Best Slasher Movies

Based on the infamous double initial killings out of Rochester, New York, The Alphabet Killer is exactly what you’d expect – suspenseful, scary and completely unsatisfying in the end and I don’t necessarily mean unsatisfying in a bad way.

The movie is only loosely based on the real life events, but even so, the real alphabet killer is still unknown so for that reason alone, I think the ending worked well. Yes, it was frustrating, but to have the killer arrested would’ve felt like a cop-out.

The Alphabet Killer boasts a cast of some of my horror favorites. We have the gorgeous Eliza Dushku (Wrong Turn) in the best performance of the movie with a supporting cast that includes Cary Elwes (Saw) and the always fabulous Bill Moseley (Rob Zombie’s Halloween, Repo! The Genetic Opera, Army of Darkness) – all turning in incredible performances.

Overall, The Alphabet Killer isn’t the type of movie that stays with you for weeks after viewing it, but it is a decent serial killer that leaves you feeling unsettled and disturbed – and that’s why we watch these movies, isn’t it?

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Wrong Turn is standard slasher flick fare, but it accomplishes its goal admirably. It scares, it shocks and it delivers the blood. The killings are brutal and gory and the villains are grotesque and frightening. I’d have liked to see the setting be a little more creepy and ominous, but it serves its purpose.

Sure Wrong Turn might be a little lacking in the plot department, but, like porn, no one watches a slasher movie for the story. You pick a slasher movie for the blood and guts and Wrong Turn makes sure you’re not disappointed.

Aside from setting up why these kids (our inbred monsters’ victims) are in the woods in the first place, there is little in the way of plot or story development. Wrong Turn is what it is – three deranged, disfigured crazies  chasing down the hotties and hacking them up.

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