# The best slasher movies of all time

Masked killers, summer camps and teenagers who shouldn't split up: the slashers rated highest by critics and audiences (FilmAffinity, Vandal, Hablando de Cine).

- 111 votes · 15 items
- Nov 1, 2025 · íñigo martínez
- https://even.best/en/l/2068/the-best-slasher-movies-of-all-time

## Top 14

1. **Psycho (1960)** (15 · ▲15 ▼0) — Hitchcock, the Bates Motel and cinema's most famous shower.
2. **Scream (1996)** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — Ghostface and teenagers who know the genre's rules.
3. **Friday the 13th (1980)** (8 · ▲10 ▼2) — A summer camp and a revenge.
4. **The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Leatherface and his chainsaw.
5. **A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)** (6 · ▲8 ▼2) — Freddy Krueger kills you in your dreams.
6. **X (2022)** (5 · ▲7 ▼2) — A shoot at a Texas farm with unwelcoming owners; Ti West.
7. **Black Christmas (1974)** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Obscene phone calls at a sorority house; a forerunner of the genre.
8. **Terrifier (2016)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Art the Clown, the most savage slasher of recent years.
9. **Happy Death Day (2017)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — A student relives the day of her murder over and over.
10. **Pearl (2022)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — The prequel to X, with Mia Goth.
11. **Candyman (1992)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Say it five times in the mirror.
12. **Halloween (1978)** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — Michael Myers returns to Haddonfield; John Carpenter.
13. **I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — A fisherman with a hook and four friends' secret.
14. **Child's Play (1988)** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — Chucky, the possessed doll.
15. **A Bay of Blood (1971)** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — Mario Bava and thirteen deaths around a bay.

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