Slasher Suggestions

[muceo13]

I'm looking to watch some good,low budget slasher films that were made in the past ten years. Thinking of doing a feature and want to see what's out. I've seen all the old classics and not-so classics. Looking for something newer.

[elDomenechHDG]

All I can think of are the first 2 Wrong Turn Films. When I think "slasher" I can't see past 1989. There have been several "homages" made during the last 10 to 15 years, but you're not looking for those, right?

[muceo13]

Homages can get really annoying. To be watching a movie and then realize parts are just something from another movie. While something fresh can be hard to come by, it will always beat a nudge and a wink. Slashers do usually follow a formula, but it doesn't seem anybody is really doing it anymore. Hatchet tried but it just felt like a splatter film. No mystery or any real suspense. Looking for that old school feel without all the nostalgia bs.

[crikan]

Listed below are the slashers made in the past 10 years that I have enjoyed (excluding remakes and sequels to 80's franchises). BLOOD NIGHT and HIGH TENSION are incredible.

Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet (2009)
Bloody Murder 2 (2003)
High Tension (2003)
The Hills Run Red (2009)
Nightmare Man (2006)
Shredder (2003)
The Violent Kind (2010)

[Mattapooh]

I've heard good things about The Sleeper, but haven't seen it.

The only modern slashers I really love are the Cold Prey movies. All three are fantastic, surprisingly.

The first is a fantastic atmospheric slasher, the second is a well-done homage to Halloween II and the third is more of a Just Before Dawn/Rituals/backwoods type. I dug the hell out of all of them.

[CPT HOOK]

Avoiding ones that have already been mentioned, here are a few from the past decade or so:

Cherry Falls
Psycho Beach Party
Flashback
The Pool
Slashers
2001 Maniacs
Malevolence
House Of Wax
Severance
Venom
See No Evil
Dark Ride
All The Boys Love Mandy Lane
Behind The Mask: The Rise Of Leslie Vernon
Texas Chainsaw Massacre & Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Murder Loves Killers Too
My Super Psycho Sweet 16
The Collector
Sorority Row
Tucker & Dale Vs Evil
Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings

[CPT HOOK]

Oops, I missed the part about "low-budget". There are a couple of studio slashers in there. Regardless, if you're a slasher fan, they're all worth checking out.

A few others that I personally loved that are arguably slashers are: Eden Lake, The Lost, and The Dark Hours.

[Hellbilly]

Sam's Lake (2006). Not great but good enough.

[muceo13]

Seen some of these. I really enjoyed The Hills Run Red. High Tension was great until the end. Don't think there is any way for me to see Mandy Lane,yet. I don't know why it can't get a release here. I'll check out some of the others I don't think I've seen.

[zbinks]

Don't think there is any way for me to see Mandy Lane,yet. I don't know why it can't get a release here. I'll check out some of the others I don't think I've seen.

If you have a Blu-Ray player, the UK Blu-Ray is confirmed (http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/All-the-Boys-Love-Mandy-Lane-Blu-ray/1986/) region free (the special features are in PAL, but the feature is 1080P and would be unaffected) and available on Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/All-Boys-Love-Mandy-Lane/dp/B001563I5W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343430536&sr=8-1&keywords=mandy+lane) from a number of 3rd party vendors as low as $11.24+shipping ($15.66 for an Amazon fulfillment vendor).

[Body Boy]

Homages can get really annoying. To be watching a movie and then realize parts are just something from another movie. While something fresh can be hard to come by, it will always beat a nudge and a wink. Slashers do usually follow a formula, but it doesn't seem anybody is really doing it anymore. Hatchet tried but it just felt like a splatter film. No mystery or any real suspense. Looking for that old school feel without all the nostalgia bs.

Agreed, but define nostalgia bs. What part is bs?

[Vortex]

Two that a friend who used to post here recommended, Wishcraft and Simon Says, were both lots of fun.

[Anthropophagus]

Cold Prey I and II were awesome for me.

[SpaceAce]

If your talking lower budget, then maybe check out Madison County. I watched it last night and I enjoyed it. Ending was a little weak, but for the budget I thought they did a really good job.

[SpaceAce]

Also, speaking of Cold Prey, I just bought it and have yet to watch it but have heard great things about it (along with part 2 and 3). However, I can't find part 2 or 3 for sale. I am not region-free so is there another way to check out part 2 and 3?

[muceo13]

Agreed, but define nostalgia bs. What part is bs?

I guess what I mean is the need to always put a genre vet or a shout out to another film. I appreciate that these guys are getting work but it just takes me out of the movie. Usually it calls back a much better film. With low budget they probably wouldn't be able to afford a name actor, so it could be it's own thing.

[YottNik]

Bloody Murder 2 (2003)
Shredder (2003)


Will second Bloody Murder 2. Definitely fits the low budget criteria and good cheesy fun. Shredder is enjoyable as well.

[Myron Breck]

If you're into some Ozploitation goodness, WOLF CREEK (2005) and STORM WARNING (2007) were both totally solid in my book.

[elDomenechHDG]

Ordered a copy of COLD PREY based on recommendations here. Is this a foreign film?

What about the sequels - didn't see them listed for sale.

[Stige]

norwegian, great films ( the first two anyway) the third is average but still good

[fallon6190]

What about the film Slashers. It's about a Japanese game show were six contestants are hunted by three slashers. Anybody here seen it. I just bought and watched Cold Prey that's a good slasher flick. Never seen parts 2 & 3 got to pick those up.

[chancetx]

I really enjoyed DEAD TONE aka 7EVENTY 5IVE (2007) with Rutger Hauer. It may seem crazy to base a movie plot around prank calls in the age of cell phones and caller ID but they make it work and the kills are surprisingly brutal.

[CPT HOOK]

What about the film Slashers. It's about a Japanese game show were six contestants are hunted by three slashers. Anybody here seen it.

Yup. I mentioned it in my list as well. Fun flick, and the director's follow-up End Of The Line is equally terrific.

[Body Boy]

I guess what I mean is the need to always put a genre vet or a shout out to another film. I appreciate that these guys are getting work but it just takes me out of the movie. Usually it calls back a much better film. With low budget they probably wouldn't be able to afford a name actor, so it could be it's own thing.

Oh! Okay. Yeah, that bugs me, especially if it's someone big like Englund or Hodder. Otherwise, if it's set in the 70s/80s, and somehow has that vibe (imo hasn't come close save for a few scenes of the Thanksgiving trailer) then it's good nostalgia for me.

[tropical marsh]

Anybody see Mask Maker (2010)? I was thinking about picking it up--kinda hoping it's a decent low budget slasher with some nice gore and a lil' T&A.

[CPT HOOK]

Anybody see Mask Maker (2010)? I was thinking about picking it up--kinda hoping it's a decent low budget slasher with some nice gore and a lil' T&A.

I saw it not too long ago, and I've already forgotten it. Didn't leave an impression. I'd say skip it.

[frightmares]

Mask Maker wasn't too bad, but CPT HOOK is right, I saw it a few months ago & I barely remember any details about it. Good for a rental but not a purchase.

[CPT HOOK]

It's also free on streaming Netflix if you have access.

[SpaceAce]

I thought Timber Falls was a fun little backwoods slasher type flick. Along those same lines, I know tons of people hated Lake Dead, but I thought it was decent. Not great but not terrible in my opinion. Also maybe check out Eden Lake (not a slasher per se, but close enough).

[muceo13]

Watched Malevolence and enjoyed it. Also watched Dorm That Dripped Blood. I had to force myself through that one.

[elDomenechHDG]

I thought CHERRY FALLS was very good. I'd love to see the fabled uncut version - if it exists.

[Dobby]

It's also free on streaming Netflix if you have access.

Sometimes streaming does have some nice advantages aye? ;)

[elDomenechHDG]

Checked out COLD PREY last night (most of it anyway). Execution-wise it was just another average teen horror flick, with all the tired slasher movie tricks all present and accounted for (especially annoying are the "someone passes by the camera" tricks - I counted at least 3). Not sure what I was expecting, maybe because the film was from Norway I was hoping the filmmakers would come up with something different, I don't know. OTOH, the setting wasn't the usual madman-in-the -woods routine so that was a plus. Not saying COLD PREY was a bad film, just ordinary.

[CPT HOOK]

^ I agree about Cold Prey. As a slasher fan, I did enjoy it, but it is pretty bland. And it's extremely overrated, as slasher fans seem to love it. I still haven't seen the sequels.

I already mentioned this one, but if you're looking for a really entertaining foreign language slasher that is much better than Cold Prey, I would highly recommend the German film Flashback. It's available on DVD in the US from LionsGate, and I'd imagine you can find it pretty cheap.


Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3QUvLVB86Y)