If there’s one factor that’s for sure in terms of slasher films, it’s that nostalgia and an excellent scare make for a fairly thrilling combo.
The cult ’90s franchise I Know What You Did Final Summer time has been revived for a brand new technology with the 2025 sequel of the exact same identify out in cinemas this month.
Starring a brand new cohort of hopeful scream queens (and kings) in Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Tyriq Withers, Jonah Hauer-King and Sarah Pidgeon, the recent instalment follows a gaggle of mates being stalked by a masked killer within the seaside city of Southport after they vow to maintain silent a few deadly automobile accident they prompted.
If the brand new film has left you craving extra of the bloody, screaming delights of the slasher franchise, listed below are the films you have to be watching subsequent…
I Know What You Did Final Summer time
We’re speaking in regards to the unique, after all. Followers of the 1997 movie will know that this cult basic just about mirrors the brand new film, revolving round a gaggle of mates who’re stalked by a hook-wielding killer after overlaying up a automobile accident.
With a forged that features ’90s staples like Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr., the vibes are completely on level all through. Plus, it options the completely iconic “what are you ready for?” line.
It was adopted by two sequels referred to as I Nonetheless Know What You Did Final Summer time and I’ll All the time Know What You Did Final Summer time.
Scream
Extensively credited as among the finest slasher movies of all time – additionally kicking off a complete franchise of its personal – the Wes Craven basic follows a gaggle of highschool college students who grow to be the goal of a serial killer referred to as Ghostface.
It stars Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Rose McGowan and Drew Barrymore. For those who haven’t watched them within the unique, you’ve probably seen the parodies in Scary Film.
It’s creepy, surprisingly cosy, and naturally, very bloody. Excellent viewing for film evening!
Candyman
For those who ever stared right into a mirror throughout a sleepover whereas uttering the phrase Candyman 5 occasions in an try and conjure up a killer, that is the film that originated from.
The supernatural horror follows a graduate scholar writing a thesis on city legends, main her to find Candyman, a (sure, one other) hook-handed ghost who was the son of a slave.
It’s typically credited for bringing considerate new layers to a well-trodden sub-genre, integrating social commentary about race and sophistication. Possibly you caught the 2021 religious sequel of the identical identify produced by Jordan Peele.
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
With the unique 1978 horror basic massively popularising the slasher style, it was solely proper the film was honoured with one other sequel 20 years later.
Jamie Lee Curtis reprises her function as Laurie Strode, who has faked her personal loss of life to enter hiding from the murderous Michael Myers, just for him to search out her once more.
Although it’s the seventh instalment within the franchise, it serves as a direct sequel to Halloween and Halloween II, and options Michelle Williams, Janet Leigh (Jamie’s personal mom, of Psycho fame), Josh Hartnett, LL Cool J and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Cherry Falls
Brittany Murphy stars on this 1999 film set within the titular small Virginia city the place a serial killer targets teen virgins.
Like all nice slashers, it manages to strike a steadiness between the bonkers, the scary and the gory.
Did we point out there’s a scene the place the highschool college students attempt to evade homicide by organising a mass orgy? Yeah…
Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
The ’90s was a fertile time for horror revivals, and followers cherished this return to the waking nightmare of Freddy Krueger in 1994, who was first launched in 1984’s A Nightmare on Elm Avenue.
This film got here with a little bit of a meta twist although, as a result of as a substitute of being portrayed as a villain who haunts nightmares, Freddy truly invaded the actual world to focus on the forged and crew concerned within the making of the movies about him.
Because the trailer places it, “terror not stops on the display…”
Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath 3
For those who’re something like me, this 1974 horror basic might be nonetheless supplying you with nightmares.
The 1990 sequel is the third instalment within the franchise and follows Leatherface and his cannibalistic household who stalk quite a few victims within the backroads of Texas.
You’ll be able to count on extra of the spine-chilling horrors of the primary movie with a couple of up to date touches for a brand new decade (together with Lord Of The Rings star Viggo Mortensen).
City Legend
This 1998 horror revolves round a school scholar who suspects {that a} sequence of freak deaths might be linked to city legends.
You would possibly recognise a couple of faces within the forged together with Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart and Tara Reid.
Some critics felt it was a little bit of a rip off of Scream, whereas others admire that it was clearly influenced by the film. So, make of that what you’ll.
