1970s Horror
This film's tagline is "Who Will Survive, and What Will Be Left of Them?"
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
This film was famously a ripoff of Halloween (1978) and also features a masked slasher
Friday the Thirteenth (1980)
"Viewer beware, you're in for a scare!"
Goosebumps (1995-1998)
This hilariously bad installment to the Friday the Thirteenth franchise takes place in space and is by far my favorite.
Jason X
This film is a sequel that deviates from the original's found footage format. It stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead and John Goodman as survivors of an apocalypse seen in the previous film.
10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
This film released the same year as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) and is regarded as the "first slasher" along with it
Black Christmas (1974)
This was based off of a musical written by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, the film's original ending featured the protagonists being killed by the antagonist and the antagonist taking over the world
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
This film reinvented humor and self-awareness in horror, causing the rest of its decade and even the beginning of the next to be full of self-aware comedy/horror flicks to varying degrees of success
Scream (1996)
This film is an American remake of a Japanese horror film. The original film released in 1998 while this one released four years later in 2002
The Ring (2002)
This film is famous for its inciting incident being the gruesome death of a child due to her stoned brother speeding to a hospital because her peanut allergy acted up
Hereditary (2018)
This film, directed by Steven Spielberg is regarded as the first ever blockbuster because people were literally lined up around the block to get tickets for it.
Jaws (1975)
This B movie was Sam Remi's first theatrical film. Along with star Bruce Campbell, and producer Rob Tapert
This sequel is often regarded as better than the first film in this series. It features the main character from the previous film now in foster care as the antagonist of the previous film tracks him down.
Child's Play 2 (1990)
The very first draft of this film's script was intended as an X-Files episode. It was later lengthened to a film format and the characters changed, additionally, it kept the theme of predicting one's own death and attempting to avoid it.
This film is often called a remake of its 80s original, which is often argued against as it doesn't feature the same characters as the original, nor does it discount anything the original sets up. If anything, it expands the universe.
Evil Dead (2013)
This film stars Jamie Lee Curtis as its final girl in one of the most iconic slashers ever.
Halloween (1978)
The author of the book this film is based on famously despised the film adaptation, which he felt misunderstood the main character.
The Shining (1980)
This Japanese horror film was based off of a book by Koji Suzuki and became so popular that the US would make an American remake of the film four years after the original's release in 2002
Ringu (1998)
What movie is the quote "This confession has meant nothing." from?
American Psycho (2000)
This film, partially written by Joss Whedon (which unfortunately shows), explores horror tropes. Specifically, character tropes. It is revealed that the main characters of the film are meant to be sacrifices to ancient gods, and if the gods don't get their sacrifice, they will destroy the world.
The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
This obscure slasher is about a man who makes people into mannequins. The ending showing the final girl driving away with her now-mannequin friends.
Tourist Trap (1979)
Brad Dourif (Wormtongue from Lord of the Rings and Luther Lee Boggs in X-Files amongst other roles) has been voicing this famous comedic slasher since 1988
This film, while poorly critically received, went on to spawn a spinoff television series that shares the film's name which starred Sarah Michelle Gellar (Scream 2 (1997), I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)) that met immense success
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1992)
This film, which spawned a 10-film franchise, started when Australian film school graduates wanted to make a horror film. The film features the writer of the script as one of the main characters, along with Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride (1987), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)), and Tobin Bell.
Saw (2004)
This film is often not recommended as a must-watch to new viewers of the franchise, as it was more of a proof of concept for Damien Leone's infamous slasher
Terrifier (2016)