 Hello and welcome to the first of two Halloween themed videos I have for you guys coming this month and in this one I will be ranking the top 10 slasher films of all time according to me This isn't the top 10 most successful or critically acclaimed films. They're just my personal favorites of my favorite genre But before we start I just want to give a special shout-out to my channel members and let you know that you too can become a member For 99 cents a month and receive exclusive uploads Early access to every video and access to my discord server But anyway over the course of this quarantine I have watched or rewatched a total of 38 films in the slasher Genre and counting but with that being said although I have seen a ton in the genre I certainly have not seen every single slasher film So this list is not definitive and maybe next Halloween I can update this list I have limited the list only one film per franchise. So although a slasher sequel may be amongst the top 10 I will not be counting more than one movie in a single franchise But now let's start with number 10 and work our way up to number one a slight spoiler alert, but nothing too crazy Number 10. I know what you did last summer. I Know what you did last summer I know what you did last summer is probably the most successful and memorable slasher post screen and For good reason it takes what worked with scream a young teenage batch of characters being hunted down by a mysterious killer But adds the elements of karma from films like prom night or the burning. It's not the most original film it definitely borrows a lot from a lot of places, but it was a staple of my childhood fascination with horror and It's immensely enjoyable even rewatching it to this day and Fred and Daphne rule number nine ready or not from This is the only entry from the 21st century and I hesitate to even put it on here because it is not a pure slasher film It's a comedic satanic thriller slasher that is unlike any other film in the genre Also, this film is very recent So I won't couldn't so I won't get into any sort of spoilers But the film does make you laugh and then it makes you genuinely scared at moments and the tonal balance is great My favorite part of the film is how the costumes progress as the story continues Ready or not knows what it is and it doesn't try to be like any other movie And I think it deserves a spot on this list because of the fact that it can't really be compared to any other film on This list it is its own thing Number eight the burning from 1981 This may be One of the more obscure films on the list It doesn't tend to be mentioned too much with in my experience at least but it's a campy and hypnotic Slasher set at a summer camp The plot isn't the most original but it is visually stunning as a film And there are parts that are a little lackluster I must say and moments that don't hit as hard as they should but all in all It's highly enjoyable and I think it is an unnecessarily overlooked section in the history of the genre There are tons of slasher's that take place at a summer camp some are better than others This one is my favorite, but I will admit it is not perfect But out of the 38 films I watched in quarantine this one did stand out to me at a great time Number seven the Texas Chainsaw Massacre from 1974 This film was another one that I hadn't seen before quarantine Which may be a little shocking. I mean it is a staple of not only slasher's but also the horror genre But to me the Texas Chainsaw franchise has always been this Elusive series that I knew next to nothing about kind of like saw It just seemed like an overdone gore porn series that never really interested me But when I actually sat down and tried to watch the slasher's that defined redefined and reimagined the genre There was no avoiding the 1974 original film And wow, I was not expecting this film to hit me the way that it did It's the type of film it's the type of film that leaves you feeling like hopeless and genuinely disturbed Even after you finish watching it It is far from the campy and fun slasher's that have Many appearances on this list and it instead delivers a raw unhinged and sick slasher It wasn't fun for me to watch I'll be honest and I wasn't expecting What I ended up seeing and I wasn't having a good time watching it But the days after I watched it I couldn't stop thinking about it when a film makes me feel such a strong Emotion in this case just pure hopelessness. It leaves an impact I would compare it to the feeling of watching hereditary for the first time Where you kind of have to sit with it for a while before you can come to appreciate it The sequels we should probably not talk about because they do take a sharp turn from the tone of this film And I have only seen the second one and I understand what tobi hooper was going for But uh, it just wasn't for me Number six a nightmare on elm street from 1984 From west craven director of the hills have eyes and last house on the left a new masterpiece in fantasy terror nightmare on elm street West craven's original nightmare on elm street is not perfect But unlike texas chainsaw as far as I know this franchise has a few bright gems in the midst of many bad sequels More on the sequels in just a bit the original is still an incredibly fun time with very innovative and surreal special effects Although there are a few glaringly bad ones, but I mean that just adds to the charm of it It sucks you into the supernatural slasher sub genre of the sub genre itself And it's just so charming heather lingen camp as nancy thompson Is up there with lori strode and sydney prescott when it comes to final girls And the rest of the cast is also great a young johnny dep in that crop top will forever be iconic john sackson and of course robert england as the one and only freddy kruger I think one thing that this franchise has that so many others do not is a consistent character played and embodied by a great actor and that is robert england's freddy even when the sequels dip into the dream child Or freddy's dead territory robert england is still there to give some sort of charisma and consistency and he never half asses it And I absolutely adore the first film along with dream warriors and new nightmare Those three films I think are a great display of the versatility of the franchise And it really just shows how freddy works best adjacent to west craven even the bad ones We're still fun to watch though. We just won't talk about the 2010 remake But um, if you guys want me to do a franchise ranking of elm street Let me know because I would love to uh, that is a franchise that I love I had seen the first one before quarantine, but quarantine I sat down and watched Every single film in the franchise. There are nine of them But moving on number five candy man from 1992 Candy man, you don't have to believe Just beware This one is a slow burner, but once it gets there it is such a trip Among the mini slashers of the 90s candy man stands out as something really unique It doesn't revolve around a group of teens getting hunted down by a realistic serial killer Instead we follow grad students researching an urban legend of a man with a honey Dripping hook and killing people with the help of tons of bees and it takes his time even introducing the candy man But once tony todd is present the film is unstoppable And I can't not talk about the score of this film. It very well could be my favorite score of any slasher film ever Also, I think the film is pretty underrated I rarely see it get mentioned alongside the staples of the genre or even like the people talking about slasher films from the 90s I feel like it doesn't really get the recognition it deserves because for me it stands with the greats I haven't seen it's two sequels, uh, but that's probably for the best the soft reboot of the franchise that is now coming out next year Does look promising though and has some returning cast members from this film So, uh, definitely watch candy man this halloween, especially if you're planning on seeing the new one next year I don't think he'll be disappointed Number four psycho from 1960 A little mad sometimes He may not have created the genre, but alfred hitchcock's psycho is certainly responsible for making slasher's successful This film is a blueprint to the genre with many films taking inspiration from its formula even 60 years later Janet lee as maryon crane is legendary No doubt about it killing her off so early is still one of the most effective twists of all time And that's not even the main twist of this film Which I said I guess I won't spoil because somehow I know there are a lot of people that have yet to see this movie Just from you know talking to people Uh, but I think if you take out the part of the film that takes place in the court setting It would be a perfect film because uh that last act of the film does present Some dangerously outdated and transphobic explanation to a certain characters split personality disorder that uh definitely is very tasteless Even watching this movie as a child. I was always bored for that part of the movie Whereas every other part of that movie is so like perfect. That is why it doesn't rank amongst my top three Let's just get into my top three. Uh number three. We have black christmas from 1974 If this movie doesn't make your skin crawl It's armed too tight silent night evil knight rated r It is also titled uh silent night evil night in canada or when it was originally released. Oh my god I love this film. Uh, this is the only film of my top four that I hadn't seen prior to quarantine But this film has has been on my radar for quite some time and I finally had the chance to sit down and watch it If this film was as successful box office wise as say halloween I think it would be highly credited for reinventing the genre from psycho So much of the slasher films that come out after black christmas take heavy inspiration from it It's not polished. It's not perfect, but it's incredibly charming surprisingly disturbing and Overall an incredibly fun christmas themed horror movie from the director of a very different christmas film The characters are strong and memorable the deaths are as well And the trope of the call is coming from inside the house originates here with this movie The tone is so rich and textural the whole time and the visuals are to die for Despite them not being purely spectacle or like objectively great cinematography There's just something about the way the christmas lights are just so fuzzy and I can't even describe it But I love it In addition we also get john saxon playing a nearly identical role to his role in a nightmare on elm street So maybe there's some way we can count this as an elm street prequel or something But uh, that's a video for another day. I would love to do a whole video on just saying everything I love about this film So let me know if I should do that for a christmas season. I would love to I think if I had been shown black christmas as a child it could have easily topped this list Number two halloween from 1978 The night he came home, uh, the film that introduced so many to the genre michael meyers and lori strode are Such a powerful antithesis to each other and honestly every scene in this film is so memorable and instantly iconic Nobody can make a halloween film quite like john carpenter Like the elm street series halloween also has a few gems in its, uh, array of many sequels Particularly 1981's halloween 2 and 2018's halloween I saw this film for the first time as an early teenager when the local theater was showing older movies So I did see halloween for the first time in a movie theater and I, uh, wouldn't hesitate to say that it was life changing It was such a great experience. I have no problems with this film And uh, these top three films are just perfect in my eyes and I mean I could cry if I think about it too much But now the moment you've all been waiting for here is number one Number one scream from 1996 I bet you could have guessed where this was going Uh, I mean, I will say this top three is very tight Maybe as I continue to mature I will have a different ranking of these top three But um, especially these top two these have been my top two for years and years and years But I gave scream the slight edge, uh, because I had the pleasure of this film taking my slasher virginity Sorry, that was that sounded weirder than it did when I wrote it But um, but what a film to do that to me a lot of the films on this list have one two or maybe three Legendary and well-known characters, but scream has so many Sydney Prescott gale weathers dewey riley billy lumis stew matcher and even kasey becker tatum riley and randy meeks to an extent Not to mention the enigma of ghostface himself. No matter who is behind the mask Ghostface is a staple of the horror genre We've all heard so much about how scream Reinvented the genre and it did but it wasn't trying to west craven and kevin williamson Just set out to make a strong clean and precise slasher film with extremely successful story beats along the way It is formulaic, but I would call it more of a gourmet recipe than a formula Even the bad sequel scream 3 has great moments and aside from scream 3 each sequel I think is very strong and the whole series has an overarching story. I love this franchise I've seen each film over 20 times If you want to hear me talk more about scream lucky for you I already have an entire video ranking all the films and tv seasons So be sure to check that out if you are a scream fan Well, there you have it. Those are my personal rankings of the top 10 Slasher film slasher films of all time Let me know any you think deserve to be here and which ones that are on my list that you completely disagree with Anything and everything. Let me know in the comments below. I'd also love some recommendations of some Underrated or overlooked films in the genre that I may not have seen and if you've made it this far I mean I might as well just show you my ranking of every one of the 38 slasher films I watched in quarantine Some of these I had rewatched in quarantine. These aren't all films I saw for the first time in quarantine, but a lot of them are And the list includes sequels too. So I've been keeping track of it on letterboxed or letterbox D I'm not really sure how to say it But feel free to follow me on there if you would like as well I'm at Skyler with two Rs. But yeah, this is my full list You can look at it on the app too But yeah, thank you for watching. Happy Halloween. Be safe strong, and I will see you next time