The tension in the middle of the silence. A figure that appears on the bottom of the plane stealthily. A main character who begins to feel the anguish of someone who knows there is no escape. And you, from the chair, with your heart in your hand, with scarce nails and with a cry on the tip of your lips. Until the inevitable attack arrives and, even if you expected it, everything explodes. Including a box of popcorn that’s already flying through the air.
The best slashers of the 21st century
1 “Halloween’s night”
Four decades and dozens of terrible sequels later, Michael Myers is back in style with ‘Halloween Night’, homage and reformulation of the unforgettable classic signed by John Carpenter in 1978. Based on a story structured on the shoulders of an incombustible Jamie Lee Curtis, this new installment directed by an inspired David Gordon Green he achieved something as tricky as keeping the saga’s most outstanding virtues intact, with its memorable main villain at the helm, while still creating new scenes and images that were genuinely haunting and disturbing. There was nothing particularly new about it, agreed, but his viewing ensured a wonderful journey into a horror movie template that seemed already forgotten. A triumphant return which, fortunately, also received unanimous acclaim from critics and audiences.
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2 “Scream 4”
Wes Craven’s latest film lived up to its well-deserved legend. And that, after the misunderstood and highly enjoyable ‘Scream 3’, the Ghostface saga seemed completely over. However, from its trademark brilliant opening scene, ‘Scream 4’ managed to exceed all kinds of expectations by combining the most famous and recognizable of its essence with new narrative and plot touches that were a breath of fresh air. fresh air. A fourth episode full of great moments, some of which are among the best of a stainless saga.
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3 “Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon”
Brilliant reflection of the slasher genre, ‘Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon’ is one of the most fun, original and intelligent proposals that we can find in the history of the genre. With a risky approach, difficult to adapt a bit to its style during the opening bars, a vibrant development and a standing ovation, Scott Glosserman’s proposal was destined to become a work of cult since its premiere in 2006. Mission accomplished .
4 ‘You are next’
Everything works like a charm in ‘You are next’, a fascinating slasher in substance and form. Directed with a firm hand by Adam Wingard, with a script full of surprises signed by Simon Barrett and a truly memorable set of characters, victims and perpetrators, we are facing a film that inevitably fascinates and keeps you in a permanent state of tension and intrigue , which disappears only momentarily to give way to the happy and deafening scream. Top notch horror.
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5 ‘The Last Survivors’
‘The Last Survivors’ is a real tribute to the most classic slasher that manages to succeed thanks to his sense of humor (and ridicule) and his unexpected tenderness surrounding this story with a much deeper emotional depth than anyone could have imagined. One of the many pleasant surprises that hides a proposal married by the cult since its inception.
Here are visual choices that unearth a full-fledged talent, Todd Strauss-Schulson, a director capable of capturing nostalgia amid blood and guts, an omnipresent eighties atmosphere that, far from being annoying, fits perfectly to a story commanded by the wonderful Taissa Farmiga and Malin Akerman. They are, and put, the heart of a proposal which, as happened with the essential ‘The cabin in the woods’, appeared out of nowhere to sneak into the list of best horror films of recent years.
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6 The “Road of Terror” trilogy.
Any installment that makes up “The Street of Terror” could have appeared without problems in this special. Rightfully ranked among the best original films Netflix has ever given us, this gem set directed by Leigh Janiak is an authentic festival for slasher lovers of yesterday, today and forever. Perfect for a bloody marathon.
7 ‘High voltage’
Sure, its ending is pretty tricky and silly, but, until it reaches that, “High Voltage” strictly conforms to its own title. There is no respite or possibility of rest in this proposal in which Alexandre Aja’s camera moves by impulse, shock and irreproachable impact. Stgore, screams, runs the wrong way, a villain to remember, and most of all, a performance that is enthralling in its sheer delivery of Cecile de France. Fabulous brutality.
High voltage in eCartelera
8 “Happy Day of the Dead”
Since its premiere weekend, where it managed to raise a whopping $26 million, “Happy Death Day” became one of the biggest hits in Blumhouse Productions history. The best? that he deserved it. And is that, beyond its obvious cinematic references, with “Trapped in time” at the forefront, Christopher Landon’s film worked as bloody entertainment from start to finish, getting as many laughs as scares and leaving you wanting more , hunger subsided for two years later for an equally great sequel. For that, the tape had two aces up its sleeve the size of an anthology villain and a gorgeous Jessica Rothe in her role as the new scream queen.
9 ‘Silence’
‘Hush’, a confrontation between a young writer who became deaf in her adolescence and who lives isolated in a house in the woods and a mysterious masked man who appears one night to try to torture her in all possible ways, noffers you yet another opportunity to enjoy the enormous talent of the master Mike Flanagan. Already for its excellent direction, as well as for the magnificent interpretation of Kate Siegel and a central section full of fantastic scenes, it is worth approaching a slasher that lives and suffers from the most absolute tension.
Silence on eCartelera
10 ‘death, death, death’
Destined to be loved and hated with the same passion, “Death, Death, Death” is one of those particularly nasty films that play with several genres at once, including, of course, the most classic slasher. However, there is so much more than references, knowing winks, gory death and sharp weapons to a proposition that you never know the path it will take in its next phase, something that can’t be considered more than a huge virtue in times of predictable maps. he is lazy. You may end up in the delusion sector, but you won’t yawn for a second until you reach that conclusion. And what a beautiful cast.
Within the horror, a genre that allows multiple variations, the slasher is one of its most cheerful, fun and effective paths. Furthermore, it is a cinematic style that audiences particularly enjoy, almost instantly transforming many of the films framed within these coordinates into cult classics. Examples of weight? Here are the most famous: “Halloween”, “Friday the 13th”, “A Nightmare on Elm Street”, “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “Scream”.
Sagas, all magnificent, even admitting their most indefensible installments, elevated by villains who are already icons of cinematic history far beyond the label of terror. In recent years, in addition to the return of some of them, the slasher has continued to add magnificent proposals to its catalog, thus magnifying a genre that continues to give us as many joys as shocks.
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