1978 - 1984: The Golden Age of Slasher Films (The Ugly)

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Titles provided by Wikipedia. How many have you seen?

[zombie no.one]

Seen: 9

I only own the recent release of MARDI GRAS MASSACRE which is hilarious.

I also think BOARDINGHOUSE is good fun

Never heard of before: 6

I think I would actually pay money to not sit through DON'T GO IN THE WOODS and SPLATTER UNIVERSITY again

[claws]

Agreed on Boardinghouse being good fun. Also funny in an unintentional way (to me):

The Forest 1982
Sledgehammer 1983
A Night to Dismember 1983
Honeymoon Horror 1982

Weird:

Scream 1981
Skullduggery 1983
Dark Sanity 1982 (super-weird)

Painful to watch:

Splatter University 1984
The Hollywood Strangler Meets the Skid Row Slasher 1979
Shadows Run Black 1984

Boring AF:

Trick or Treats 1982
Boogeyman II 1983
Blood Theatre 1984
Deadly Games 1982

I'm not a fan of Don't Go in the Woods, but I don't hate it either. If anything, it was a rental staple back in early VHS days. Maybe because of the title? No idea.

[zombie no.one]

Agreed on Boardinghouse being good fun. Also funny in an unintentional way (to me):

The Forest 1982

yeah THE FOREST was funny... so 'innocent' if that's the right word. like a bunch of friends making a movie

Boring AF:

Trick or Treats

yeah I'm not sure why I liked this one as much as I did... it's so tame, almost not a slasher? I thought it was ok though

[RCMerchant]

One. BOARDINGHOUSE(1983)
Pretty dam stupid.

[Trevor]

I haven't seen any of these 😳😳

[M.10rda]

Only 2!

I'm curious about the description of THE FORST as "innocent"... I recall at least two people get eaten... cannibalism never seemed "innocent" to me! There are also a couple of ghost kids, I think... maybe ghosts of kids who were also eaten? (I confess, it's been almost 30 years.) Do ghost kids count as "innocent"?

[RCMerchant]

I haven't seen any of these 😳😳

Count your lucky stars.

[Trevor]

I haven't seen any of these 😳😳

Count your lucky stars.

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I really needed that LOL thanks 🙏🐢

[M.10rda]

I haven't seen any of these 😳😳

Count your lucky stars.

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I really needed that LOL thanks 🙏🐢

Or thank your local censor! 

[zombie no.one]

Only 2!

I'm curious about the description of THE FORST as "innocent"... I recall at least two people get eaten... cannibalism never seemed "innocent" to me! There are also a couple of ghost kids, I think... maybe ghosts of kids who were also eaten? (I confess, it's been almost 30 years.) Do ghost kids count as "innocent"?

it's ages since I saw it but I seem to remember maybe the first 1/3rd being very tame and endearing 'buddies being buddies' type stuff... perhaps a rewatch in order

[zombie no.one]

one of the opening scenes from the acting masterclass that is MARDI GRAS MASSACRE

https://youtu.be/8u_iVsLH3kg?si=AN4sPSH9sVkBUSBe

[claws]

^ lol great scene!

[M.10rda]

The early stretch of THE FORST was definitely very, very slow... so if "lack of action" equals innocence, I hear you.

And the cannibalism essentially happens off-camera, iirc... you just see some nice cuts of meat cooking on a campfire and somehow it's indicated that it's the previous victims. Compared to the cannibalism depicted in Italian films of the genre, you're right, it's pretty innocuous!

[Trevor]

The Demon should have been on this list: South Africa's first slasher movie.