SLASHER

The usual characteristic of this subgenre is the presence of a psychopath who brutally murders adolescents and young people who are outside the supervision of an adult.

Scream (1996): A masked killer begins attacking teenagers, using phone calls to terrorize his victims before killing them.

                                                               Qualification: 7.4/10 (IMDb)

The purge (2013): In a dystopian future, the United States government has instituted an annual "Purge": a 12-hour night in which all crimes, including murder, are legal.

   

  

Qualification: 5.7/10 (IMDb)

Texas chainsaw: (1974): A group of friends traveling through the Texas countryside encounter a family of cannibalistic psychopaths, led by the terrifying Leatherface, who wears a mask made of human skin.

                                     Qualification: 7.4/10 (IMDb)       

These masks made of human

skin were worn by the murderer

- The film was inspired by Ed Gein, a psychopathic murderer and grave robber from Wisconsin who shocked public opinion after the police arrested him after finding trophies made of human bones and furniture covered with the skin of corpses in his home.