenhop
in 1994, the remake of the
original in 2003 and The Texas
Chainsaw Massacre: The
Beginning in 2006. There is a 3D
movie rumoured for 2013.

5. Halloween
Halloween is an American movie
franchise featuring a psychotic
1978
mass murdered known as John Carpenter
Michael Myers who was 1981 & 2002
committed to a sanatorium as a Rick Rosenthal
child for the murder of his older 1982
sister. Tommy Lee Wallace
1988
The original movie was released Dwight H. Little
1989
in 1978 and was followed by: Dominique Othenin-Girard
Halloween ll in 1981, Halloween 1995
lll: season of the witch in Joe Chappelle
1982, Halloween 4: The return of 1998
Michael Myers in Steve Miner
1988, Halloween 5: The revenge 2007 & 2009
of Michael Myers in Rob Zombie
1989, Halloween: The curse of
Michael Myers in
1995, Halloween H2O: 20 years
later in 1998, Halloween:
Resurrection in 2002 and
remakes of the first two movies in

6. Friday the
Friday the 13th is another American movie
13 th
franchise focussing on the fictional character
of Jason Vorhees, who drowned in a camp
lake due to negligence of the camp staff.
Decades later the lake is said to be cursed
and Jason returns to seek vengeance.
The original movie was released in 1980 and 1980
Sean S. Cunningham
was in direct competition with the first 1981 & 1982
Halloween movie. The first Friday the 13th Steve Miner
1984
was closely followed with a number of Joseph Zito
sequels: Friday the 13th part 2 in 1985
Danny Steinman
1981, Friday the 13th part 3 in 1982, Friday 1986
the 13th: The Final Chapter in 1984, Friday Tom McLoughlin
1988
the 13th: A New Beginning in 1985, Friday John Carl Buechler
the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives in 1986, Friday 1989
Rob Hedden
the 13th Part VII: The New Blood in 1993
1988, Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Adam Marcus
Manhattan in 1989, Jason goes to Hell: The 2002
James Isaac
Final Friday in 1993, Jason X in 2003
2002, Freddy vs. Jason in 2003 and the Ronny Yu
2009
remake of the original Friday the 13th in Marcus Nispel
2009.

7. My Bloody
Valentine
My Bloody Valentine is an
American Slasher movie
focussing on a mass murdered
dressed in a miners
uniform, including breathing
mask thought to be the only 1981
survivor of a mining accident George Mihalka
know as Harry Warden. He
was discovered in the mine
shaft in a state of mental
collapse, and they had
discovered he had resorted to
cannibalism to stay alive.
The movie was remade in
2008, directed by Patrick
Lussier.

8. A Nightmare on
A Nightmare on Elm
Elm Street
Street is yet another
American movie
franchise focussing on
the character known
as Freddy
Krueger, who was The original movie was
1984
killed by the parents created in 1984 and Wes Craven
followed by: A Nightmare on 1985
of children who he Jack Sholder
was molesting and Elm Street 2: Freddy’s
1987
murdering, he then revenge in 1985, A Chuck Russel
Nightmare on Elm Street 3: 1988
takes a more Renny Harlin
supernatural form Dream Warriors in 1987, A
1989
than other mass Nightmare on Elm Street 4: Stephen Hopkins
The Dream Master in 1991
murderers, by staling Rachel Talalay
and killing the, now 1988, A Nightmare on Elm
1994
teenagers, who told Street 5: The Dream Child Wes Craven
on him in their dreams in 1989, Freddy’s Dead: 2003
The Final Nightmare in Ronny Yu
which means they are 2010
also dead in the real 1991, Wes Craven’s new Samuel Bayer
world. Nightmare in 1994, Freddy
vs. Jason in 2003 and the
remake of the original in

9. Scream
Scream is an American film
1996 onwards
series focussing on the killings
Wes Craven
of a mass murderer known as
Ghostface. The Scream series
revitalised the Slasher genre in
the mid 90‟s with the arrival of
the first movie in 1996. It was
followed by: Scream 2 in
1997, Scream 3 in 2000 and
Scream 4 in 2011.
The Scream series also brought
a sense of humour to the genre
and the far more clichéd plot.

10. Final Destination
Final Destination is another American 2000 & 2006
movie series focussing on groups of James Wong
teenagers or young adults, where one 2003 & 2009
of them keeps having visions of David R. Ellis
2011
accidents where at least one of the
Steven Quale
group is killed. These visions always
happen and the group are killed off one
by one by a seemingly invisible force.
Final Destination brings a twist to the
genre by not having a physical
murderer. Their deaths are always
gruesome, feasible, but highly unlikely
to occur outside of the “movie” world.
The first Final Destination was released
in 2000, and was followed by: Final
Destination 2 in 2003, Final Destination
3 in 2006, The Final Destination in 2009
and Final Destination 5 in 2011.

11. Sorority Row
Sorority Row is a Slasher movie
2009
centred around a group of college
Stewart Hendler
girls who commit a prank that
goes horribly wrong. They trick a
boy into believing that he has
killed a girl, so they take her to a
steel mill to dump the body in the
lake, to stop he from floating the
boy stabs her in the chest, killing
her for real. The rest of the movie
shows each girl being killed off
one by one by someone trying to
keep what they did a secret.
The movie is a re-imagining of
the movie The House on Sorority
Row which was made in 1983.

12. Scary Movie
Scary Movie is a series of American
2000 & 2001
Comedy Slasher movies that
Keenon Ivory Wayans
specialise in parodies of horror films. 2003 & 2006
The first Scary Movie released in David Zucker
2000 is a parody of the famous 2012
Scream series. Scary Movie 2 Malcolm D. Lee
released in 2001 is a parody of the
Exorcist and The Haunting. Scary
Movie 3 released in 2003 is a parody
of The Ring and Signs. Scary Movie 4
released in 2006 is a parody of the
first Saw movie.
There is a fifth Scary Movie in
production and a sixth one has been
rumoured.
This movie series brings a humour to
the genre.