Top 35 Slasher Villains Of All Time, Ranked - Dinh Tien Hoang High School

Slasher villains in horror movies date back to 1960, although the slasher horror genre didn’t exist under that name until the 1970s. The earliest movie that many consider to be the grandfather of slasher movies was the Alfred Hitchcock horror movie Psycho, but it wasn’t until the 70s that movies like Black Christmas and Halloween created the genre. One of the key elements to a successful entry into the genre is having a truly great slasher villain.

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Slasher villains are the ones who mercilessly hunt the victims of the story, generating scares and collecting high body counts. As with the slasher genre itself, these villains can be seen in a variety of different ways. There are the classic masked killers, like Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers. There are the killers whose identities are left a mystery until the end. There are even some slasher villains who can also be considered horror movie monsters. However, only the very best of the genre truly stand out.

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35 The Collector

The Collector (2009)

While some see him as a lesser version of Jigsaw from the Saw movies, The Collector has still amassed a lot of fans despite only appearing in a pair of low-budget movies. The Collector is a slasher villain whose motivation seems to simply be that he enjoys torturing and mutilating people, with his lack of reasoning adding to his creepiness.

The Collector R Director Marcus Dunstan Release Date July 31, 2009 Cast Josh Stewart , Andrea Roth , Juan Fernández Runtime 1hr 30m

The Collector wears a leather mask with only his unsettling beady eyes being shown underneath. However, he is not the typical kind of slasher villain who continuously attacks and overpowers his victims in one-on-one confrontations. Instead, he sets up traps and watches them painfully work their way through his sadistic maze. He is another villain who has little to say and even his presence is not as noticeable. However, the pain he inflicts on his targets for the sheer thrill of it makes him a memorable addition to the genre.

34 John Carver

Thanksgiving (2023)

Setting slasher movies around holidays has been a staple of the genre for years and something that Eli Roth poked fun at with a fake Thanksgiving trailer he made for Grindhouse. However, like Machete, the fake Thanksgiving trailer eventually grew to the point where Roth decided it deserved to be a feature-length movie of its own, complete with its own slasher movie villain. Fitting for the holiday in question, the killer wears a John Carver mask and a pilgrim costume while wielding an ax.

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Originally conceived as a parody trailer in 2007’s Grindhouse, Thanksgiving is a 2023 horror-slasher film from director Eli Roth. The movie centers around a serial killer who heads to a small town in Massachusetts that creates a huge event out of Thanksgiving each year with the intent of turning the residents into the main course.

Director Eli Roth Release Date November 17, 2023 Cast Addison Rae , Patrick Dempsey , Jalen Thomas Brooks , Nell Verlaque , Milo Manheim , Gina Gershon Runtime 106 Minutes

John Carver makes for a memorable and more recent addition to the long history of slasher villains and draws from many of the iconic villains of the genre. He is somewhere in between a throwback homage and a new fun take on the trope. The costume is amusing, but the movie is not as goofy as the original Death Proof fake trailer suggested. He is a formidable killer who scores a number of memorable kills.

33 The Urban Legend Killer

Urban Legend (1998)

Part of what makes a slasher villain memorable is the gimmick they use in dispatching their victims. The Urban Legend Killer gets one of the most unique and exciting approaches as they target people in ways that are based on famous urban legends. This includes memorable sequences like a killer hiding in the backseat of a car and another based on the supposed lethal combination of pop rocks and soda.

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Urban Legend is a 1998 horror film directed by Jamie Blanks. Centered on a series of gruesome murders at a New England university, the film follows a group of students as they unravel the connection between the killings and various urban legends. The ensemble cast includes Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, and Rebecca Gayheart, weaving suspense and fear through its exploration of modern folklore.

Director Jamie Blanks Release Date September 25, 1998 Cast Jared Leto , Alicia Witt , Rebecca Gayheart , Michael Rosenbaum , Loretta Devine , Joshua Jackson , Tara Reid , John Neville Runtime 99 Minutes

While the gimmick is somewhat stretched thin even over the course of the first movie, it does provide some great moments and a fresh take in one of the most underrated post-Scream slasher movies. The killer is also memorable with the hooded figure reminiscent of the ominous figure from the iconic poster of John Carpenter’s The Thing. It also lends itself well to another slasher villain whose identity is kept a secret until the third-act reveal.

32 Johnny

In A Violent Nature (2024)

In a Violent Nature is another recent slasher movie, and the Canadian horror movie finds an innovative new approach to the typical slasher villain concept. Johnny is a throwback to classic stripped-down and gritty slasher movie villains with Jason Voorhees being the most obvious reference point. He is a ruthless and relentless force of nature who rises from the dead to find his mother’s stolen necklace and kill anyone he comes across.

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In a Violent Nature is a 2024 horror-slasher film written and directed by Chris Nash that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2024. A group of campers in the middle of the wilderness stumble across a fire watchtower and discover a locket buried beneath its charred ruins. However, by unearthing the locket, they’ve invited the wrath of its prior owner and now must survive the rampage of a supernatural killer looking to retrieve his possession.

Director Chris Nash Release Date January 22, 2024 Cast Lauren-Marie Taylor , Andrea Pavlovic , Ry Barrett , Reece Presley Runtime 94 Minutes

While the premise behind Johnny is relatively straightforward and the idea of his chasing victims through the forest is nothing new for the genre, In a Violent Naturedoes something that no other slasher movie has done with its villain, which is to tell the movie from their perspective. The movie follows Johnny as he rises from the grave and sets out on his bloody mission. It makes for an intriguing look at such a brutal character who is responsible for some of the most shocking horror movie deaths in recent memory.

31 Death

Final Destination (2000)

Death might be a controversial choice for a slasher villain, but it fits with all the tropes and aspects of a typical slasher villain, with the only exception being that it is a villain the audience never actually sees. However, instead of discounting that from this collection, it only solidifies that Death is a stand-out example of such characters. The premise of the Final Destination movies is that a group of people manage to escape certain death only to be stalked by Death itself so it cannot be cheated.

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With no physical appearance in the movie, Death still manages to have a presence that he always felt. There is the ominous threat that it could strike at any moment with Death setting up elaborate scenarios to take out its victims in gruesome ways. This clever approach makes the Final Destination movies some of the most entertaining when it comes to inventive kills.

30 Mr. Slausen

Tourist Trap (1979)

A lesser-known early slasher, Tourist Trap is a weirdly charming, or perhaps just charmingly weird take on the classic setup. Mr. Slausen runs the titular tourist trap that the carefree and soon-to-be-dead young people of the movie stumble into and appears as a kind and folksy presence who only wants to protect the kids from his evil brother. But it turns out that Slausen doesn’t have a brother, and he’s been toying with his victims the whole time.

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*Availability in US Director David Schmoeller Release Date March 16, 1979 Cast Chuck Connors , Jocelyn Jones , Jon Van Ness , Robin Sherwood , Tanya Roberts , Dawn Jeffory Runtime 90 minutes

Nevertheless, the charm of actor Chuck Connors (Lucas McCain from The Rifleman) shines through, even if his sad backstory is likely all a lie. The movie shares an inspiration with more surreal projects by directors like Alejandro Jodorowsky (El Topo) and Luis Buñuel (Un Chien Andalou). This was also an early attempt at making the slasher villain supernatural, as Mr. Slausen has psychokinetic powers. The movie was a cult favorite but was never big enough for a sequel.

29 Billy

Black Christmas (1974)

Billy may be one of the most significant killers in the development of the horror genre. Black Christmas served as a source of inspiration for John Carpenter’s Halloween and all that followed it. This was the first slasher movie for many, especially if they don’t count Psycho as part of the genre. However, what keeps Billy from matching up with other slasher killers is that he is never really seen in the original movie, adding to the sense of unease. He is mostly just heard through the obscene phone calls he places to the victims.

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Black Christmas is a 1974 horror movie from A Christmas Story director Bob Clark. The Canadian slasher centers on sorority girls who are stalked and killed by a crazed killer during the holiday season. Throughout the film, the teenagers get strange and threatening calls from the killer known as Billy. Black Christmas recieved mixed reviews upon release but has since become a cult classic.

Director Sophia Takal Release Date December 11, 2019 Cast Imogen Poots , Cary Elwes , Aleyse Shannon , Brittany O’Grady , Lily Donoghue , Madeleine Adams Runtime 92 minutes

Whatever Billy’s precise hangups are, they seem deeply rooted in misogyny, and what little the audience knows makes him disturbing. The movie’s slasher villain is also iconic as he sets the table for the future antagonists who hide in houses, remain unseen, and only come out when it is time to kill a new young victim. Billy was the precursor for Jason, Michael Myers, and many more to come.

28 The Creeper

Jeepers Creepers (2001)

Jeepers Creepers is a slasher movie franchise that had an amazing first movie, but lackluster follow-ups since then. The killer in these movies was simply known as the Creeper, an ancient demonic serial killer that goes on a rampage every 23 years and kills and eats people for 23 days. Unlike many slasher killers, the Creeper also blends in with the monster horror movie subgenre thanks to its appearance and supernatural powers, including flight and superhuman strength. The first two movies take place over 23 days and there were two other sequels.

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Jeepers Creepers is a 2001 horror film by writer-director Victor Salva. Headed home for spring break, siblings Trish and Darry Jenner are briefly tailed by an aggressive truck driver. Deciding to investigate him after seeing him dumping strange body-shaped bags into a nearby well, the two quickly discover they may have bitten off more than they can chew when they learn of the driver’s supernatural and monstrous nature.

Director Victor Salva Release Date August 31, 2001 Cast Jonathan Breck , Gina Philips , Justin Long , Brandon Smith , Patricia Belcher Runtime 90 minutes

What keeps the Creeper down is its lack of memorable moments. The movie franchise looked destined for greatness when Victor Salva directed the first movie, but he put the series on hold after the first sequel due to outside reasons, and by the time he returned to it in 2017, most people had forgotten about The Creeper, so whatever magic the monster once had was lost forever.

27 Gabriel

Malignant (2021)

Gabriel is one of the newest slasher villains in Hollywood, the killer from Malignant. The movie itself is about a woman named Madison Mitchell who finds herself haunted by nightmares and real-life murders that seem to paint her as the killer without her understanding what is going on. The big twist here is that Gabriel is unlike almost any other slasher killer. He is the parasitic twin of Madison, conjoined at the brain, who was left to die after separating from Madison.

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In this horror thriller from the creator of the Conjuring universe, a woman named Madison is tormented by visions of grisly murders. When she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities, she attempts to unlock her repressed memories to find the killer and stop him.

Director James Wan Release Date September 10, 2021 Cast Maddie Hasson , Annabelle Wallis , Jacqueline McKenzie , Ingrid Bisu , Michole Briana White , Jake Abel , Mckenna Grace , George Young Runtime 111 minutes

However, he not only survived but was able to get Madison to kill for him, trying to eventually get to their mother as well. This was one of the most creative slasher villains in any horror movie, with the connotations and background trauma that goes along with his creation. There is always a good chance he could return, although it might lack some of the creativity of the first movie since his origin is now known. Even so, with 48 kills in one movie, Gabriel has a high murder count even if Malignant 2 never happens.

26 Maniac Cop, Of Matt Cordell

Maniac Cop (1988)

In the original Maniac Cop, Matt Cordell is an NYPD officer who’s put in prison, mutilated in an attack by inmates, and then left for dead. So, naturally, he’s more than a little vengeful himself, and it’s easy to see what his motivation for his rampaging is. However, one of the reasons that Cordell was put in prison in the first place was police brutality, which his behavior as a slasher villain seems to confirm quite emphatically.

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Maniac Cop is a 1988 action-horror film directed by William Lustig. It follows a series of brutal murders in New York City, sparking fear as the assailant is rumored to be a uniformed police officer. Against this backdrop, a detective and a wrongfully accused cop team up to uncover the truth behind the killings, leading them into a web of corruption and vengeance within the police force.

Director William Lustig Release Date May 13, 1988 Cast Tom Atkins , Bruce Campbell , Laurene Landon , Richard Roundtree , William Smith , Robert Z’Dar , Sheree North , Nina Arvesen Runtime 85 Minutes

He could just take revenge against those who wronged him, but he instead attacks people seemingly at random at times, striking fear into the heart of the city that he swore to protect. There were three movies in the Maniac Cop franchise, but the first movie (with Tom Atkins and Bruce Campbell in lead roles) remains a true cult classic and shows everything that is great about this iconic slasher villain. The rest of the franchise had him as an undead monster, which lessened the effect.

25 The Miner, Or Harry Warden And Axel Palmer

My Bloody Valentine (1981)

From My Bloody Valentine, The Miner doesn’t actually appear as often as most slasher villains do, being the antagonist of only two movies (including the remake), but he makes a grand impression in both films. He’s become popular enough in recent years to join the pantheon of slasher villains along with greats like Michael and Jason. Unfortunately, though, he doesn’t have much personality beyond the effectively simple costume, as his identity is deliberately kept mysterious.

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My Bloody Valentine is a Canadian-made horror/slasher film that follows a group of people who decide to throw a party for Valentine’s Day to disastrous results. The dance, which had been banned for two decades prior due to a tragic mining incident it had caused, is brought back, only for those involved to incur the wrath of a miner as he picks them off one by one.

Director George Mihalka Release Date February 11, 1981 Cast Paul Kelman , Lori Hallier , Neil Affleck , Don Francks , Cynthia Dale , Alf Humphreys , Keith Knight , Patricia Hamilton Runtime 93 Minutes

The motivations of the original killer, Harry Warden, and the copycat murderer, Axel Palmer, mostly make them seem spiteful and jealous, yet deadly. The first movie was a mostly lower-budget slasher movie and received an infamous reputation when it needed several cuts to make it to an R-rating during a time of the video nasties era. The remake was a larger budgeted movie with the gimmick of being in 3D, but it also has a better cast, with Jensen Ackles (Supernatural) and Jaime King.

24 Pamela Voorhees

Friday The 13th (1980)

One of the all-time great horror movie trivia questions is “Who is the killer in the original Friday the 13th?” This is because many people assume that it’s Jason Voorhees but as all big slasher fans know, the killer in the first movie is actually Jason’s mother, Pamela. Considering that her motivation is vengeance for the death of her son, who drowned in Camp Crystal Lake due to the negligence of the counselors, she’s always been viewed in a slightly more sympathetic light than most slasher villains.

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Friday the 13th is a horror-slasher film by director Sean S. Cunningham and follows a group of camp counselors who are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer known to be the site of a child’s drowning and a grisly double murder. The film began a decades-long franchise that would eventually lead to the creation of Jason Vorhees, one of the most popular horror icons of all time.

Director Sean S. Cunningham Release Date May 9, 1980 Cast Peter Brouwer , Adrienne King , Betsy Palmer , Jeannine Taylor , Kevin Bacon , Robbi Morgan , Harry Crosby Runtime 95 minutes

However, the people who she takes her rage out on didn’t have anything to do with it, but in her mind, it is all justified after what she lost. The rest of the franchise moved on to her son, Jason Voorhees, who it turned out, survived his childhood drowning incident. While he remains the most iconic slasher villain from the franchise, it is easy to remember why the first movie was considered the best in the series, and much of that is thanks to a more human killer in Pamela Voorhees.

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23 The Tall Man

Phantasm (1979)

The Tall Man is another slasher villain who teeters on the edge of other horror subgenres, especially with his demonic status. He is the main villain in the Phantasm movies and is a very imposing figure. He stands as one of the tallest horror villains in cinema, but he also uses small sentinel spheres that fly through the air and slash at victims with blades.

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Phantasm is a sci-fi fantasy horror movie that follows horror icon the Tall Man, an undertaker from another world with supernatural powers as he terrorizes a small town to build his army. When thirteen-year-old Mike begins to suspect the town mortician of being a demon in disguise of a man, he’ll have to convince his sister and her friend that the threat is real and that they’re all in grave danger.

Director Don Coscarelli Release Date March 28, 1979 Cast A. Michael Baldwin , Kathy Lester , Angus Scrimm , Reggie Bannister , Bill Thornbury Runtime 88 minutes

He is also mostly immortal, a scientist from the Civil War who can travel through time and space with a machine he created, and his travels turned him into an evil entity who traveled to different towns, killing everyone there, so he could turn them into his zombie minions. He appeared in five movies, and while the supernatural elements of his time travel confused the story somewhat in the later movies, the original look at this towering giant slasher killer hunting down children to kill remains one of the most frightening moments of the late 1970s.

22 Victor Crowley

Hatchet (2007)

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In 2007, Adam Green created his Hatchet slasher horror series. The movie was a throwback to the slashers of the 80s, and Green was able to really play into that by casting Kane Hodder (Jason Voorhees) as the slasher villain Victor Crowley, Tony Todd (Candyman) as Reverend Zombie, and Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger) as Sampson. Luckily, Green was skilled enough to make the movie worth all these horror icons’ time, and it ended up as a cult classic.

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Hatchet, directed by Adam Green, is a 2007 slasher film that follows a group of tourists on a haunted swamp tour in New Orleans. Their excursion takes a deadly turn when they encounter Victor Crowley, a disfigured man who brutally murders intruders. The film stars Joel David Moore, Tamara Feldman, and Kane Hodder as Victor Crowley, blending dark humor with horror in a throwback to 1980s slasher classics.

Director Adam Green Release Date September 7, 2007 Cast Tony Todd , Amara Zaragoza , Kane Hodder , Joel David Moore , Deon Richmond Runtime 85 minutes

Green directed two of the three sequels to Hatchet, with Crowley stalking the swamps of New Orleans, killing anyone who dares enter his domain. What really makes the Hatchet series, and Victor Crowley in particular, so memorable is that Adam Green is a true fan of classic slasher movies, and the respect that he paid not only his killer, but the story and the actors he brought into his world shows through. While the sequels after Green were lackluster, Crowley remains a great slasher villain.

21 Blissfield Butcher

Freaky (2020)

The 2020 slasher movie Freaky was a mishmash of genres. It was a typical slasher movie where the Blissfield Butcher was killing people in a small town. However, the other half is a body-swap movie like the comedy Freaky Friday, but this time with the Blissfield Butcher and a high school girl named Millie switching bodies. It ended up as a lot of fun, with Vince Vaughn playing the serial killer and then playing the confused high school student, while Kathryn Newton was able to switch easily between her high school persona and her mimicking of Vaughn’s mannerisms.

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Freaky is a film directed by Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day 2U) and centers around a young girl in high school that swaps bodies with a deranged serial killer. When four teenagers are found dead, the Blissfield Butcher’s re-emergence has made the town somewhat on alert. While waiting for her ride home at the end of a football game, Millie Kessler is attacked by the butcher with a mysterious dagger called La Dola, which then swaps the two into one another’s bodies in a Freaky Friday-like fashion. Millie discovers that to get back to her original body, she needs to get her friends and family to believe that their bodies have swapped – and she needs to reverse the ritual in twenty-four hours, or the switch will remain permanent.

Director Christopher Landon Release Date November 13, 2020 Cast Misha Osherovich , Vince Vaughn , Celeste O’Connor , Kathryn Newton , Uriah Shelton , Dana Drori , Alan Ruck , Katie Finneran Runtime 102 Minutes

Sadly, the Butcher died, so there won’t be another Freaky without a different slasher killer. With that said, the idea of the Freaky Friday slant to the slasher movie genre could warrant another look at the story with a different killer. It might be hard to really catch lightning in a bottle twice with Netwon and Vaughn so masterful in their portrayals of the killer, but that isn’t to say that it couldn’t be done with new actors giving it a try.

20 Angela Baker

Sleepaway Camp (1983)

Angela Baker went down in history as one of the most infamous slasher villains in movie history after the first Sleepaway Camp. At first, the 1983 slasher movie seemed like a generic copy of Friday the 13th, with kids at a summer camp killed by a mysterious villain. Throughout most of the movie, Angela looks like one of the hapless victims running for her life. That turned out to be a ruse, as Angela was the slasher killer with the twist that she was born a boy but raised as a girl by parents who wanted a daughter instead of a son.

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The 1983 cult classic slasher horror Sleepaway Camp follows Angela Baker (Felissa Rose), an introverted teenage girl who’s sent to summer camp years after a traumatizing event deeply affected her. However, she is constantly bullied and abused, and everyone at Camp Arawak begins to die, one by one.

Director Robert Hiltzik Release Date November 18, 1983 Cast Jonathan Tiersten , Mike Kellin , Felissa Rose , Karen Fields , Christopher Collet Runtime 84 minutes

The movie remains problematic with the transphobic and homophobic implications that surround the final twist. However, Angela is still a beloved slasher icon who appeared in four films in the series and the first movie in the series remains one that slasher movie fans often revisit. While it does border on offense in the same way that looking back on Silence of the Lambs does, it is also more of a campy splatterfest that doesn’t take itself seriously enough to deserve that deep of a look.

19 Mick Taylor

Wolf Creek (2005)

The 2005 Australian slasher movie Wolf Creek was based on a true story of the murders of backpackers in the 1990s. In this movie, three backpackers in Australia end up captured and then hunted down by the evil Mick Taylor. What makes Mick such an intriguing slasher villain is his nihilistic worldview.

As he tells his victims, it is his job to wipe out the weak in society and that is the only reason he has for killing his victims. Unlike other slasher villains in movies who have tormented pasts and kill almost nonchalantly, Mick is sadistic and bloodthirsty and does this almost for sport.

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Wolf Creek is a 2005 horror film where three friends get stranded in Australia and fall victim to a psychopathic torturer. Wolf Creek was then followed by Wolf Creek 2 in 2013 and a TV show in 2016. The film received mixed reviews upon release but has been viewed in a more favorable light in recent years.

Director Greg Mclean Release Date December 25, 2005 Cast Kestie Morassi , Cassandra Magrath , Andy McPhee , John Jarratt , Nathan Phillips Runtime 99 minutes

Mick enjoys murdering tourists and feels it is his right since he is the dominant of his species, and he is just wiping out those who don’t match up. While this is a rough idea to accept, it makes him such a different slasher villain than others who are killing for much more abstract reasons. Mick Taylor is just a bad person who loves what he does, and that makes him very dangerous. Mick Taylor survived the first movie and returned in a sequel and TV series, and he wins in every version of his story.

18 Frank Zito

Maniac (2013)

Maniac is one of the hardest slasher movies to watch for many viewers. This is because the entire movie is shot from the point of view of the slasher killer, Frank Zito. He is only shown on screen when he looks in a mirror (and that is when viewers see he is playing by Elijah Woods). Frank took over his family’s mannequin restoration business after his mother died, but he also dealt with trauma from his childhood when his mother, a prostitute, forced him to watch her involved in sexual acts with various men.

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Maniac is a 2013 remake of the 1980 horror film of the same name starring Joe Spinell. Elijah Wood replaces Spinell as Frank Zito, a serial killer who scalps young women and attaches the skin to mannequins. Unlike the original film, which is set in New York, this Franck Khalfoun-directed remake is set in Los Angeles.

Director Franck Khalfoun Release Date June 21, 2013 Cast Elijah Wood , Nora Arnezeder , America Olivo , Megan Duffy Runtime 89 Minutes

By forcing viewers to watch the murders from the slasher’s point of view, it creates a disturbing experience that is hard to forget. The movie is actually a remake of a 1980 slasher movie starring Joe Spinell and directed by William Lustig, who went on to produce the remake in 2012. The original was released unrated in 1080, although it was never labeled as a video nasty. It also didn’t play out in the first-person POV of the killer, which really made the later version of Zito even more frightening.

17 The Grabber

The Black Phone (2022)

Ethan Hawke was a big part of the recent horror renaissance. He appeared as a victim in one of the scariest horror movies of the century in Sinister and in Black Phone, Hawke took on the role of a slasher villain who kidnaps and kills children. The movie is based on a story by Stephen King’s son, Joe Hill, and focuses on a boy who The Grabber abducts who starts to get phone calls from the spirit of a former victim. The former victim then sets out to help the new boy escape the grasp of The Grabber.

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Based on Joe Hill’s short story of the same name, The Black Phone follows teen Finney Blake (Mason Thames) after he is abducted by a man known only as the Grabber (Ethan Hawke). Trapped in a basement with only a disconnected phone, Finney begins to hear from the Grabber’s previous victims, each of which gives him cryptic clues to help him fight back against his captor.

Director Scott Derrickson Release Date June 24, 2022 Cast Ethan Hawke , Mason Thames , Brady Hepner , James Ransone , Jordan Isaiah White , Jeremy Davies , Jacob Moran , Madeleine McGraw Runtime 102 minutes

While his backstory was never fleshed out, he killed five boys before he grabbed Finney, and between his mask and his personality, he was one of the most memorable modern-day slashers. With Scott Derrickson (Doctor Strange) in the director’s chair, he was able to really turn Ethan Hawke’s Grabber into an iconic and scary villain. That he targets children makes him even scarier and even when the supernatural works against the slasher killer in this movie, it doesn’t take away from his status.

16 Leslie Vernon

Behind The Mask (2007)

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon was a 2006 horror movie that completely deconstructed the slasher genre as it was set up in two halves. The first half was a mockumentary, with a film crew following slasher killer Leslie Vernon to create a documentary about how a slasher killer operates. Leslie shows them how things in houses always fail when a victim needs them and how a slasher can look like they are walking slowly, but always catch up. Explaining the unexplained makes this movie one of the best slasher movies in the genre.

Behind the Mask R Director Scott Glosserman Release Date March 16, 2007 Cast Robert Englund , Angela Goethals , Nathan Baesel , Scott Wilson , Zelda Rubinstein Runtime 92 minutes

After this brilliant deconstruction, the movie switches to a regular slasher when Leslie lets the documentary crew know they are his next targets. The fact that it goes from a mockumentary similar to a found footage movie to an actual straight horror movie really shakes up the story and helps it rise to another level. Sadly, Leslie Vernon only appeared in one film, even though he survived in the end — as another homage to old-school slasher movies.

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