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Underrated Slasher Horror Movies That Deserve Appreciation

June 1, 2021 by Red Stewart

Marvelous Videos with a selection of slasher flicks that deserve more appreciation…

The slasher genre is a simple concept: take a mysterious figure and have them run around killing dumb teenagers. This simplicity means it’s easy to create a good product as it is to create a bad one, and if you’re a horror enthusiast, you no doubt have seen the bad ones.

But because so many of these bad clones and exploitation nonsense flood the market, it means the genuinely good ones go under the radar, and these people deserve to be recognized for their efforts. Thanks to Marvelous Videos, we have eleven of these underrated slasher gems worth checking out…

SEE ALSO: The Most Obscure and Underrated Slashers of the 1980s

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Red Stewart

 

Originally published June 1, 2021. Updated June 11, 2021.

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Movies, Random, Red Stewart Tagged With: American Gothic, april fool's day, cherry falls, curtains, fade to black, Happy Death Day, Hatchet, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Marvelous Videos, Silent Night Deadly Night, Sleepaway Camp, The Prowler

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