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Psycho III (1986)
, 1h30Directed by Anthony Perkins
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey, Roberta Maxwell, Hugh Gillin, Donovan Scott
Norman Bates works at the Bates Motel and lives with the preserved corpse of his mother, Emma Spool. Local law enforcement and Norman's ex-boss, Ralph Statler, are concerned because Mrs. Spool has been missing for over a month. Duane Duke, a sleazy musician desperate for money, is offered the job of assistant motel manager to replace the late Warren Toomey who was fired by Norman. Maureen Coyle, a mentally unstable young nun, is a long-term tenant at the Bates Motel.
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.
Killer Movie (2008)
, 1h31Directed by Jeff Fisher
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Paul Wesley, Kaley Cuoco, Jason London, Torrey DeVitto, Al Santos, Gloria Votsis
Celebrity Jake Tanner (Paul Wesley) travels to a small town to film a reality TV-show about the town's hockey team. However, town local Jaynie (Leighton Meester) is soon murdered, being decapitated by a piece of wire hung up between two trees, but the murder is passed off as an accident. Jake meets with the show's producers, Lee (Cyia Batten) and Phoebe (Torrey DeVitto) who now want to investigate the murder.
, 1h31Directed by Bill Condon
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Ghost films, Serial killer films
Actors Tony Todd, Kelly Rowan, William O'Leary, Bill Nunn, Matt Clark, Timothy Carhart
The father of New Orleans schoolteacher Annie Tarrant (Rowan) was murdered in a Candyman-like fashion some years prior. When Professor Philip Purcell is murdered in a bathroom by Candyman after presenting the legend at a book signing and calling him forth, Annie's brother is accused of the murder (since his furious public confrontation of Purcell over the subject) and one of her students starts to see the Candyman. In order to disprove to herself that the Candyman exists, she says his name five times in front of a mirror, summoning him to New Orleans on the eve of Mardi Gras, where the killings begin in earnest. Her husband Paul Mckeever becoming one of Candyman's new victims. The film's climax reveals more details of the Candyman's genesis, and his reason for stalking Annie.
Visiting Hours (1982)
, 1h43Directed by Jean-Claude Lord
Origin Canada
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Lee Grant, Linda Purl, Michael Ironside, William Shatner, Lenore Zann, Harvey Atkin
Deborah Ballin (Grant), a feminist activist, inspires the wrath of misogynistic psychopath and serial killer Colt Hawker (Ironside) on a TV talk show. He attacks her, but she survives and is sent to County General Hospital.
April Fool's Day (1986)
, 1h29Directed by Fred Walton
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Serial killer films, Teen movie
Actors Deborah Foreman, Thomas F. Wilson, Ken Olandt, Griffin O'Neal, Leah Pinsent, Clayton Rohner
A group of college friends--Harvey, Nikki, Rob, Skip, Nan, Chaz, Kit and Arch--gather to celebrate Spring Break by spending the weekend at the island mansion of their friend Muffy St. John, on the weekend leading up to April Fools' Day. The tone is set almost immediately, with Muffy preparing details around the house, and finds an old jack-in-the-box she remembers (in flashback). Her friends, meanwhile, are joking around on the pier, then on the ferry to the island. But en route to the island, Buck, a local deckhand, is seriously injured in a gruesome accident.
, 1h30Directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about children, Serial killer films
Actors Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Wendy Kaplan, Ellie Cornell, Don Shanks, Beau Starr
The film begins with the conclusion of the previous film after Michael Myers (Don Shanks) fell down a mine shaft. The state troopers tossed dynamite down the mine to make sure that Michael was dead. But Michael escapes and stumbles into a nearby river, where he is found by a hermit. Michael falls into a coma for one year while in the hermit's care. On October 30, 1989, Michael awakens, kills the hermit, and returns to terrorize Haddonfield, where his young niece Jamie Lloyd (Danielle Harris) continues to live after nearly being killed by Michael the year before.
Sleepaway Camp (1983)
, 1h27Directed by Robert Hiltzik
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Serial killer films, Road movies, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Mike Kellin, Jonathan Tiersten, Katherine Kamhi, Felissa Rose, Christopher Collet, Robert Earl Jones
In 1975, John Baker and his lover, Lenny, take John's children Angela and Peter on a boating trip. After the boat capsizes, John and the children attempt to swim ashore where Lenny is waiting for them, but they swim into the path of a reckless motorboat driver and are struck. We see that John and Peter are killed.
The Dark Half (1993)
, 1h56Directed by George A. Romero
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about writers, Serial killer films
Actors Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan, Michael Rooker, Julie Harris, Rutanya Alda, Chelsea Field
The author of highbrow literary novels under his own name, Thad Beaumont (Timothy Hutton) is better known for the bestselling suspense-thrillers he writes under the pen name "George Stark". Beaumont wishes to retire the Stark name and symbolically buries Stark in a mock grave.
Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
, 1h51Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Serial killer films, Teen movie
Actors Melissa Sue Anderson, Glenn Ford, Sharon Acker, Lawrence Dane, Frances Hyland, Tracey Elizabeth Bregman
Virginia "Ginny" Wainwright is a pretty and popular high school senior at Crawford Academy. She is one of her school's "Top Ten," an elite clique which comprises the richest, most popular and most snobbish teens at the Academy. The Top Ten meet every night at the Silent Woman Tavern, a pub near Crawford's campus.
The House on Sorority Row (1983)
, 1h31Directed by Mark Rosman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Kate McNeil, Eileen Davidson, Harley Jane Kozak, Mark Rosman
Seven sorority sisters pull a prank on their strict house mother, Mrs. Slater, who is known for carrying a sharp walking cane. Their plan is to put her cane out in their dirty pool and force her at gunpoint to retrieve it. The prank goes awry when Vicki, believing the gun to be loaded with blanks, shoots Slater who collapses and appears to be dead. The girls agree to hide the body in the pool until their graduation party is finished.
Class Reunion (1982)
, 1h24Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Serial killer films, Comedy horror films, Children's films
Actors Gerrit Graham, Michael Lerner, Miriam Flynn, Stephen Furst, Anne Ramsey, Blackie Dammett
Lizzie Borden High's class of 1972 are getting ready to go through the motions at their ten year reunion, when a deranged alum Walter Baylor, who was driven insane by a horrible sadistic senior-year prank, escapes from the mental institution and decides to crash the party at his high school reunion. Guests start to disappear and are found dead, the other alumni, including the high class snooty yacht salesman Bob Spinnaker, class tease Bunny Packard, and the class zero Gary Nash, spring into action as they try to uncover the culprit and put an end to the nightmare that has become their class reunion.
Cry_Wolf (2005)
, 1h30Directed by Jeff Wadlow
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Julian Morris, Jon Bon Jovi, Lindy Booth, Jared Padalecki, Kristy Wu, Sandra McCoy
Owen Matthews arrives at Westlake Preparatory Academy. That night Owen's roommate, Tom, tells him they are sneaking out. A group of students consisting of Graham, Mercedes, Lewis, Randall, Regina, Tom, Dodger and Owen play a game called Cry Wolf, where someone is marked as a "wolf" and the group tries to figure out who it is.
Maniac (1980)
, 1h27Directed by William Lustig
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Joe Spinell, Caroline Munro, Tom Savini, Gail Lawrence, Kelly Piper, Rita Montone
The film starts with a young couple lying on a beach, unaware that they are being watched by an unseen person. The woman asks the man to get some firewood, and as he leaves, the unseen man approaches the woman and slits her throat with a utility razor. The man returns to the campfire and is attacked from behind. The killer wraps wire around the man's neck and pulls, killing him.
Bereavement (2010)
, 1h43Origin USA
Genres Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Michael Biehn, Alexandra Daddario, John Savage, Peyton List, Spencer List, Valentina de Angelis
Martin Bristol, a young boy with congenital analgesia, is kidnapped by psychotic Graham Sutter. At his farmhouse, Graham cuts Martin's cheek then proceeds to butcher a captive young woman in front of him. Martin attempts to escape and makes a run for freedom, but Graham catches him and returns him to the farmhouse, where he continues to hold him and future female victims captive.