American slasher films

Scream is a 1996 American slasher film directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson. It stars David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan, Skeet Ulrich, and Drew Barrymore. Set in the fictional town of Woodsboro, California, the plot follows high school student Sidney Prescott (Campbell) and her friends who, on the anniversary of her mother's murder, become the targets of a costumed serial killer.

Halloween is a 1978 American independent slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, who co-wrote it with producer Debra Hill. It stars Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, P. J. Soles, and Nancy Loomis. The film follows escaped mental patient Michael Myers, who was committed to a mental institution for murdering his teenage sister on Halloween in the fictional Illinois town of Haddonfield; 15 years later, he returns to Haddonfield, where he stalks teenage babysitter Laurie Strode and her friends while his psychiatrist Dr. Samuel Loomis pursues him.

2007 film by Tim Burton

Scary Movie is a 2000 American parody film. It was directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans and written by Marlon and Shawn Wayans, alongside Buddy Johnson, Phil Beauman, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. The film stars Jon Abrahams, Carmen Electra, Shannon Elizabeth, Anna Faris, Kurt Fuller, Regina Hall, Lochlyn Munro, Cheri Oteri, and Dave Sheridan. The film, a parody of the slasher film genre, most notably the I Know What You Did Last Summer and Scream franchises, follows a group of teenagers who accidentally hit a man with their car, dump his body in a lake, and swear to secrecy. A year later, someone, wearing a Ghostface mask and robe, begins hunting them one by one.

1984 film directed by Wes Craven

1997 film directed by Wes Craven

1980 film directed by Sean S. Cunningham

1997 film directed by Jim Gillespie

2011 film directed by Wes Craven

2007 film directed by Quentin Tarantino

2000 American slasher film

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a 1974 American independent horror film produced, co-composed, and directed by Tobe Hooper, who co-wrote it with Kim Henkel. The film stars Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, and Gunnar Hansen. The plot follows a group of friends who fall victim to a family of cannibals while on their way to visit an old homestead. The film was marketed as being based on true events to attract a wider audience and to act as a subtle commentary on the era's political climate. Although the character of Leatherface and minor story details were inspired by the crimes of murderer Ed Gein, its plot is largely fictional.

2003 film by Ronny Yu

2005 film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra

2009 film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra

2003 film directed by Rob Schmidt

1982 film directed by Steve Miner

1981 film directed by Steve Miner

1988 film by Tom Holland

2023 film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett

2022 film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett

1987 film by Wes Craven, Chuck Russell

2009 film directed by Marcus Nispel

1985 film by Jack Sholder

2003 film directed by Marcus Nispel

2017 film directed by Christopher B. Landon

2010 film directed by Samuel Bayer

1984 film by Joseph Zito

1998 horror film directed by Danny Cannon

1981 film by Rick Rosenthal

2001 film by Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes

1988 film by Renny Harlin

1990 film by John Lafia

1986 film by George P. Cosmatos

1991 film by Rachel Talalay

1998 film directed by Steve Miner

1989 film directed by Stephen Hopkins

1980 film directed by John Carpenter

2006 film by Jonathan Liebesman

2021 film directed by David Gordon Green

2007 film directed by Rob Zombie

1988 film directed by Dwight H. Little

1991 film by Jack Bender

1995 film directed by Joe Chappelle

2002 film by Rick Rosenthal

2018 film by David Gordon Green

1980 US film directed by Brian De Palma

1994 slasher film

1995 film directed by Jon Amiel

2009 film directed by Rob Zombie

1994 film by Kim Henkel

2022 film directed by David Gordon Green

2007 film by Joe Lynch

2017 film directed by McG

1989 film directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard

1993 film by Adam Marcus

Scream 7 is a 2026 American slasher film directed by Kevin Williamson and written by Williamson and Guy Busick. It is the sequel to Scream VI (2023) and the seventh installment in the Scream film series. The film stars Neve Campbell, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, David Arquette, Matthew Lillard, and Courteney Cox reprising their roles from the previous films, with Isabel May, Anna Camp, Michelle Randolph, Jimmy Tatro, Mckenna Grace, Asa Germann, Celeste O'Connor, Sam Rechner, Mark Consuelos, Tim Simons, and Joel McHale also starring. The film follows a new Ghostface killer who targets Sidney Prescott's daughter.

1998 film by Jamie Blanks

2001 film directed by James Isaac

2022 film directed by Ti West