Who is the greatest slasher of all time?

Best Slasher #1 - Michael Myers (Halloween, 1978)
Beyond John Carpenter's filmmaking, there are a few reasons why Myers is the ultimate slasher.
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Who is the best slasher?

First appearance: Halloween

It's hard to argue against Michael Myers as the best slasher killer of all time. After all, he's the one that launched the genre craze. And while it's been argued for years who deserved the honors between him, Freddy, and Jason, the answer is simple.
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Who is the deadliest slasher?

Jason Voorhees tops the list as the most dangerous serial killer. Through 12 movies, he manages over 150 kills!
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Who is the king of all slashers?

1 Norman Bates (The Psycho Franchise)

The original king of the horror movie killers, Norman Bates is the most likable slasher villain of all time. His whole M.O. is being charming and likable, though sometimes that mask slips, and audiences see the horror that lays beneath, just as his victims do.
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What is the best slasher film of all time?

25 Essential Slasher Movies
  • #8. Friday the 13th (1980) 63% #8. ...
  • #7. Stranger in the House (1974) 71% #7. ...
  • #6. Dressed to Kill (1980) 79% #6. ...
  • #5. Opera (1987) 91% #5. ...
  • #4. Twitch of the Death Nerve (1971) 86% #4. ...
  • #3. Scream (1996) 79% #3. ...
  • #2. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) 95% #2. ...
  • #1. Halloween (1978) 96% #1.
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Drumdums Top 10 GREATEST SLASHER MOVIES!



Was psycho the first slasher?

Most importantly for filmmaking in general, Psycho is considered by many to be the first slasher movie, and the success of this film spurred a whole series of slasher films in the near future, ultimately opening the door for the subgenre's golden era, the extremely blood eighties.
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What was the original slasher?

Thirteen Women. Thirteen Women (1932) is perhaps the earliest example of what would become a slasher film. It documents eleven (not thirteen, as two women's scenes were cut before theatrical release) women being harassed and murdered after a clairvoyant swami mails them a horoscope foreseeing swift doom.
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Who would win Michael Myers or Jason?

Both serial killers are extremely strong and durable, capable of taking umpteen amounts of punishment. But while Myers is still a freak of nature, Jason can easily win this fight. Jason is physically stronger than Myers and can take more damage.
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Who could beat Jason Voorhees?

Pinhead from Hellraiser

Physically imposing and hideously evil, Pinhead would utilize every evil trick in the book, ripping into Jason with chains, siccing his fellow cenobites on him, and just tearing Jason Voorhees a new one before dragging him into his realm.
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Who is the most powerful horror character?

20 Most Powerful Horror Movie Villains, Ranked
  1. 1 Kayako - The Grudge.
  2. 2 Death - Final Destination. ...
  3. 3 The Xenomorph - Alien. ...
  4. 4 The Monster - It Follows. ...
  5. 5 Pennywise - IT. ...
  6. 6 The Demon - Annabelle. ...
  7. 7 Sadako - The Ring. ...
  8. 8 Candyman - Candyman. ...
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Who could beat Michael Myers?

Simply put, Jason Voorhees wins because he can't be killed. Not even a rain of bullets or impalement can stop him. Michael might be one tough cookie, but (depending on canon) he's still mortal. Both are matched in physical strength, but when it comes to durability, Jason takes the win.
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Who would win in a fight Michael Myers or Leatherface?

Ultimately, the victor would be Leatherface. Since Leatherface kills out of self-defense and for self-preservation, he would throw his all behind a fight with Myers and physically is more powerful.
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Who is the best horror movie killer?

From Universal's classic monster movies to the scariest slasher stars of the 21st century, here is our ranking of the 25 best horror villains of all time.
  • 1 of 25. Candyman. ...
  • 2 of 25. Count Orlock. ...
  • 3 of 25. The Invisible Man. ...
  • 4 of 25. Patrick Bateman. ...
  • 5 of 25. Carrie. ...
  • 6 of 25. The Mummy. ...
  • 7 of 25. Jigsaw. ...
  • 8 of 25. Ghostface.
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Who won Freddy vs Jason?

Jason kills over 14 people in the first 45 minutes of the movie. This was the final film from either the Nightmare or Friday franchises that followed the original plot before the reboot films. Although the ending to the movie is ambiguous, director Ronny Yu insists that he felt it was clear that Jason was the victor.
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Who is stronger Freddy or Jason?

Freddy could use his speed to deliver a fatal blow to the heart, but Jason's overall fighting skill is stronger, which means in hand-to-hand, he'd easily gain the advantage.
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Is Pennywise a slasher?

First of all, Pennywise is not a slasher type character. Licensed characters such as Scream, Leatherface, and Michael Myers work as killer as they are fundamentally in the slasher movie genre. This means that there goal is to just kill as many people as possible.
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Who invented slasher films?

While Halloween most certainly set the groundwork for what the genre would become throughout the '80s, it is far from the first film that can be considered a slasher. The pieces existed in various films beforehand, John Carpenter just put them all together to define the genre so many fans love today.
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Who started the slasher genre?

Early examples of the slasher genre include Francis Ford Coppola's Dementia 13, Herschell Gordon Lewis' Blood Feast (1963), Mario Bava's Blood and Black Lace (1964) and Twitch of the Death Nerve (1971) (the latter known by over a dozen titles, including Bay of Blood and Carnage), Tobe Hooper's 1974 classic The Texas ...
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Is Peeping Tom the first slasher?

For a generation of filmmakers who cut their teeth in the slasher genre, both Bava and Hitchcock were no doubt bigger influences, but in recent years Peeping Tom, released a whole two months before Psycho, has been earmarked as the original proto-slasher, mainly due to its POV presentation, use of a signature weapon ...
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What makes a slasher a slasher?

A slasher film is a genre of horror films involving a killer stalking and murdering a group of people, usually by use of bladed tools.
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Who is the scariest character ever?

Scariest movie characters for Halloween
  • Ghostface (“Scream”) ...
  • Jason Voorhees (“Friday the 13th”) ...
  • Freddy Krueger (“A Nightmare on Elm Street”) ...
  • Michael Myers (“Halloween”) ...
  • The Shark (“Jaws”) ...
  • Norman Bates (“Psycho”) ...
  • Hannibal Lecter (“The Silence of the Lambs”) ...
  • Regan MacNeil (“The Exorcist”)
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Who is the scariest person in the world?

10 Scariest People Who Ever Lived
  • Timur (1336-1405) ...
  • Ilse Koch (1906-1967) © Tumblr. ...
  • HH Holmes (1861-1896) © Youtube. ...
  • Thug Behram (1765-1840) © Hammer Films. ...
  • Elizabeth Bathory (1560-1614) © Hammer Films. ...
  • Empress Wu Zetian (625-705) © Blogspot. ...
  • Belle Gunness (1859-?) © BelleGunnessTheMovie. ...
  • Vlad the Impaler (1431-1477) © Spike.
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Who is the oldest horror character?

Examples of early horror icons began with the Werewolf or Lycanthrope introduced in the 1500s, the Frankenstein monster as introduced by Mary Shelley in 1818, and Dracula introduced into literature in 1897 by Bram Stoker.
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Is Leatherface superhuman?

Classification: Human, Cannibal, Serial killer. Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Stealth (Leatherface could sneak up on two teenagers and was only noticed when he was directly in front of them.)
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