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Inside (2007)
, 1h23Directed by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Pregnancy films, Christmas films, Films about sexuality, Serial killer films
Actors Alysson Paradis, Béatrice Dalle, Tahar Rahim, Nathalie Roussel, François-Régis Marchasson, Nicolas Duvauchelle
A baby in utero is seen, with the mother's voice heard soothing it. The baby recoils as if struck. Expectant mother Sarah (Paradis) has been in a car accident, and her husband has been killed. Months later on Christmas Eve, Sarah is making final preparations for her delivery the following day. Still reeling from her husband's death, Sarah is now moody and depressed.
High Tension (2003)
, 1h31Directed by Alexandre Aja
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Serial killer films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Cécile de France, Maïwenn, Philippe Nahon, Franck Khalfoun, Oana Pellea, Jean-Claude de Goros
The film begins with a woman wearing a hospital gown, whispering to herself. Her back is revealed, showing sutures from injuries all over her back. The scene cuts to a woman who runs from something unknown to a road near a forest. She stops a car, screaming, begging for help, when her hand is revealed, covered in blood from a wound on her stomach.
Child's Play (1988)
, 1h27Directed by Tom Holland
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Films about education, Films about children, Jeu, Child's Play (film series), Serial killer films, Films about toys, Comedy horror films
Actors Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif, Dinah Manoff, Jack Colvin
Charles Lee Ray also nicknamed 'Chucky' and the 'Lakeshore Strangler' is a wanted fugitive and is on the run from the police in the streets of Chicago in November 1988. After he is fatally shot by Detective Mike Norris, Charles via a voodoo ritual transfers his soul into a 'Good-Guy' doll which destroys the store in an attempt to cheat death. Mike who survives the explosion finds Charles's body thinking he killed him.
From Hell (2001)
, 1h57Directed by Albert et Allen Hughes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Psychologie, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Serial killer films, Erotic thriller films, Children's films, Lobotomie
Actors Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, Ian William Richardson, Jason Flemyng
In 1888, Mary Kelly (Heather Graham) and her small group of London prostitutes trudge through unrelenting daily misery. When their friend Ann Crook (Joanna Page) is kidnapped, they are drawn into a conspiracy with links higher up than they could possibly imagine. The kidnapping is soon followed by the gruesome murder of another woman, Martha Tabram (Samantha Spiro); and it becomes apparent that they are being hunted down, one by one as various prostitutes are murdered and mutilated post-mortem.
Candyman (1992)
, 1h39Directed by Bernard Rose
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about music and musicians, Ghost films, Serial killer films, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley, Vanessa Williams, Kasi Lemmons, Bernard Rose
Helen Lyle, a graduate student, conducts research on urban legends, and, in the process, learns of a local legend known as Candyman. The legend claims that Candyman can be summoned by saying his name five times while facing a mirror, whereupon he will murder the summoner with his hook-hand. Later that evening, Helen and her friend Bernadette, skeptical of Candyman's existence, call Candyman's name into the mirror in Helen's bathroom, but nothing happens.
, 1h32Directed by Scott Glosserman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Serial killer films, Comedy horror films
Actors Nathan Baesel, Robert Englund, Angela Goethals, Kate Miner, Scott Wilson, Zelda Rubinstein
The film is shot as a documentary set in a world where the killers depicted in famous slasher films are real. A female journalist named Taylor Gentry and her two cameramen, Doug and Todd, document the preparations of Leslie Vernon as he prepares to join the ranks of other slasher villains. Leslie takes his identity from an urban legend about a boy who killed his family and was cast into a river by angry townsfolk.
Anguish (1987)
, 1h22Directed by Bigas Luna
Origin Espagne
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Medical-themed films, Serial killer films, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Zelda Rubinstein, Michael Lerner, Isabel García Lorca, Craig Hill
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, 1h36Directed by Wes Craven, Chuck Russell
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Medical-themed films, Freddy, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Heather Langenkamp, Patricia Arquette, Laurence Fishburne, Priscilla Pointer, Craig Wasson, Robert Englund
One year after the events of the second film, Kristen Parker is scolded by her mother Elaine to go to bed after staying up all night making a papier-mâché house. Kristen objects but obeys her mother. As she dreams, she is stalked in her model, which is revealed to be 1428 Elm Street, the home of Nancy Thompson and Jesse Walsh. Running from him, she wakes up in her own bed again and realizes it was a dream. The stalker, who is revealed as Freddy Krueger, then appears to her when she goes to wash her face and proceeds to slash her wrists with his claws. Elaine walks in, and Freddy makes the attack appear as a suicide attempt and has her admitted to the hospital for help. Going into hysterics after an attempt to sedate her, Kristen is calmed when Nancy Thompson, a newly hired member of the hospital staff arrives and earns her trust by finishing Freddy's nursery rhyme.
Sex with a Stranger (1986)
, 1h19Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror, Slasher, Pornographic
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about television, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Keisha, Ebony Ayes, Nina Hartley, Randy West
A group of seven seemingly unconnected people each receive a letter containing half of a thousand dollar bill, an invitation to a mansion, and the promise of money and prizes if they show up. Arriving at the house, the recipients of the envelopes find a note, which informs them that rooms have been prepared for them, and that their host (known only as "J.M.") will arrive soon to explain everything to them. The guests conclude that they have been called together due to a tontine made by relatives, who all died in a hotel fire during their last annual meeting.
Lesson of the Evil (2012)
, 2h8Directed by Takashi Miike
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Hideaki Itō, Takayuki Yamada, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Takehiro Hira, Shota Sometani, Shun Miyazato
An English teacher named Seiji Hasumi (Hideaki Itō) is loved by his students and respected by his peers. He graduates from Harvard College with an MBA, and works at Morgenstern, a European investment bank, for two years. Hasumi returns to Japan to pursue high school teaching. However, his outward charm masks his true nature. In reality, Hasumi is a sociopath who is unable to feel empathy for other human beings. Specifically, he has a severe antisocial personality disorder. Having killed both of his parents and his former tutor at the age of fourteen, Hasumi turns into a fiendishly clever killer. During his time in the States, Hasumi meets a partner in crime, an American named Dave, who thinks he shares the same "hobby" as Hasumi – killing people for fun. The two can be seen carrying buckets full of human blood, bones, and organs somewhere, giving off the notion that they committed numerous murders while working together. Hasumi eventually kills his partner by knocking him out and burning him alive inside a barrel, stating that while Dave enjoys killing for fun, Hasumi does not.
Happy Death Day (2017)
, 1h36Directed by Christopher Landon
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror, Romance, Slasher
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Time travel films, Serial killer films, Temporal paradox, Comedy horror films, Teen movie
Actors Israel Broussard, Jessica Rothe, Ruby Modine, Gigi Erneta, Billy Slaughter
18 septembre 2017. Theresa « Tree » Gelbman, une étudiante membre de la sororité Kappa, se réveille le jour de son anniversaire dans la chambre de Carter Davis, un étudiant l'ayant aidé après son énorme cuite de la nuit dernière. Tree, assez superficielle, repousse Carter, refuse les appels de son père, couche avec son professeur, le docteur marié Gregory Butler, et se comporte mal avec sa colocataire, l'infirmière Lori Spengler, même quand cette dernière essaye de lui faire une surprise pour son anniversaire. Dans la soirée, Tree se rend à une fête organisée plus loin dans le campus. Sur le chemin, elle est attaquée et violemment assassinée par un homme portant le masque de bébé de la mascotte de l'université. Tree se réveille aussitôt dans la chambre de Carter et se rend compte bientôt qu'elle est en train de revivre la même journée. Après s'être faite assassiner une seconde fois, Tree comprend qu'elle est bloquée dans une boucle temporelle.
You're Next (2013)
, 1h36Directed by Adam Wingard, Adam Wingard
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about families, Serial killer films
Actors Sharni Vinson, Ti West, A. J. Bowen, Barbara Crampton, Rob Moran, Amy Seimetz
A couple is in their house having sex. One steps into the shower and comes out to find his girlfriend outside of the window lying dead with her throat slit, along with the words "you're next" written with her blood on the window. He himself is then killed by Lamb Mask by jamming his machete through his head.
May (2003)
, 1h33Directed by Lucky McKee
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Romance, Slasher
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Serial killer films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Angela Bettis, Jeremy Sisto, Anna Faris, James Duval, Kevin Gage, Nichole Hiltz
May Dove Canady is an awkward, lonely young woman, who suffered a troubled childhood due to her lazy eye. She has very few social interactions, her only "true friend" being a glass-encased doll named Suzie made by her mother and given to May for her birthday with the adage "If you can't find a friend, make one." May works at a veterinary hospital, assisting with surgeries. Her optometrist fixes May's lazy eye, first with glasses, then with a special form of contact lens. As May attempts to be more social, she becomes friends with Adam, a local mechanic. She has a fixation on his hands, which she considers to be the most attractive part of him, and they start dating. Meanwhile, May's lesbian colleague Polly begins to flirt with May. One day while feeling especially low, May remarks that Polly has a beautiful neck. They become friends and Polly gives her pet cat Lupe to May, ostensibly because of her "bitch" landlord.
StageFright (1987)
, 1h26Directed by Michele Soavi
Origin Italie
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats, Films about birds, Serial killer films
Actors Barbara Cupisti, Domenico Fiore, Piero Vida, Mary Sellers, Mickey Knox, George Eastman
The film takes place in a theater late at night as a troupe of actors are rehearsing a musical about a mass murderer known as the Night Owl. When the show's leading lady, Alicia (Cupisti), sprains her ankle, she and the wardrobe mistress, Betty (Schwerk), sneaks out of the rehearsal to go to a doctor, in which the closest medical facility is a mental hospital. The psychiatrist on duty is happy to help, but the wardrobe mistress notices a restrained patient on a bed lying in a room behind bars. The doctor tells them that it is Irving Wallace (Clain Parker), a former actor who went insane and murdered dozen of people. Unbeknownst to any of them, Wallace killed one of the attendants with a syringe and sneaked out of the asylum, hiding in the back of Betty's car.
Dream Home (2010)
, 1h36Origin Hong kong
Genres Horror, Slasher
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Josie Ho, Eason Chan, Derek Tsang, Michelle Ye, Paw Hee-ching, Lo Hoi-pang
In Hong Kong, Cheng Lai-sheung (Josie Ho) works two jobs with the hope of earning enough money to buy her own apartment with a view of the Victoria Harbour. In mixed chronological order, we see scenes from Lai-sheung's past. In her childhood, her family and friends are evicted from their low-rent housing so that developers can build expensive flats. Later in life, she vows to buy her mother and father a new apartment, but is unable to fulfill her promise before her mother dies. When her father becomes ill, she begins searching in earnest for a new place, having an obsession for the Victoria Bay No. 1 high-rise address from a childhood vow that she would one day buy a flat near the harbour so that her uncle would not have to walk there and back on a daily basis and not needing to search for him every evening.