Good Slasher Films

Slasher films are a particular type of horror film, what are the greatest and most well known slashers including movie information.

Slashers normally involve a psychotic killer that uses a blade or sharp object of some kind to do the killings, usually no supernatural forces are at work.

Slasher movies have a wide fan base and are a favorite for many. One of the reasons why so many people find slasher movies so scary is because the bad guy is normally just a human with no special powers or abilities, just a crazy or vengeful person who wants to hurt others. Many find this more believable and therefore scarier because it could actually happen. Some slasher movies are actually based on true stories like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

There have been some truly great slashers that have resulted in many sequels and imitators, even a series of spoof movies. While slashers are not my favorite type of horror, I have really enjoyed some recent releases. Personal favorites include the Scream movies and the remake of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Good Slasher Films

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974

Director Tobe Hooper

Stars Marilyn Burns - Edwin Neal - Allen Danziger

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003

Director Marcus Nispel

Stars Jessica Biel - Jonathan Tucker - Andrew Bryniarski

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Beginning 2006

Director Jonathan Liebesman

Stars Jordana Brewster - Matt Bomer - Diora Baird

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Scream 1996

Director Wes Craven

Stars Neve Campbell - Courteney Cox - David Arquette

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Scream 2 1997

Director Wes Craven

Stars Neve Campbell - Courteney Cox - David Arquette

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Scream 3 2000

Director Wes Craven

Stars Neve Campbell - Courteney Cox - David Arquette

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Scream 4 2011

Director Wes Craven

Stars Neve Campbell - Courteney Cox - David Arquette

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I Know What You Did Last Summer 1997

Director Jim Gillespie

Stars Jennifer Love Hewitt - Sarah Michelle Gellar - Anne Heche

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I Still Know What You Did Last Summer 1998

Director Danny Cannon

Stars Jennifer Love Hewitt - Freddie Prinze Jr - Brandy Norwood

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Halloween 1978

Director John Carpenter

Stars Donald Pleasence - Jamie Lee Curtis - Tony Moran

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Halloween II 1981

Director John Carpenter

Stars Jamie Lee Curtis - Donald Pleasence - Charles Cyphers

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Halloween 2007

Director Rob Zombie

Stars Scout Taylor Compton - Malcolm McDowell - Tyler Mane

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Halloween II 2009

Director Rob Zombie

Stars Scout Taylor Compton - Malcolm McDowell - Tyler Mane

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A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984

Director Wes Craven

Stars Johnny Depp - Heather Langenkamp - Robert Englund

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A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge 1985

Director Jack Sholder

Stars Robert Englund - Kim Myers - Mark Patton

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A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 3: Dream Warriors 1987

Director Chuck Russell

Stars Robert Englund - Heather Langenkamp - Craig Wasson

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A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child 1989

Director Stephen Hopkins

Stars Robert Englund - Kelly Jo Minter - Lisa Wilcox

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A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010

Director Samuel Bayer

Stars Jackie Earle Haley - Kyle Gallner - Rooney Mara

Silent Hill Revelation Review

Silent Hill Revelation Review, Heathers father Christopher disappears, shortly after disturbing events begin to happen.

Director Michael J. Bassett

Writer Michael J. Bassett

Cast

Adelaide Clemens, Heather Mason
Sean Bean, Christopher Da Silva
Malcolm McDowell, Leonard Wolf
Radha Mitchell, Rose Da Silva
Deborah Kara Unger, Dahlia Gillespie
Kit Harington, Vincent
Carrie-Anne Moss, Claudia Wolf

Davis Films, Sony Pictures Entertainment.

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Heather and her father are on the run from dark forces, suddenly her father Christopher goes missing. Shortly after his disappearance strange things start to happen. Heather starts being transported to a dark new world, she also begins to discover the truth about herself.

It has been along time coming, a sequel to Silent Hill was planned years ago but director Christophe Gans pulled out preferring to work on other projects. Now we have a new Director and lead Writer, Silent Hill Revelation is scheduled for a release on the 26th October (US) - 31st of October (UK).

Silent Hill Revelation starts off well enough, Heather Mason is a likeable character with a disturbing past, unfortunately she is the only memorable character from the movie. Sean Bean has a relatively small part so there is not much influence from him. At times the dialog is a little poor with forgettable lines. The whole story feels weak and it feels rushed. There are things happening in this movie which just do not make much sense, with some scenes feeling out of place. Revelation has less than half the budget of the first Silent Hill movie which is probably partly responsible for many of these faults.

At times there are some good tension building scenes going on, and a few shock scares that are nicely executed. Despite the smaller budget Silent Hill Revelation has some nice visuals and effects which equal the first Silent Hill.

Overall Revelation is an unimpressive sequel. It has a similar look and feel to the first movie which is a plus, however almost everything else is disappointing.

6 out of 10

Shaun Of The Dead Review

Shaun Of The Dead Review, zombies are taking over England and it takes some time for Shaun and Ed to realise.

Director Edgar Wright

Writers Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright

Cast

Simon Pegg - Shaun
Nick Frost - Ed
Kate Ashfield - Liz
Lucy Davis - Dianne
Dylan Moran - David
Jessica Stevenson - Yvonne
Peter Serafinowicz - Pete
Penelope Wilton - Barbara
Bill Nighy - Phillip

Universal Pictures, Running time 99 minutes.

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Shaun (Simon Pegg) is stuck in a dead end job, his best friend Ed (Nick Frost) is a complete waste of space and is holding him back. His girlfriend is fed up with their relationship and dumps him, while feeling sorry for himself he fails to notice the dead people walking the streets.

I am not a huge fan of British films, but films with Simom Pegg in them are normally good and this is definitely a good one. Not only is it a good zombie film it's also a very good comedy. One of the best bits about this film is Simon Pegg and Nick Frosts characters taking so long to realize the people they encounter are actually zombies. There's a great cast of some of the best British comedy actors and they all do a great job of making this film work.

This film has been written by true zombie fans, Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, this is clear by the amount of references to films such as Dawn of the dead and Night of the living dead. Only a true zombie film fan will pick up on all of these these.

Shaun of the dead has good acting, it's well written and directed, this is not just another slap stick comedy. This has a more intelligent style of humor which is appreciated.
 
8 out of 10

Scream 4 Review

Scream 4 Review, 10 years after the last scream and Sidney Prescott has finally got her life back together.

Director Wes Craven

Writer Kevin Williamson

Cast

Neve Campbell - Sidney Prescott
David Arquette - Sheriff Dewey Riley
Courteney Cox - Gale Weathers-Riley
Emma Roberts - Jill Roberts
Hayden Panettiere - Kirby Reed
Adam Brody - Deputy Ross Hoss
Rory Culkin - Charlie Walker
Erik Knudsen - Robbie Mercer
Anthony Anderson - Deputy Anthony Perkins

Dimension Films - Running time 111 minutes

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10 years on and Sidney is a successful writer performing book signings, a book tour beings her back to her home town of Woodsboro. While there she reunites with Gale Weathers and Sheriff Dewy, Sidney's return to Woodsboro leads to the appearance of a Ghostface copycat killer.

I wasn't expecting much from this movie however it's actually very good. I was pleasantly surprised, it's clever, funny and mostly unpredictable, just when you think you know what is going to happen it cleverly does the opposite.

The cast is great, a combination of the original cast and a new generation works great together, creating some funny moments and lines. Scream 4 makes fun of itself and the slasher movie genre, it completely disregards the rules from previous slasher films which makes this film feel very fresh, despite being the fourth in the series.

Despite the comic elements this film provides some genuine scares making this film very entertaining and surprisingly good. The murder scenes are well thought out and they're a little more brutal than in previous films.

Overall this is much better than the previous two Screams and almost as good as the original, it keeps you guessing right to the very end. While this is not the scariest movie you'll ever watch it's highly entertaining.

6.9 out of 10

Scream Review 1996

Director Wes Craven

Writer Kevin Williamson

Cast

Drew Barrymore - Casey
Kevin Patrick - Walls Steve
Lawrence Hecht - Mr. Prescott
Courteney Cox Gale Weathers
David Booth - Casey's Father
Carla Hatley - Casey's Mother
Neve Campbell - Sidney
Skeet Ulrich - Billy

Dimension Films, Running time 111 minutes

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A killer called "ghost face" starts on a teenage killing spree, and as the body count begins to rise a group of friends discuss the rules of horror movies after finding themselves living in a actual real life horror.

Before watching this I was expecting nothing more than just a mindless teen movie, but instead I found an intelligent horror slasher film. At the time of its release in 1996 it was a very original movie, apart from the Halloween films that were released many years before it. While Halloween was about a quiet psychopathic serial killer, Scream has a talkative witty serial killer making it very refreshing and different for its time.

Scream is a really well put together movie, with good solid acting, very likeable characters, it has funny moments and comic lines. It provides quality original scary moments that are clever and unpredictable and it has some of the most memorable scenes and movie quotes in movie history.

This film is a near masterpiece by Wes Craven, his insight and complete understanding of the horror movie genre allowed him to make Scream the movie that it is. This movie gave the scary movie genre a much needed boost and inspired and influenced many other films.

A Highly entertaining movie that is fun to watch, scary and it's still enjoyable to watch after multiple viewings.

8 out of 10

Resident Evil Retribution Review

Resident Evil Retribution Review, Alice is back fighting the Evil Umbrella Corporation in this fifth movie in the franchise.

Release date (28th September)

Director Paul W.S. Anderson

Writer Paul W.S. Anderson

Stars

Milla Jovovich - Alice
Jason Isaacs - Dr. William Birkin (voice)
Michelle Rodriguez - Rain Ocampo
Sienna Guillory - Jill Valentine
Kevin Durand - Barry Burton
Oded Fehr - Carlos Oliveira
Shawn Roberts - Albert Wesker
Bingbing Li - Ada Wong
Johann Urb - Leon Kennedy
Boris Kodjoe - Luther West

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The Umbrella Corporation's deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Zombies. The human race's last and only hope, ALICE (Milla Jovovich), Without a safe haven, Alice continues to track those responsible for the outbreak, a pursuit that takes her from Tokyo, New York, Washington D C and Moscow.

Resident Evil Retribution has elements and has been influenced some what by the latest Resident Evil 4 game, this includes some similarities in the movies story and action scenes. These influences will always go down well with the Resident Evil gamers, however the similarities are only minor and it doesn't really make Retribution any more like the games than previous instalments.

Resident Evil Retribution has a very simple story, simple dialog and it's certainly not very taxing for the mind to follow. Because of this Retribution becomes difficult to stay focused on, there is just nothing really to keep your attention for very long. The acting is fine but there's no real character development so you don't really care about any of the characters which lowered my attention even further.

There are some good points to this movie, these are the visuals and the action scenes. Retribution really does look good, the best looking of all the Resident Evil movies, it's very easy on the eye. It's just a shame the movie didn't have a little more substance over all. The action scenes are impressive if a little over the top.

Overall a visually very impressive movie, however everything else is below average, the fans should enjoy this but most people will probably lose interest quickly.

5 out of 10

Resident Evil Afterlife Review

Resident Evil Afterlife Review, Alice is still trying to bring down the evil Umbrella Corporation.

Director Paul W. S. Anderson

Writer Paul W. S. Anderson

Cast

Milla Jovovich - Alice
Ali Larter - Claire Redfield
Wentworth Miller - Chris Redfield
Shawn Roberts - Albert Wesker
Spencer Locke - K-Mart
Boris Kodjoe - Luther West
Kim Coates - Bennett

Constantin Film, running time 97 minutes

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In a world completely over run by a virus, turning its victims into Zombies, Alice (Milla Jovovich), proceeds in her search for survivors. Her struggle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new levels, Alice gets some help from an old friend. They get some new information that leads them in search of a safe zone, but when they arrive the city is infested with zombies.

Resident Evil is here again, which is not a bad thing, I am a fan of the games and when I watched the first Resident Evil I was disappointed, the games were very atmospheric and scary and the movie just didn't match up. However putting the games to one side they were still entertaining movies.

Resident Evil Afterlife is exactly that, entertaining, the acting and dialog is solid enough, there are plenty of impressive action scenes and a decent sound track. Afterlife is a very visually impressive movie.

The story is told well enough, the pacing is good and I wasn't bored during the film. Not a master piece by any means and not particularly true to the games but I still found it entertaining. It won't tax the brain, but it's one of those movies that can be watched again and again.

To be truly appreciated it should be watched on a large screen with a decent sound system. Without the sound and the visuals it may struggle to hold someone's attention.

6 out of 10