10 Coolest Weapons Used In Horror Movies

So the film itself isn’t the best that the horror genre has to offer, but think of this as just one example of how cool a katana can be. We’ve seen katanas in all sorts of movies: everything from whatever the first Suicide Squad was right through to obscure martial arts horror to The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires.

Katanas have a pretty good rep, featuring too in horror TV shows like The Walking Dead, where everyone’s favourite badass Michonne shows us how it’s done with that big bad blade. It’s a simple but effective weapon, and it deserves a nod for its many uses across the horror genre.

I will concede on this one that its coolness has a lot to do with how it is used; I don’t for a second want to compare the clumsy, blue-lit blade-bashing of 1983’s Blood Beat with O-Ren Ishii’s masterful wielding in Kill Bill, for example. But as far as blades go this one definitely has the most potential for greatness: if it can make Tilda Swinton’s character look cool in The Dead Don’t Die even if she’s devoid of almost any other interesting character elements, that’s got to count for something.