Slasher movies that tell the stories of masked serial killers as they terrorize innocent people has earned a reputation as one of the best forms of horror. Following iconic characters like Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th, Freddy Kreuger in A Nightmare on Elm Street and Michael Myers in John Carpenter's Halloween, slashers have cultivated a huge fan base.
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