10 Slasher Horror Movies That Had No Right To Be This Good

10. Scream 4 (2011)

When it comes to pitch perfect horror satire, it doesn't get any better than Wes Craven's original Scream trilogy. Not only did these films dissect and poke fun at the various horror tropes of the era, but the trilogy also delivered a genuinely enthralling slasher mystery.

Over a decade after the trilogy ended, however, it was announced that Scream 4 would be hitting our screens, and horror fans unanimously sighed at the prospect. Horror cinema in the 2000s was dominated by lazy and terrible remakes, with the atrocity of 2010's A Nightmare On Elm Street still fresh in our minds.

The concern was that Scream 4 would be another tasteless and needless revival of a horror classic. What we weren't expecting, though, was for Scream 4 to do what Scream did best and lovingly breakdown contemporary horror tropes. And with Craven returning alongside the original cast, this was the revival the franchise needed.

Moreover, there's plenty of grizzly slasher fun to be had here, too, alongside another fun mystery to solve about who's behind the mask this time.

If you skipped Scream 4, now is just as good a time as any to check it out.