List RulesHorror slashers films about teenagers in high school or college
Here is a list of the best teen slasher movies. Almost as long as there have been horror movies, there have been teen slasher films. The genre got a huge surge in the late 1970s and 1980s when nearly every new teen horror movie featured a group of teenagers getting slaughtered by a mysterious and terrifying killer. Although the genre died off a little, it got a huge resurgence with 1980s horror remakes and new good scary films for teens. These stories range from groups of hikers running from a mystifying monster with a chainsaw to high school students dying off one by one. These films are popular because they don’t just include horror elements, but also themes of romance, friendship and endurance. Some even went on to inspire teen horror TV series.
Many of the films on this list have the same sort of characters: the innocent female, the jokester sidekick, the ditzy popular girl, the jock, and the nerd, all playing at the same stereotypical roles. However, the concepts of each movie can be wildly different, from traditional horror to a campy take on the genre.
What are the best teen slasher movies ever made? This list features masked killers that will haunt you in your sleep for years to come, gruesome deaths and badass fighters you will never forget. Vote for your favorite. A lot of these are top Halloween movies for teens too.
1
1,441278Scream
1996Actors: Drew Barrymore, Rose McGowan, Courteney Cox, Liev Schreiber, Neve Campbell
Directed by: Wes Craven
2
1,039241Halloween
1978Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Kyle Richards, Donald Pleasence, Sandy Johnson, Charles Cyphers
Directed by: John Carpenter
3
899228Actors: Johnny Depp, Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Lin Shaye
Directed by: Wes Craven
4
785260Scream 2
1997Actors: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Courteney Cox, Heather Graham, Liev Schreiber, Jada Pinkett Smith
Directed by: Wes Craven
5
745241Actors: Ali Larter, Seann William Scott, Devon Sawa, Tony Todd, Amanda Detmer
Directed by: James Wong
6
772261Friday the 13th
1980Actors: Kevin Bacon, Tom Savini, Betsy Palmer, Irwin Keyes, Laurie Bartram
Directed by: Sean S. Cunningham
7
813282Actors: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Anne Heche, Ryan Phillippe, Freddie Prinze
Directed by: Jim Gillespie
8
632251Actors: Gunnar Hansen, Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal, John Henry Faulk, Jim Siedow
Directed by: Tobe Hooper
9
541214Urban Legend
1998Actors: Jared Leto, Tara Reid, Alicia Witt, Joshua Jackson, Rebecca Gayheart
Directed by: Jamie Blanks
10
638303Scream 4
2011Actors: Hayden Panettiere, Kristen Bell, Courteney Cox, Anna Paquin, Alison Brie
Directed by: Wes Craven
11
365133Halloween II
1981Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Dana Carvey, Kyle Richards, Donald Pleasence, Ana Alicia
Directed by: Rick Rosenthal
12
528196The Faculty
1998Actors: Salma Hayek, Usher, Famke Janssen, Jon Stewart, Jordana Brewster
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez
13
536287Scream 3
2000Actors: Courteney Cox, Jenny McCarthy, Carrie Fisher, Liev Schreiber, Neve Campbell
Directed by: Wes Craven
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421188Actors: Ali Larter, A. J. Cook, Sarah Carter, Tony Todd, Keegan Connor Tracy
Directed by: David R. Ellis
16
583312Actors: Chris Hemsworth, Sigourney Weaver, Amy Acker, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins
Directed by: Drew Goddard
17
440279Actors: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jack Black, Brandy Norwood, Jennifer Esposito, Freddie Prinze
Directed by: Danny Cannon
18
17355Jeepers Creepers
2001Actors: Justin Long, Eileen Brennan, Victor Salva, Gina Philips, Patricia Belcher
Directed by: Victor Salva
19
450237Saw
2004Actors: Danny Glover, Monica Potter, Shawnee Smith, Dina Meyer, Michael Emerson
Directed by: James Wan
20
370200Actors: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Cory Monteith, Tony Todd, Amanda Crew, Chelan Simmons
Directed by: James Wong
21
277161Candyman
1992Actors: Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Vanessa A. Williams, Xander Berkeley, Ted Raimi
Directed by: Bernard Rose
22
399229House of Wax
2005Actors: Paris Hilton, Elisha Cuthbert, Jared Padalecki, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt
Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra
23
274158Actors: Don Francks, Cynthia Dale, Helene Udy, Keith Knight, Alf Humphreys
Directed by: George Mihalka
24
313193Prom Night
1980Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Brittany Snow, Leslie Nielsen, Antoinette Bower, Jeff Wincott
Directed by: Paul Lynch
25
243155Sleepaway Camp
1983Actors: Mike Kellin, Katherine Kamhi, Robert Earl Jones, Felissa Rose, Christopher Collet
Directed by: Robert Hiltzik