It's no secret that I'm a huge fan of slasher films, and here I've tried to compile a list of all the ones I've seen, ranked from favorite to least favorite. I've only included films made between 1974 and 1995. Why? Well, to me, the American slasher film (not counting Psycho and Peeping Tom (both 1960)) started with Black Christmas and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (both 1974) and was then resurrected in 1996 with the release of Wes Craven's Scream.

My wife and I are currently on a mission to watch every slasher film ever made (well, at least the ones from '74 to '95). She made her own list which you can view by clicking here!

It's not easy to define a slasher film, but I've done my best to only include films with enough "slasher elements" for them to be considered part of the (sub-)genre.

Some films that could be considered slashers, but aren't included in the list (should they be?):

Basket Case, Bloody New Year, Cemetery High, Children of the Corn, Class of 1984, Crosstalk, Cruising, Curfew, Dead & Buried, Dead of Winter, Demonic Toys, Dollman vs. Demonic Toys, Dolls, Don't Turn Out the Lights, Dressed to Kill, Dr. Lamb, Escape 2000, Evilspeak, Fear City, Fortress, Freeway, The Hand, The Hitcher, I Spit On Your Grave, The Island, The Last House on Dead End Street, Neon Maniacs, Nightbreed, Night Visitor, Mausoleum, Patrick, Playroom, Prison, Puppetmaster, Red to Kill, Scarecrows, Scream for Help, The Sender, Snapshot, Who Can Kill a Child?, Windows, The Witch Who Came from the Sea.

Aenigma, Body Puzzle, A Blade in the Dark, A Cat in the Brain, Delirium: Photo of Gioia, Demonia, Dial: Help, The House of Clocks, The New York Ripper, Nothing Underneath, Midnight Ripper, Murder Rock, Opera, Phenomena, Rat Man, The Scorpion with Two Tails, Shock, Tenebre, Touch of Death, The Washing Machine.

Comments are more than welcome!

NOTE: The ranking (especially in the middle part) isn't exactly 100%, as ranking over 400 films was no easy task (and it's been a while since I've seen a lot of them).