Slasher film

A horror film centered on a killer who stalks and murders a group of people, often using bladed weapons. Its plot builds suspense through pursuit, isolation, and escalating attacks.

Final girl: The resourceful woman who survives a horror film’s attacks and often confronts its killer. Her survival and confrontation commonly provide the slasher’s climax.
Psycho: Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 thriller about a motel proprietor whose crimes disrupt a traveler’s life. Its shocking murder scene and unstable killer influenced later horror conventions.
Point of view shot: A film shot that presents a scene from the apparent visual perspective of a character. Killer-perspective shots can make surveillance feel intimate and threatening.
Giallo: An Italian thriller genre known for stylized murder mysteries, graphic violence, and striking visual design. Giallo often emphasizes investigation and visual mystery more than a killer’s sustained pursuit.
Horror film: A film genre that aims to evoke fear, dread, or revulsion through its subject and style. Slashers are a commercially influential subgenre within horror cinema.
Masked killer: A fictional murderer whose concealed face hides identity and makes personal motives difficult to read. A mask turns the killer into an imposing, recurring image rather than an ordinary antagonist.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: Tobe Hooper’s 1974 horror film about a family of cannibals terrorizing travelers in rural Texas. Its low-budget violence and pursuit helped shape the modern slasher’s raw style.
Suspense film: A film organized around uncertainty and anticipation about danger or its outcome. The slasher is a horror subgenre that uses suspense as a central storytelling engine.
Psychological horror: Horror that builds fear through mental disturbance, unstable perception, or psychological conflict. Its threats may be internal or uncertain, unlike the slasher’s usually tangible pursuer.
Video nasty: A British press label for video releases accused of containing excessively violent or obscene material, especially during the 1980s. Several slasher and exploitation films became targets in Britain’s video-censorship controversy.

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