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Movies: Best "proto slasher" Movies


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Deep Red(1975)

R
| 2h 7min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
3.9/5 (with 616 votes)

A musician witnesses the murder of a famous psychic, and then teams up with a fiesty reporter to find the killer while evading attempts on their lives by the unseen killer bent on keeping a dark secret buried.

Peeping Tom(1960)

NR
| 1h 41min | Horror, Thriller, Drama
3.7/5 (with 351 votes)

Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.

House of Wax(1953)

1h 30min | Horror, Mystery
3.5/5 (with 135 votes)

A New York sculptor who opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures runs into trouble with his business partner, who demands that the exhibits become more extreme in order to increase profits.

A Bay of Blood(1971)

1h 25min | Horror, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 157 votes)

An elderly heiress is killed by her husband who wants control of her fortunes. What ensues is an all-out murder spree as relatives and friends attempt to reduce the inheritance playing field, complicated by some teenagers who decide to camp out in a dilapidated building on the estate.

Alice, Sweet Alice(1976)

R
| 1h 48min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 104 votes)

Alice is a withdrawn 12-year-old who lives with her mother and her younger sister, Karen, who gets most of the attention from her mother, leaving Alice out of the spotlight. When Karen is found brutally murdered in a church, suspicions start to turn toward Alice. But could a 12-year-old girl really be capable of such savagery?

Directed by Alfred Sole - With Linda Miller, Lillian Roth, Alphonso DeNoble, Brooke Shields

Dementia 13(1963)

NR
| 1h 15min | Horror, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 68 votes)

Shocked by the death of her spouse, a scheming widow hatches a bold plan to get her hands on the inheritance, unaware that she is targeted by an axe-wielding murderer who lurks in the family's estate. What mystery shrouds the noble house?

The Spiral Staircase(1946)

NR
| 1h 23min | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 97 votes)

On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.

The Leopard Man(1943)

NR
| 1h 6min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 46 votes)

When a leopard escapes during a publicity stunt, it triggers a series of murders.

Strait-Jacket(1964)

NR
| 1h 33min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 46 votes)

After a twenty-year stay at an asylum for a double murder, a mother returns to her estranged daughter where suspicions arise about her behavior.

Berserk(1967)

NR
| 1h 36min | Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 18 votes)

A lady ringmaster milks the publicity from a string of murders.

The Town That Dreaded Sundown(1976)

R
| 1h 26min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
2.9/5 (with 76 votes)

A Texas Ranger hunts for a hooded serial killer terrorizing the residents of a small town, set in 1946 Arkansas. Loosely based on a true story.

Directed by Charles B. Pierce - With Ben Johnson, Andrew Prine, Dawn Wells, Jimmy Clem

Homicidal(1961)

1h 27min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 32 votes)

A woman named Emily checks into a hotel and offers the bellboy $2000 to temporarily marry her. We soon find out Emily is the caretaker of a wheelchair-bound mute named Helga, who was the childhood guardian of a pair of siblings: Miriam Webster and her half-brother, Warren, who is about to inherit the estate of their late father. Who is the mysterious Emily and what are her intentions?

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A Bucket of Blood(1959)

NR
| 1h 6min | Comedy, Horror
3.3/5 (with 59 votes)

Nerdy Walter Paisley (Dick Miller), a maladroit busboy at a beatnik café who doesn't fit in with the cool scene around him, attempts to woo his beautiful co-worker, Carla (Barboura Morris), by making a bust of her. When his klutziness results in the death of his landlady's cat, he panics and hides its body under a layer of plaster. But when Carla and her friends enthuse over the resulting artwork, Walter decides to create some bigger and more elaborate pieces using the same artistic process.

Directed by Roger Corman - With Dick Miller, Bruno VeSota, Ed Nelson, Paul Horn, Bert Convy

Corruption(1968)

R
| 1h 31min | Horror
2.9/5 (with 16 votes)

A surgeon discovers that he can restore the beauty to his girlfriend's scarred face by murdering other women and extracting fluids from their pituitary gland. However, the effects only last for a short time, so he has to kill more and more women. It is ultimately a killing spree which ends with considerable death and disaster.

Directed by Robert Hartford-Davis - With Peter Cushing, Sue Lloyd, Kate O'Mara, David Lodge, Tony Booth, Noel Trevarthen, ...

Tower of Evil(1972)

R
| 1h 29min | Horror
2.8/5 (with 19 votes)

A group of experienced archeologists are searching for an old and mystic Phoenician treasure when they are surprised by a series of mysterious murders...

Frightmare(1974)

R
| 1h 28min | Horror, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 27 votes)

In 1957, Dorothy and Edmund Yates were committed to an institution for the criminally insane, she for acts of murder and cannibalism and he for covering up her crimes. Fifteen years later, they are pronounced fit for society and released. However, in Dorothy's case the doctors may have jumped the gun a bit. Edmund and eldest daughter, Jackie, try to discover just how far Mother's bloodlust has taken her. Meanwhile, youngest daughter Debbie begins to explore the crazy roots of her family tree as fully as possible.

Directed by Pete Walker - With Rupert Davies, Leo Genn, Tommy Wright, Sheila Keith, Paul Greenwood

Thirteen Women(1932)

59min | Drama, Mystery
3.2/5 (with 10 votes)

Thirteen women who were schoolmates ask a swami to cast their horoscopes. The news they receive are not good for any of them.

The Severed Arm(1973)

R
| 1h 29min | Horror
2.4/5 (with 10 votes)

Trapped in a cave, five men cut the arm off of another companion in order to ward off starvation. After they are saved, their victim seeks revenge on them one by one.

Directed by Tom Alderman - With Deborah Walley

House of Mortal Sin(1976)

R
| 1h 44min | Horror
3.3/5 (with 17 votes)

Also known as 'The Confessional', another of Pete Walkers's critiques of institutional hypocrisy, in which a troubled young girl goes to confession at the local church. Unfortunately, the sexually frustrated priest she confesses to becomes obsessed with her. At first, the priest stalks the girl, but later it is revealed that he will stop at nothing, including blackmail and murder, just to get close to her.

The Love Butcher(1975)

R
| 1h 25min | Horror
2.7/5 (with 4 votes)

The twisted tale of Caleb, and his alter ego Lester. After being pushed around too far, Caleb transforms into Lester and returns to those who have wronged him.

Scream Bloody Murder(1973)

R
| 1h 30min | Horror
2.6/5 (with 13 votes)

A disturbed boy kills his father with his farm tractor and his arm is mangled in the process. He's taken to a mental hospital where he's outfitted with a hook to replace his lost hand and, years later, he's eventually released from the asylum. He returns home to find his mother has remarried, which sets him off on a murderous rampage.

Directed by Marc B. Ray - With Angus Scrimm

The Comeback(1978)

1h 40min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 13 votes)

A singer holes up at a sinister estate to write new songs for his act. The ghost of his murdered wife begins to haunt him, then the person who actually killed her shows up at the mansion.

Maniac(1963)

3.2/5 (with 13 votes)

When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

Blood and Lace(1971)

1h 27min | Horror
2.9/5 (with 12 votes)

After her prostitute mother and her john are beaten to death while they are asleep in bed, teen-aged Ellie Masters is sent to an isolated orphanage run by a mysterious woman and her handyman, both whom she comes to suspect are hiding dark secrets.

The Flesh and Blood Show(1972)

R
| 1h 33min | Horror, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 13 votes)

Actors rehearsing a show at a mysterious seaside theater are being killed off by an unknown maniac.

Terrified(1963)

NR
| 1h 25min | Horror
1.7/5 (with 2 votes)

A masked lunatic kills off people in a haunted house.

The Bat(1926)

NR
| 1h 26min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
3.2/5 (with 10 votes)

A masked criminal who dresses like a giant bat terrorizes the guests at an old house rented by a mystery writer.

The Intruder(1975)

1h 27min | Horror
2.8/5 (with 3 votes)

The lust for gold and the reading of a will brings eleven visitors to a remote island retreat, but an unseen, seemingly unstoppable evil follows to stalk them one by one. The bodies don't stop dropping until the final shattering conclusion. Who - or what - is the intruder? One thing is for certain: it will not stop until it kills them all.

Directed by Chris Robinson - With Mickey Rooney

I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill(1974)

1h 5min | Thriller, TV Movie
4.5/5 (with 2 votes)

Returning home to her flat, Ann Rogers passes a stranger leaving the building. A few moments later she discovers her neighbor lying dead in the hallway, the latest victim of a serial killer. Ann could be able to identify the killer, but the killer also knows her face and knows he needs to silence the witness...

My Friends Need Killing(1976)

R
| 1h 13min | Horror, Drama, Crime

A traumatized Vietnam veteran goes on a killing spree, targeting the men with whom he served in the army.

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