The 52 Best Slasher Movies of All Time (Paste) - Page 2

What do you think of, when you read the words "slasher movie"?A killer in a mask, perhaps. A group of horny, not-so-bright teens in a secluded setting, sure. Gallons and gallons of red tempera paint or corn syrup—that's almost a given. But more than anything, slasher movies are an exploration of intimacy—the intimacy and invasiveness of physical violence in our lives, and "the morbid intimacy in the act of killing," as one Paste staffer recently put it in a discussion of the genre.