Across the ages, slashers have been one of the most successful sub-genres of horror. From Halloweens Michael Myers in the 1970s, slashers remained strong throughout the 80s with Jason (and his mother), until evolving into post-modern horror delight with the Scream franchise in the late 90s-00s. Despite being incredibly formulaic, somehow having a bunch of teens running away from a serial killer is something that audiences cant get enough of. Thankfully one doesn't need a big budget to meet these demands, so there probably won't be any kind of slasher death soon. As with all genres, youre going to have classics, but youre also going to have some diamonds in the rough that fall by the wayside in terms of mainstream popularity. Plenty of horror buffs are bound to know a lot of the films on this list, but for some reason they havent reached the dizzying heights of Scream, or even I Know What You Did Last Summer. You see, for every Halloween, theres a Black Christmas; for every Sorority Row, theres a Peeping Tom; and for every Childs Play, theres Detention. This article will look at some of these more neglected slashers, and hopefully expose how good these gems really are (or, as in the case of Cherry Falls, how so-bad-theyre-good). Click "next' below as we kick the list off...
