The Burning, Slaughterhouse, Sleepaway Camp, Hush, Tourist Trap, Just Before Dawn, April Fool's Day, Stage Fright, New Year's Evil,Madman, Pieces, The Prowler and Hatchet are some of my favorite slashers that I feel don't get enough love.
• Don't Go in the House 1980 • Motel Hell 1980 • Butcher Baker, Nightmare Maker 1981 • Graduation Day 1981 • Hell Night 1981 • X-ray 1981 • Girls Nite Out 1982 • The Dorm That Dripped Blood 1982 • The Slayer 1982 • Fatal Games 1984 • The Initiation 1984 • Body Count 1986 • Blood Harvest 1987 • The Majorettes 1987 • Return to Horror High 1987 • American Gothic 1988 • Amsterdammned 1988 • Cheerleader Camp 1988
@@zachminder8084 Blood Harvest is fucking terrible but it's hilarious. I watched it with my girl and we were dying laughing the whole time. Awesome movie. To this day if she sees tiny tim she calls him "blood harvest"
@Matt Draper yeah. Also I meant to say "Always love discovering." You should really do a retrospective on the Maniac Cop Trilogy. It's one of my favorite slasher franchises and really underrated. I'm sure you'll love it.
@@firstnamelastname6859 oh I love Spirited away too, it was just a hell of a list and I just highlighted two that I recalled. Spirited Away is definitely also a GOAT. Like I said, big takeaway was Matt's got a fascinating all timer list.
Madman is one of my absolute favorites that doesn’t get a lot of love. It’s another take on the Cropsey legend that came out around the same time as The Burning.
The Final Girls was such an unexpected delight. I stumbled on it and thought it would be fine as background noise and was totally invested within ten minutes.
Sometimes I think the first sequence with the moving objects isn't even needed. I do like the film overall. The whole notion of one's face being covered slowly with plaster--- yeesh.
I am so glad you included *The Final Girls* cause that is sooo underrated as a slasher comedy. It has horror, comedy and heart I am still pissed that it didnt get the sequel it deserved. It deserves to be recognized tbh.
@@christopherpierson8237 - The biggest draw to Tubi over Pluto TV…the commercial breaks are reasonable. Pluto TV is a non-stater at approx 9 interruptions that are longer than Tubi. It makes any movie there simply unwatchable. Hard pass.
The Witch Who Came From The Sea is one grimy, kooky movie. I really liked Alice Sweet Alice, which is funny because I low-key hated it halfway through and then I started understanding what the movie was versus my expectations and ended up liking it a lot.
Hell Night was surprisingly good. Characters starts out like your average slasher movie fodder only to start making smart decisions. I loved that, and unheard of in the 80s for the most part.
I try to show people The Final Girls as often as possible. I fell so in love with that movie when I saw it, i watch it with my mum on halloween as part of my halloween marathon line up
Loved Hell Night!! One of my faves!! It’s like a deadly version of Scooby Doo with all the costumed characters wandering around the spooky old mansion. Linda Blair was an amazing final girl (her automotive knowledge turned a normal slasher film troupe on its head during the climatic showdown)! Great vid, great topic. Should you do a follow up, I’ll nominate HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME for consideration.
Intruder is one of my favorites!!! So much talent behind it and such a fun setting. Also, I’d recommend The Final Terror. It’s a 1983 slasher that relies a lot on that isolated deep-woods setting you mentioned in Just Before Dawn and it has some shockingly serene cinematography. Kills are quite lackluster and the pacing can be a bit slow, but the setting is awesome; super memorable.
Hell Night is SOLID. I caught it years ago and was shocked by how good it was. A nice double play with Night of the Demons if you're having a horror night.
I do really like HELL NIGHT but I also use it as my visual-aid for everything not to do if you're in a slasher: hiding instead of running, constantly stopping to look back for the killer, who HAS TO BE behind you when you are running, dropping the weapon for no reason, not making sure the killer's dead, on and on. And yet it still plays, I'm always happy to watch it.
@@honeychilerider Some of those conventions of the genre may get tiresome, but most are necessary. I've seen movies that tried to steer away from such devices, and they usually didn't work.
@@tgriffin3059 Yeah, it's just funny that this one movie seems to use ALL of them. Like if you were giving a class on all the eye-rolling tropes of the Slasher genre, you could just show this one movie and be done.
Those are good picks, my fav is Final Girls. I will mention one that doesn't get mention much but it's Popcorn 1991 where you have a slasher who's killing people in a movie theater and to lure one of the characters because of a past connection that the killer wants revenge. It's a very cool slasher movie by having the characters watch different movies while the killer strikes one by one of the teen cast
It’s one of my favorites (along with Urban Legend). It’s also one of the few slashers from 1981 with no gratuitous nudity. Melissa Sue Anderson (Virginia) and Tracy Bregman (Ann) were only seventeen in the summer of 1980 during filming, although the setting is spring of 1981. Happy Birthday To Me and My Bloody Valentine were filmed back to back three months apart. MBV was filmed in the Fall of 1980 and released in February 1981. HBTM was filmed three months earlier than MBV and released in May of 1981.
@@jimhaggard7436 That's an interesting point. I've always thought that this movie had just about the most gorgeous cast of females ever assembled. The girl from Little House is pretty, but in this movie she's like the plain chick. That one little girl who dated the blonde jock looks like Britney Spears with a different hairstyle. The friend with the big brown eyes and dimples is gorgeous...and the other blonde may be the finest of the group...It IS ironic that with a group like this there was not much revealed...I've seen plenty of films where it was just the opposite...
Well, it sounds like it's on YOUR list, and that's what counts...it's certainly on mine...I can never decide, but I'd rank it 7 or 8 all time among slashers...
The Burning & the Prowler (as well as others) are some of the early work that makes you think Savini has piles of bodies in his basement. That haunting whistle is tremendous.
Didn't expect to see "Triangle", one of my favorite horror movies, in the list (probably because I never thought of it as a slasher). Melissa George IS the movie, it fully rests on her shoulders, and she delivers perfectly. PS: My favorite slasher (proto-slasher?) is "Black Christmas" (the original from 1974). Although I don't know if it's underrated or not. :-P
Hell night is awesome. Me and my wife caught it on cable when visiting her gma in another state , she had no streaming and no DVD player just basic cable , and we were blessed with hell night and then earth girls are easy ended up being a great night
Some of my favourite Slashers not mentioned here are "New Year's Evil" (1980), "The New York Ripper" (1982), "Sleepaway Camp" (1983) (this one's so much fun), "Tenebrae" (1982) and "Visiting Hours" (1982).
Cool video man. I thought I’d be on top of these but there were a few I had no idea about that look great. I recommend checking out Popcorn & Terror Train. My slightly looser “slasher” recommendations would be Dead Man’s Shoes, Mirror Mirror and Prom Night 2 (Prom night 3 is pretty fun too)
Good video! I enjoy lists that give attention to obscure, hidden gems. It's also cool you released this video in the beginning of June, since some of these films take place during the Summer. One of my favorite slasher films (and favorite films, in general) is Alice, Sweet Alice (1976). It was the film debut of Brooke Shields and is a very effective stark Catholic-themed horror/mystery film, which was stylistically influenced by Alfred Hitchcock and Nicolas Roeg's occult-themed thriller, Don't Look Now (1973).
There's tons of unknown slasher movies, but many of them are unknown for good reason. But there are several legitimate 'hidden gems' that my own collection would not be complete without. Hell Night and Happy Birthday to Me are at the top of the list...but Final Exam, The Prowler, and To All a Good Night are outstanding, as well...
Don't Open til Christmas, and Don't Look in the Basement are 2 of my FAVORITE classic b slashers. Every Christmas time I watch those, and they're like a connection to my mom who passed from cancer last year. We used to go out and buy the huge low-budget dvd sets that were pretty common in the late 00's, some 420, and watch through them all to find the many gems.
My favorite B slasher horror movies are The Burning, Sleepaway Camp, The Funhouse, Don't Go In The House, Alone In The Dark, Pieces, My Bloody Valentine, Don't Answer The Phone, Prom Night, and Dark Night Of The Scarecrow!
One movie I would like to nominate is Prom Night (1980). Its not as obscure as these other films, in fact you might know about it, but I never see anyone talk about it. It stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Leslie Nelson and actually is a pretty decent movie. Definitely check it out if you like any of these other movies.
The disco scenes are fun, and the Wendy chase scene is memorable. Can't forget to mention Lou the bully's roll down the runway as would-be prom king! 😀
@@benderbendingrodriguez420 yeah prom night is much more of a 70s slasher than an 80s one meaning it has a slower pace but is more tense in my opinion. while an 80s slasher is just "DEATH! BLOOD! SEX!"
Great list, I would also nominate Pieces (1982), it has very memorable kills, toes the line between horror and comedy very well, and was an inspiration to Eli Roth and Quentin Tarantino.
1981 was an incredible year for horror. It was the year I was introduced to horror movies... The Burning. Wolfen. An American Werewolf in London. The Howling. Blood Beach. Just Before Dawn. Piranha II: The Spawning 😂. Halloween II. (Best on this list) Friday the 13th part II. Mad Man. Funhouse. Scanners. Evil Dead. Hell Night. Road Games. Graduation Day. And the REAL hidden gem on this list: Dark Night Of the Scarecrow.
Thanks for the list, I can remember the popularity in the spring of so many coming out at the same time. 1981 wasn't only great for this genre but for movies in general. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, ATLANTIC CITY, and CHARIOTS OF FIRE were nominated for best picture. Also, what other year can boast of having THREE movies based on werewolf/wolf killers. The year also had one of the best B-movies of all time, KNIGHTRIDERS which was for a lot of folks more memorable than EXCALIBUR, also from this year. 1939, 1950, are often sited as the best movie years of all time, but 1981 isn't far behind.
@@michaelbroer6378 YOO! Not many people remember Atlantic City with Burt Lancaster! I was too young to be watching that movie (actually too young for any of them except Time Bandits). But I used to watch it all the time on cable back then. But gosh outside of horror there were the ones you mentioned and: Escape From New York. Southern Comfort. Scanners. Clash of the Titans. TAPS. Mad Max II. Death Hunt. Sharkey's Machine. Bustin' Loose. Porky's. NightHawks. To add just a few...
So glad that Just before dawn made the list. It's actually a very beautiful shot film on location in Oregon. Plus the quite tone & lack of soundtrack adds to the suspense. One of the best final girls
God, I knew you knew ball but it was still such a good surprise to see you recommend Slumber Party Massacre 2. It's a classic in my household after deciding randomly one night to kill time and watch the first two films back to back without any context.
Some others I'd wanna put on here (trying to stick to reasonably deep cuts): Dark Night Of The Scarecrow (boy is this better than it oughta be) Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (I think this counts) Mortuary (with a young Bill Paxton!) Alone In The Dark The Final Terror Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (pretty crazy movie) And I'm +/- on I, Madman. I got people who love it, and I dug a lot about it, but ultimately came up a bit short for me.
The Prowler is SO close to being amazing. Its pacing is just a huge blunder. The kills and the killer's design are top tier though. Savini's gore in this movie is so visceral, I can't help but feel that he was maybe channeling some of his experiences from Vietnam with this one.
Off to watch these now, thank you for the reccs! I love seeing lesser known slashers come to light, the ones by big studios don't usually have the same level of quality imo
I just did a rewatch of Tourist Trap (got the blu ray). I was always a fan of that one. A great horror score by Pino Donaggio. I first saw it on TV in the early 80's. I just happened to rewatch two not mentioned yesterday right here on TH-cam. He Knows You're Alone (Tom Hanks first movie) and The Boogeyman (1980). First saw those on TV in the 80's as well. There's a "charm" to all of them in one way or another.
I would recommend “Night Train to Terror”. I loved this movie since I was a kid in the ‘80s. I was surprised at the low score in IMDB I initially saw. It was in the low 3s but now it’s in the low 4s, so it’s gaining some traction, most likely it being on Tubi now. It’s a horror anthology that takes place on a train where God and Satan are reviewing cases about who goes the to Heaven or Hell. It’s made up of 3 movies that were edited down to make an anthology. It’s gory with good stories. The only reason I would think it gets a low score is probably due to the low budget that spoiled, modern day fans don’t like and the gratuitous nudity in the first 2 stories which women would most likely object to. If you can overlook these things, you’re in for a good time.
I love Edge of the Ax and Intruder. I saw Intruder in a watch party during the pandemic so much I bought it on DVD. I mean the Raimis and a Bruce Campbell cameo you can't go wrong. Also amazing kills! Triangle is really freaking good too. The Burning is also one of my faves. So many actors that went on to do amazing things. I have seen all of these except for Final Girls and Stagefright. Great collection here. Highly recommend!
Intruder would be awesome to watch with a group. Watched it with my wife and it's got that so bad it's good vibe...we had a great time making jokes throughout the movie
@@damonke79 it's also chocked full of 80s goodness imo. It just had that feel. Especially the haircuts of the girls and the clothes and the mag cover of Sting 👍👍👍👍
Great video! Reminds me of all the slasher movie ads in the entertainment section of my newspaper from the early 80s. It seemed like there were two or three coming out every week! It's funny now to look at some of the effects in films like The Burning where its so clear that an actor is holding up a fake hand or is poking his head out of a dummy body.
Really good picks. A couple of my lesser known faves are April Fool's Day (great "kills" and the ending is fun), and I love Sleepaway Camp (the ending is brilliant and I'll die on that hill).
Yeah, that ending made the film. Up til then, it was pretty good...but that finale made it unforgettable...there's only so many movies you can truly say that about...
My favorite underrated slasher films... *Popcorn *Black Christmas (original) *Silent Night Deadly Night *Silent Night Deadly Night Part 2 *Silent Night Deadly Night Part 3: Better Watch Out *Terror Train *Ice Cream Man *Mikey *Prom Night *Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II *Prom Night III: The Last Kiss *Prom Night IV: Deliver Us From Evil *Slumber Party Massacre *Slumber Party Massacre 2 *Slumber Party Massacre 3 *Sorority House Massacre *Sorority House Massacre 2 *Hard To Die: Sorority House Massacre III *Psycho II *Psycho III *Psycho IV: The Beginning *Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 *Leatherface Texas Chainsaw Massacre III *Sleepaway Camp *Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers *Sleepaway Camp 3: Teenage Wasteland *Tourist Trap *Maniac Cop *Maniac Cop 2 *Maniac Cop 3: Badge Of Silence *Urban Legend *Urban Legend 2: Final Cut *Urban Legend 3: Bloody Mary *Candyman *Candyman: Farewell To The Flesh *Candyman: Day Of The Dead *Candyman (2021) *The Stepfather (1987) *The Stepfather II: Make Room For Daddy *The Stepfather III *Orphan *Orphan: First Kill *Cobra *Puppet Master films (14 plus films so far & more on the way) *The Demonic Toys films (6 films so far and more on the way)
I have actually seen a lot of these movies before watching this video because I absolutely love slashers and I do love your videos. Thanks to you I have recently watched Edge Of The Axe and Amsterdamned.
Your assessment of Just Before Dawn was an insta-subscribe. I myself remember seeing the VHS cover as a wee bit (born in 83, lived through the golden era of horror home-video with an independent movie shop literally behind my house one fence and an alley away). Finally just saw it when I grabbed the Code Red Bluray for the slip alone in 2020. Cannot begin to say how blown away I was as a lifetime horror fan and slasher-completist. The fact that I had some how missed out on this extremely competent lil sleeper of a film was bittersweet; awesome because how few new slasher classic experiences does one get, but sad because clearly not a lot of people are aware of it which has helped it to become unjustly buried. Before I even started the JBD section, I paused and said out loud, “I’d bet every penny in my possession this person is going to mention at least the score and intro and the efficacy and atmosphere of the setting. Not because I am some nerdy troll know-it-all but because they are so effective. The way the not so thrilling quality of the standard-def some how lends itself to the eerieness that intro builds in you right from the start. And once that church sequence goes down (well, for the first time anyway haha) you know pretty instantly: holy f**k this movie is pretty unhinged and they are going to take you places! Totally rad “final girl.” Really effective and simultaneously obnoxious but lovable “anti-final-girl (TM, lol). Jack Lemmons passable clone of a son, right down to the smile and freakishly similar voice. And to me terrifically unnerving killers. Like to a lot of people they might seem funny or kitschy or outlandish, but I had family in the stix of Tennessee with genuine, generational hillbilly neighbors all around who would literally chase your car as you drove by cackling and making straight-up violent faces with dried dirt, food and gosh knows what else on their faces, so the killers hit real for me. You’re laughing because you’re uncomfortable imagining somebody that creepy out in the world, but trust me: they’re out there. Happy to discover you by watching these slasher videos to pat myself on the back for knowing all of them (I did; not a humble-brag but a curse) only to be taken in by your sense of humor, honesty and overall warmth of engagement. Cheers dude/ya’ll/whatever feels right to you. Keep up the good work.
Slumber Party Massacre 2 is ridiculous but entertaining. Too bad The Burning didn't get a sequel. I enjoyed The Final Girls but it should have been rated R.
Great list, nice to see some movies that never come up on other videos like this and also nice to find some movies I havent seen or heard of before. Thanks for the video :)
No recommendations from 1980? Some underrated slashers I would recommend from that year would include Prom Night, The Unseen, Silent Scream (filmed in '79 but released in 1980), and Anthropophagous (aka The Grim reaper). 😱💀🔪
For me it's the best of them all. The story seems more plausible than any other and most of us have camped out in similar settings making it seem so real.
The title, coupled with the font and letter placement at 13:06 is awesome. The picture is awesome. Horror movies (and movies in general) need to re-embrace the photo-realistic artwork that posters of yesteryear used to have.
I think "Bloody Bird" is my favorite. I had a chance to interview M. Michele Soavi, he's a very, very nice, fun guy, but also fascinating with a very wide culture (He was all glad to see that me and my mate knew his works by heart). He's also a living memory of Italian exploitation movies industry, serving fascinating tidbits about his collaboration with Joe d'amati amongst other things (The bird mask was his idea, from a Magritte painting). Fond memory indeedy !
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The Burning, Slaughterhouse, Sleepaway Camp, Hush, Tourist Trap, Just Before Dawn, April Fool's Day, Stage Fright, New Year's Evil,Madman, Pieces, The Prowler and Hatchet are some of my favorite slashers that I feel don't get enough love.
Sleepaway Camp is a classic. I remember people talking about it’s ending at the video store.
• Don't Go in the House 1980
• Motel Hell 1980
• Butcher Baker, Nightmare Maker 1981
• Graduation Day 1981
• Hell Night 1981
• X-ray 1981
• Girls Nite Out 1982
• The Dorm That Dripped Blood 1982
• The Slayer 1982
• Fatal Games 1984
• The Initiation 1984
• Body Count 1986
• Blood Harvest 1987
• The Majorettes 1987
• Return to Horror High 1987
• American Gothic 1988
• Amsterdammned 1988
• Cheerleader Camp 1988
Agreed!
@@JazziG59the only movie that still disturbs me & I saw it in 1986.
@@zachminder8084 Blood Harvest is fucking terrible but it's hilarious. I watched it with my girl and we were dying laughing the whole time. Awesome movie. To this day if she sees tiny tim she calls him "blood harvest"
My list includes Black Christmas, The Burning, Stage fright, My bloody valentine. xx
Who doesn’t like black Christmas
Always discovering underrated slashers from the golden age of slashers in the 80s.
There's so many!
@Matt Draper yeah. Also I meant to say "Always love discovering." You should really do a retrospective on the Maniac Cop Trilogy. It's one of my favorite slasher franchises and really underrated. I'm sure you'll love it.
The fact that I’m only just discovering there is a slasher with George from Seinfeld…
Great video as always!
My biggest takeaway from this video: Holy crap, Matt has an incredible all-time greatest film list. Kiki's delivery service AND Evil Dead 2?!?
No love for spirited away?
@@firstnamelastname6859 oh I love Spirited away too, it was just a hell of a list and I just highlighted two that I recalled. Spirited Away is definitely also a GOAT.
Like I said, big takeaway was Matt's got a fascinating all timer list.
Yeah, his list SUCKS!
Madman is one of my absolute favorites that doesn’t get a lot of love. It’s another take on the Cropsey legend that came out around the same time as The Burning.
The Final Girls was such an unexpected delight. I stumbled on it and thought it would be fine as background noise and was totally invested within ten minutes.
I just watched Tourist Trap the other week for the first time. I was surprised with just how much I liked that movie.
Very weird and fun and unpredictable!
Never seen it, worth a watch?
It's one of Stephen King's favorite films
Sometimes I think the first sequence with the moving objects isn't even needed. I do like the film overall. The whole notion of one's face being covered slowly with plaster--- yeesh.
Tourist Trap has one of the most gorgeous actresses that ever lived. (Tanya Roberts) can't forget her.
I am so glad you included *The Final Girls* cause that is sooo underrated as a slasher comedy. It has horror, comedy and heart I am still pissed that it didnt get the sequel it deserved. It deserves to be recognized tbh.
I honestly have to thank Tubi for allowing me to come across some amazing movies. Sleepaway Camp, Intruder, The Prowler, The Burning and many more.
tubi has amazing selections dude
Agreed! Tubi is killing it with it’s horror movies! ❤
I love Tubi.
Tubi is the best
@@christopherpierson8237 - The biggest draw to Tubi over Pluto TV…the commercial breaks are reasonable. Pluto TV is a non-stater at approx 9 interruptions that are longer than Tubi. It makes any movie there simply unwatchable. Hard pass.
Glad to see Just Before Dawn on here. I found a dvd of it randomly at a store nearly 20 years ago now and bought it on a whim and wound up loving it.
Terror on Tour (1980), The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976), Alice, Sweet Alice (1976) are worth a watch. Great stuff, can't wait for the next list.
The Witch Who Came From The Sea is one grimy, kooky movie. I really liked Alice Sweet Alice, which is funny because I low-key hated it halfway through and then I started understanding what the movie was versus my expectations and ended up liking it a lot.
Hell Night was surprisingly good. Characters starts out like your average slasher movie fodder only to start making smart decisions. I loved that, and unheard of in the 80s for the most part.
I try to show people The Final Girls as often as possible. I fell so in love with that movie when I saw it, i watch it with my mum on halloween as part of my halloween marathon line up
Loved Hell Night!! One of my faves!! It’s like a deadly version of Scooby Doo with all the costumed characters wandering around the spooky old mansion. Linda Blair was an amazing final girl (her automotive knowledge turned a normal slasher film troupe on its head during the climatic showdown)! Great vid, great topic. Should you do a follow up, I’ll nominate HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME for consideration.
Intruder is one of my favorites!!! So much talent behind it and such a fun setting. Also, I’d recommend The Final Terror. It’s a 1983 slasher that relies a lot on that isolated deep-woods setting you mentioned in Just Before Dawn and it has some shockingly serene cinematography. Kills are quite lackluster and the pacing can be a bit slow, but the setting is awesome; super memorable.
Hell Night is SOLID. I caught it years ago and was shocked by how good it was. A nice double play with Night of the Demons if you're having a horror night.
Agreed! It was a shocker how good it was.
I do really like HELL NIGHT but I also use it as my visual-aid for everything not to do if you're in a slasher: hiding instead of running, constantly stopping to look back for the killer, who HAS TO BE behind you when you are running, dropping the weapon for no reason, not making sure the killer's dead, on and on. And yet it still plays, I'm always happy to watch it.
Lol, it's so funny you posted this. I literally had a double feature night last month with these two movies!!
@@honeychilerider Some of those conventions of the genre may get tiresome, but most are necessary. I've seen movies that tried to steer away from such devices, and they usually didn't work.
@@tgriffin3059
Yeah, it's just funny that this one movie seems to use ALL of them. Like if you were giving a class on all the eye-rolling tropes of the Slasher genre, you could just show this one movie and be done.
Those are good picks, my fav is Final Girls. I will mention one that doesn't get mention much but it's Popcorn 1991 where you have a slasher who's killing people in a movie theater and to lure one of the characters because of a past connection that the killer wants revenge.
It's a very cool slasher movie by having the characters watch different movies while the killer strikes one by one of the teen cast
I was really hoping ‘Happy Birthday to Me’ would make this list. It’s one of the greatest slashers that never gets talked about.
It’s one of my favorites (along with Urban Legend). It’s also one of the few slashers from 1981 with no gratuitous nudity. Melissa Sue Anderson (Virginia) and Tracy Bregman (Ann) were only seventeen in the summer of 1980 during filming, although the setting is spring of 1981. Happy Birthday To Me and My Bloody Valentine were filmed back to back three months apart. MBV was filmed in the Fall of 1980 and released in February 1981. HBTM was filmed three months earlier than MBV and released in May of 1981.
@@jimhaggard7436 That's an interesting point. I've always thought that this movie had just about the most gorgeous cast of females ever assembled. The girl from Little House is pretty, but in this movie she's like the plain chick. That one little girl who dated the blonde jock looks like Britney Spears with a different hairstyle. The friend with the big brown eyes and dimples is gorgeous...and the other blonde may be the finest of the group...It IS ironic that with a group like this there was not much revealed...I've seen plenty of films where it was just the opposite...
Well, it sounds like it's on YOUR list, and that's what counts...it's certainly on mine...I can never decide, but I'd rank it 7 or 8 all time among slashers...
Cool flick.
What about Jeepers Creepers?
The Burning & the Prowler (as well as others) are some of the early work that makes you think Savini has piles of bodies in his basement. That haunting whistle is tremendous.
Didn't expect to see "Triangle", one of my favorite horror movies, in the list (probably because I never thought of it as a slasher). Melissa George IS the movie, it fully rests on her shoulders, and she delivers perfectly.
PS: My favorite slasher (proto-slasher?) is "Black Christmas" (the original from 1974). Although I don't know if it's underrated or not. :-P
The original Black Christmas is fantastic. Both remakes were very very bad!!!
Black Christmas director Bob Clark is the same guy that directed A Christmas Story.
Hell night is awesome. Me and my wife caught it on cable when visiting her gma in another state , she had no streaming and no DVD player just basic cable , and we were blessed with hell night and then earth girls are easy ended up being a great night
Slumber party massacre II. The movie that introduced me to the greatest buddy handshake since shake and bake. Smoke! Em! Smoke em
Man I watched Hell night around the age of 3-4 back in 83-84 and that ending use to scare me so bad. That gate built so much tension 🤪
They should have done the ending was she gets out of the car and he grabs her OR better yet he'd be gone, setting up fir a sequel 😅😅😅😅
Some of my favourite Slashers not mentioned here are "New Year's Evil" (1980), "The New York Ripper" (1982), "Sleepaway Camp" (1983) (this one's so much fun), "Tenebrae" (1982) and "Visiting Hours" (1982).
I feel like Sleepaway Camp is pretty well known. It was the first slasher I’ve heard about after the big 3.
@@thomasffrench3639 Yes, at this point Sleepaway Camp isn't actually a cult flick, it's really popular now.
Cool video man. I thought I’d be on top of these but there were a few I had no idea about that look great.
I recommend checking out Popcorn & Terror Train. My slightly looser “slasher” recommendations would be Dead Man’s Shoes, Mirror Mirror and Prom Night 2 (Prom night 3 is pretty fun too)
Man, you hit on some of my favorite slashers from back in the day!! Tourist Trap, Hell Night, The Burning are really great!!
The Final Girls is one of my top films of the last ten years, and is super underseen.
Good video! I enjoy lists that give attention to obscure, hidden gems. It's also cool you released this video in the beginning of June, since some of these films take place during the Summer.
One of my favorite slasher films (and favorite films, in general) is Alice, Sweet Alice (1976). It was the film debut of Brooke Shields and is a very effective stark Catholic-themed horror/mystery film, which was stylistically influenced by Alfred Hitchcock and Nicolas Roeg's occult-themed thriller, Don't Look Now (1973).
The trailer for Tourist Trap scared the crap out of me as a kid and haunted me for years. I love it :)
Triangle is pretty good, I remember it. Also, looking forward to a Sleepaway Camp Video!!!
There's tons of unknown slasher movies, but many of them are unknown for good reason. But there are several legitimate 'hidden gems' that my own collection would not be complete without. Hell Night and Happy Birthday to Me are at the top of the list...but Final Exam, The Prowler, and To All a Good Night are outstanding, as well...
Watched Triangle last night, after watching this video. Loved it. Looking forward to exploring more from this list.
Nice!
Dr. Giggles for a more comedic slasher. Larry Drake makes the movie. The Dr. Mario bit gets me every time!
Don't Open til Christmas, and Don't Look in the Basement are 2 of my FAVORITE classic b slashers. Every Christmas time I watch those, and they're like a connection to my mom who passed from cancer last year. We used to go out and buy the huge low-budget dvd sets that were pretty common in the late 00's, some 420, and watch through them all to find the many gems.
My favorite B slasher horror movies are The Burning, Sleepaway Camp, The Funhouse, Don't Go In The House, Alone In The Dark, Pieces, My Bloody Valentine, Don't Answer The Phone, Prom Night, and Dark Night Of The Scarecrow!
One movie I would like to nominate is Prom Night (1980). Its not as obscure as these other films, in fact you might know about it, but I never see anyone talk about it. It stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Leslie Nelson and actually is a pretty decent movie. Definitely check it out if you like any of these other movies.
The disco scenes are fun, and the Wendy chase scene is memorable. Can't forget to mention Lou the bully's roll down the runway as would-be prom king! 😀
I always found Prom Night boring af
@@benderbendingrodriguez420Yeah. Part 2 is better
@@benderbendingrodriguez420 yeah prom night is much more of a 70s slasher than an 80s one meaning it has a slower pace but is more tense in my opinion. while an 80s slasher is just "DEATH! BLOOD! SEX!"
The bully later played the cop in half baked who owned the horse that Kenny fed and killed
I can't believe I haven't seen a single one of those. Great list!
Great list, I would also nominate Pieces (1982), it has very memorable kills, toes the line between horror and comedy very well, and was an inspiration to Eli Roth and Quentin Tarantino.
I haven't seen any of the others, but I completely agree re: Final Girls. A great movie. It brought a tear to my eye.
1981 was an incredible year for horror. It was the year I was introduced to horror movies...
The Burning.
Wolfen.
An American Werewolf in London.
The Howling.
Blood Beach.
Just Before Dawn.
Piranha II: The Spawning 😂.
Halloween II. (Best on this list)
Friday the 13th part II.
Mad Man.
Funhouse.
Scanners.
Evil Dead.
Hell Night.
Road Games.
Graduation Day.
And the REAL hidden gem on this list: Dark Night Of the Scarecrow.
Thanks for the list, I can remember the popularity in the spring of so many coming out at the same time. 1981 wasn't only great for this genre but for movies in general. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, ATLANTIC CITY, and CHARIOTS OF FIRE were nominated for best picture. Also, what other year can boast of having THREE movies based on werewolf/wolf killers. The year also had one of the best B-movies of all time, KNIGHTRIDERS which was for a lot of folks more memorable than EXCALIBUR, also from this year. 1939, 1950, are often sited as the best movie years of all time, but 1981 isn't far behind.
@@michaelbroer6378 YOO! Not many people remember
Atlantic City with Burt Lancaster! I was too young to be watching that movie (actually too young for any of them except Time Bandits). But I used to watch it all the time on cable back then.
But gosh outside of horror there were the ones you mentioned and: Escape From New York.
Southern Comfort.
Scanners.
Clash of the Titans.
TAPS.
Mad Max II.
Death Hunt.
Sharkey's Machine.
Bustin' Loose.
Porky's.
NightHawks.
To add just a few...
Intruder is so insanely underrated. All Raimi fans should see it, but most don't know it exists!
it was even more incredible when the first VHS releases revealed the killer's identity.
@@LuisDiaz-zr2vswho was it
I wonder how often Jason Alexander is asked to autograph The Burning DVDs.
Not often enough!
Awesome video. I liked Terror Train a good amount. I also don't know if Opera gets enough love either.
So glad that Just before dawn made the list. It's actually a very beautiful shot film on location in Oregon. Plus the quite tone & lack of soundtrack adds to the suspense. One of the best final girls
Thank you, dude! GREAT LIST! I think of myself as kind of a hardcore long-time horror fan, but somehow haven't seen, or even heard of, most of these.
Back when I first saw Intruder, I was actually working overnight stock at a grocery store. It really added to my enjoyment of this film!
Seen them all. The tourist trap scene with the wax suffocating the victim is nightmares
God, I knew you knew ball but it was still such a good surprise to see you recommend Slumber Party Massacre 2. It's a classic in my household after deciding randomly one night to kill time and watch the first two films back to back without any context.
Great list. Just before dawn had a score by Brad Fiedel who worked with James Cameron. Probably why it works so well.
I'd also like to add 'Urban Legend' and it's sequel from the 2000s, which gave the slasher genre an urban legend twist. The villain is great in both.
@DorisDay-lw4xs it happens, but are still fun
The Demon and Return of The Family Man are two of my guilty pleasures.
I was in a Slasher film called Happy Hell Night 1989, it played on Cable for a couple of years!
Hell Night is amazing!
Madman , Charlie’s farm , lost in the dark, the prowler so many. This was a great list. I’ve seen and own all of these movies.
Some others I'd wanna put on here (trying to stick to reasonably deep cuts):
Dark Night Of The Scarecrow (boy is this better than it oughta be)
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (I think this counts)
Mortuary (with a young Bill Paxton!)
Alone In The Dark
The Final Terror
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (pretty crazy movie)
And I'm +/- on I, Madman. I got people who love it, and I dug a lot about it, but ultimately came up a bit short for me.
The Prowler is SO close to being amazing. Its pacing is just a huge blunder. The kills and the killer's design are top tier though. Savini's gore in this movie is so visceral, I can't help but feel that he was maybe channeling some of his experiences from Vietnam with this one.
9:55 literally nothing more iconic for me than that gd ice skating scene
3:44 IS THAT GOSH DARN FREAKING GEORGE COSTANZA??!!
Off to watch these now, thank you for the reccs! I love seeing lesser known slashers come to light, the ones by big studios don't usually have the same level of quality imo
Brilliant as usual, Draper. 10/10 fricheks
Great video. Did I noticed a brief Friday the 13th: A New Beginning clip when you were talking about Slumber Party Massacre II?
Yep, I saw it too @12:23 ish
Great video Matt, just randomly found you today.
I'm a huge Horror/Slasher Fan and I don't think I've seen any of these.
Subbed immediately. 😁
I just did a rewatch of Tourist Trap (got the blu ray). I was always a fan of that one. A great horror score by Pino Donaggio. I first saw it on TV in the early 80's. I just happened to rewatch two not mentioned yesterday right here on TH-cam. He Knows You're Alone (Tom Hanks first movie) and The Boogeyman (1980). First saw those on TV in the 80's as well. There's a "charm" to all of them in one way or another.
Great as always Matt 👍.
I would recommend “Night Train to Terror”. I loved this movie since I was a kid in the ‘80s. I was surprised at the low score in IMDB I initially saw. It was in the low 3s but now it’s in the low 4s, so it’s gaining some traction, most likely it being on Tubi now.
It’s a horror anthology that takes place on a train where God and Satan are reviewing cases about who goes the to Heaven or Hell. It’s made up of 3 movies that were edited down to make an anthology. It’s gory with good stories.
The only reason I would think it gets a low score is probably due to the low budget that spoiled, modern day fans don’t like and the gratuitous nudity in the first 2 stories which women would most likely object to. If you can overlook these things, you’re in for a good time.
I love Edge of the Ax and Intruder. I saw Intruder in a watch party during the pandemic so much I bought it on DVD. I mean the Raimis and a Bruce Campbell cameo you can't go wrong. Also amazing kills! Triangle is really freaking good too. The Burning is also one of my faves. So many actors that went on to do amazing things. I have seen all of these except for Final Girls and Stagefright. Great collection here. Highly recommend!
Intruder would be awesome to watch with a group. Watched it with my wife and it's got that so bad it's good vibe...we had a great time making jokes throughout the movie
@@damonke79 it's also chocked full of 80s goodness imo. It just had that feel. Especially the haircuts of the girls and the clothes and the mag cover of Sting 👍👍👍👍
Great video! Reminds me of all the slasher movie ads in the entertainment section of my newspaper from the early 80s. It seemed like there were two or three coming out every week! It's funny now to look at some of the effects in films like The Burning where its so clear that an actor is holding up a fake hand or is poking his head out of a dummy body.
The Burning also features Jason Alexander (George Costanza) baring his behind
Don't forget about the dude from Fast Times. Lol
Really good picks. A couple of my lesser known faves are April Fool's Day (great "kills" and the ending is fun), and I love Sleepaway Camp (the ending is brilliant and I'll die on that hill).
Yeah, that ending made the film. Up til then, it was pretty good...but that finale made it unforgettable...there's only so many movies you can truly say that about...
What are some of your favorite lesser known slashers?
Sleep away camp
Stitches, and Hush
The Burning. Maniac. Dressed to kill.
Ice Cream Man (1995). it's not a good movie, but i saw it at a very young age and it's one of the reasons why i'm so obsessed with horror genre
My favorite underrated slasher films...
*Popcorn
*Black Christmas (original)
*Silent Night Deadly Night
*Silent Night Deadly Night Part 2
*Silent Night Deadly Night Part 3: Better Watch Out
*Terror Train
*Ice Cream Man
*Mikey
*Prom Night
*Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
*Prom Night III: The Last Kiss
*Prom Night IV: Deliver Us From Evil
*Slumber Party Massacre
*Slumber Party Massacre 2
*Slumber Party Massacre 3
*Sorority House Massacre
*Sorority House Massacre 2
*Hard To Die: Sorority House Massacre III
*Psycho II
*Psycho III
*Psycho IV: The Beginning
*Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2
*Leatherface Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
*Sleepaway Camp
*Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers
*Sleepaway Camp 3: Teenage Wasteland
*Tourist Trap
*Maniac Cop
*Maniac Cop 2
*Maniac Cop 3: Badge Of Silence
*Urban Legend
*Urban Legend 2: Final Cut
*Urban Legend 3: Bloody Mary
*Candyman
*Candyman: Farewell To The Flesh
*Candyman: Day Of The Dead
*Candyman (2021)
*The Stepfather (1987)
*The Stepfather II: Make Room For Daddy
*The Stepfather III
*Orphan
*Orphan: First Kill
*Cobra
*Puppet Master films (14 plus films so far & more on the way)
*The Demonic Toys films (6 films so far and more on the way)
I have actually seen a lot of these movies before watching this video because I absolutely love slashers and I do love your videos. Thanks to you I have recently watched Edge Of The Axe and Amsterdamned.
Damn this was good! Would def love more recommendations like this!
Great to see love for Triangle
I was kind of hoping you'd mention Return to Horror High. Always found that to be a fun watch, complete with a few brief cameos.
Your assessment of Just Before Dawn was an insta-subscribe.
I myself remember seeing the VHS cover as a wee bit (born in 83, lived through the golden era of horror home-video with an independent movie shop literally behind my house one fence and an alley away). Finally just saw it when I grabbed the Code Red Bluray for the slip alone in 2020.
Cannot begin to say how blown away I was as a lifetime horror fan and slasher-completist. The fact that I had some how missed out on this extremely competent lil sleeper of a film was bittersweet; awesome because how few new slasher classic experiences does one get, but sad because clearly not a lot of people are aware of it which has helped it to become unjustly buried.
Before I even started the JBD section, I paused and said out loud, “I’d bet every penny in my possession this person is going to mention at least the score and intro and the efficacy and atmosphere of the setting. Not because I am some nerdy troll know-it-all but because they are so effective. The way the not so thrilling quality of the standard-def some how lends itself to the eerieness that intro builds in you right from the start. And once that church sequence goes down (well, for the first time anyway haha) you know pretty instantly: holy f**k this movie is pretty unhinged and they are going to take you places!
Totally rad “final girl.” Really effective and simultaneously obnoxious but lovable “anti-final-girl (TM, lol). Jack Lemmons passable clone of a son, right down to the smile and freakishly similar voice.
And to me terrifically unnerving killers. Like to a lot of people they might seem funny or kitschy or outlandish, but I had family in the stix of Tennessee with genuine, generational hillbilly neighbors all around who would literally chase your car as you drove by cackling and making straight-up violent faces with dried dirt, food and gosh knows what else on their faces, so the killers hit real for me. You’re laughing because you’re uncomfortable imagining somebody that creepy out in the world, but trust me: they’re out there.
Happy to discover you by watching these slasher videos to pat myself on the back for knowing all of them (I did; not a humble-brag but a curse) only to be taken in by your sense of humor, honesty and overall warmth of engagement. Cheers dude/ya’ll/whatever feels right to you. Keep up the good work.
Slumber Party Massacre 2 is ridiculous but entertaining. Too bad The Burning didn't get a sequel. I enjoyed The Final Girls but it should have been rated R.
Great list, nice to see some movies that never come up on other videos like this and also nice to find some movies I havent seen or heard of before. Thanks for the video :)
My favorites are Hell night and Humongous, love the low gore and the good story, and back story, love the actors and night shots!!
You just unlocked a memory lol, I watched tourist trap with my parents but I never knew the name of it, thanks!!
No recommendations from 1980? Some underrated slashers I would recommend from that year would include Prom Night, The Unseen, Silent Scream (filmed in '79 but released in 1980), and Anthropophagous (aka The Grim reaper). 😱💀🔪
I loved that you used a clip of Juliet Cummins not only from Slumber Party Passacre 2, but from Friday the 13th 5 lol.
Crazy, I own almost half of these. The climax of 'Just Before Dawn' must be seen to be believed.
It's such a shocking ending, I love it.
@@MattDraper Me too
For me it's the best of them all. The story seems more plausible than any other and most of us have camped out in similar settings making it seem so real.
Tourist Trap: Never seen, but I've heard so much about it that I plan on purchasing it online.
The Burning: Great obscure film. A horror deep cut.
Thanks for keeping up the good work man! Your videos always make my day.
Glad to hear it!
So glad you put Haunt on this list. Very cool slasher
The Final Girls is sublimely delivgtful❤. Matt, thanks for giving me something to look forward to on my Wednesday drive home from work!
Such a good video. Thank you for making it. It gave me a few movies to seek out for sure.
Unpopular opinion but my favorite little known slasher is Jeepers Creepers. It is well acted, has nice visuals, and the plot is quite neat
Absolutely loved The Burning ! The raft attack was amazing
Triangle is amazing! I wouldn’t think of it as a slasher without some prompting, but yeah, it’s worthy of this list.
Trick(2019) and Slashers(2001) are two more fantastic slasher movies!
Missing from this list: Alice, Sweet Alice, Sleepaway Camp, and Happy Birthday To Me 🎂
The title, coupled with the font and letter placement at 13:06 is awesome. The picture is awesome. Horror movies (and movies in general) need to re-embrace the photo-realistic artwork that posters of yesteryear used to have.
Thanks for the amazing list Matt ❤
Immediately paused and checked the preview thumbnail to see if you had The Burning on this list and sure enough
A youtuber of CULTURE
I think "Bloody Bird" is my favorite. I had a chance to interview M. Michele Soavi, he's a very, very nice, fun guy, but also fascinating with a very wide culture (He was all glad to see that me and my mate knew his works by heart). He's also a living memory of Italian exploitation movies industry, serving fascinating tidbits about his collaboration with Joe d'amati amongst other things (The bird mask was his idea, from a Magritte painting). Fond memory indeedy !
Don't know if Alice sweet Alice would go in the slasher section but it's an underated movie.
Draper. This content is damn good. Super glad I subbed. Have you ventured in to Coffin Joe territory yet? Oh man. Trust me on this!