My intention with this section of the site is to put together a complete as possible list of all the slasher franchise’s currently in existence.  I’m classing anything with a sequel as a franchise so in some cases those I list here may just be made up of two films.  As with the reviews, franchise’s starting with “The” or “A” will be listed under the first letter of the next word.  For each film I’ll be listing the name, director and year of release.  

 

I’ve decided not to include quite a number of different franchises both big and small for various reasons.  In some cases this will be because the franchise may contain slasher elements but is generally seen under the more broad horror genre bracket. An example would be something like Saw.  Other more obscure films that I considered ultimately didn’t make the list as I’m not able to verify at the moment if they are actually slashers.  Alternatively perhaps the first film was a slasher but it is unclear if the sequels follow suit.  Films that simply have a remake but not something that is classed as a sequel like for example Mother’s Day also won’t be included.  Films with a rumoured sequel or sequel in production like Curse of the Slasher Nurse will only be added once/if said sequel comes to fruition.  Some dubious ones have made the list but with a note attached to highlight them.  At the bottom of the page I’ll list those films that were considered but at this time didn’t make the list for one reason or another.  

 

I’ll do my best to expand and update the list when necessary.  I’m sure there are many franchise’s I’m missing, in particular those of the very obscure low budget variety so if you know of any that I’ve overlooked then please let me know through the enquiries section or via twitter :)

 

 

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12 Deaths of Christmas: (2017)-James Klass

Mother Krampus 2: Slay Ride: (2018)-Eddie Lengyel

Note: As with several entries that you’ll see on this list this is not a proper franchise. I’ve only listed it as they are related by the alternative title of 12 Deaths which is Mother Krampus.  As far as I know however they are not officially connected nor have much in common.  

 

A:

All Hallows’ Eve: (2013)-Damien Leone  (This is only loosely a slasher.  It is more an anthology style film but contains slasher elements throughout and introduces the Art the Clown character.)

All Hallows’ Eve 2: (2015)-Bryan Norton plus 10 others as this is an anthology style film with different contributing directors to each segment.  (This is not a slasher film at all and is much more so an anthology horror film than was the original.  Art the Clown does not feature as far as I can recall.  It is better known as All Hallows’ Eve: The Reaping in the UK).

Terrifier: (2018)-Damien Leone

 

Antropophagus:  (1980)-Joe D’Amato  (This is also known as The Grim Reaper)

Absurd: (1981)-Joe D’Amato

 

American Psycho: (2000)-Mary Harron.  

American Psycho II: All American Girl: (2002)-Morgan J. Freeman

 

Axeman: (2013)-Jotson Theney

Axeman 2: Overkill: (2017)-Jotson Theney

 

B:

Blood Cult: (1985)-Christopher Lewis

Revenge: (1986)-Christopher Lewis

 

Bloody Murder: (2000)- Ralph E. Portillo

Bloody Murder 2: Closing Camp: (2003)-Rob Spera

The Graveyard: (2006)-Michael Feifer  (This is not classed as an official sequel but is generally seen as part of the franchise).

 

The Boogey Man: (1980)-Ulli Lommel

Revenge of the Boogeyman: (1983)-Ulli Lommel, Bruce Pearn and Paul Willson

Return of the Boogeyman: (1994)-Deland Nuse

Boogeyman Redux: (2003)-Ulli Lommel  (This is also known as Ulli Lommel’s Boogeyman 2: Director’s Cut).

Note: When Revenge of the Boogeyman was released on DVD it was not actually the 2nd film but instead a revised version of the original titled Bogeyman Redux which included a tiny amount of extra footage.  This Redux/director’s cut version seems to be classed as its own film and is best watched as the third entry in the franchise as it’s a sequel of sorts to parts 1 and 2.  Return of the Boogeyman is a confusing mess and best seen as being more independent from the others.  That said I think they were maybe trying to say it was happening concurrently with the original.  It ignores both Revenge and Redux.  

 

Bunnyman: (2011)-Carl Lindbergh  (This is confusingly titled Bunnyman Massacre in the UK)

Bunnyman Massacre: (2014)-Carl Lindbergh  (This is titled Bunnyman Resurrection in the UK)

Bunnyman Vengeance: (2017)-Carl Lindbergh

 

C:

Cabin by the Lake: (2000)-Po-Chih Leong

Return to Cabin by the Lake: (2001)-Po-Chih Leong

 

Camp Blood: (2000)-Brad Sykes

Camp Blood 2: (2000)-Brad Sykes

Within the woods: (2005)-Brad Sykes

Camp Blood: First Slaughter: (2014)-Mark Polonia

Camp Blood 4: (2016)-Dustin Ferguson

Camp Blood 5: (2016)-Dustin Ferguson

Camp Blood 666: (2016)-Ted Moehring

It Kills: Camp Blood 7: (2017)-Mark Polonia

Ghost of Camp Blood: (2018)-Mark Polonia

 

Candyman: (1992)-Bernard Rose

Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh: (1995)-Bill Condon

Candyman: Day of the Dead: (1999)-Turi Meyer

 

Cheerleader Massacre: (2003)-Jim Wynorski

Cheerleader Massacre 2: (2011)-Brad Rushing

Note: These Cheerleader Massacre films are as far as I can tell sequels in name only and have nothing else whatsoever in common.  I doubt they are even officially related.  The 2003 film is sometimes bunched in with The Slumber Party Massacre franchise and Spring Break Massacre while the latter has more in common with Chopping Mall featuring some kind of killer robotic creations.  

 

Child’s Play: (1988)-Tom Holland

Child’s Play 2: (1990)-John Lafia

Child’s Play 3: (1991)-Jack Bender

Bride of Chucky: (1998)-Ronny Yu

Seed of Chucky: (2004)-Don Mancini

Curse of Chucky: (2013)-Don Mancini

Cult of Chucky: (2017)-Don Mancini

 

Cold Prey: (2006)-Roar Uthaug

Cold Prey 2: (2008)-Mats Stenberg

Cold Prey 3: (2010)-Mikkel Braenne Sandemose

 

The Collector: (2009)-Marcus Dunstan

The Collection: (2012)-Marcus Dunstan

 

D:

Dark Harvest: (2004)-Paul Moore

Dark Harvest 2: The Maize: (2004)-Bill Cowell  (Possibly not a slasher film).

Dark Harvest 3: Scarecrow: (2004)-Ben Dixon

Note: This franchise is a contentious one as the films seem completely unrelated with merely having the name in common.  They were also all released strangely close together.  In addition to perhaps not being officially related the second one doesn’t even sound like a slasher but I decided to include them as the other two at least appear to be slashers.  

 

Dark Shade Creek: (2012)-David Mankey

Dark Shade Creek 2: (2014)-David Mankey

Dark Shade Creek 3: Trail to Hell: (2017)-David Mankey

 

Dead in 3 Days: (2006)-Andreas Prochaska

Dead in 3 Days 2: (2008)-Andreas Prochaska

 

Death Bell: (2008)-Hong-Seung Yoon

Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp: (2010)-Seon-Dong Yu

 

The Dentist: (1996)-Brian Yuzna

The Dentist 2: (1998)-Brian Yuzna

 

Devil in the Flesh: (1998)-Steve Cohen  (This is sometimes known as Dearly Devoted)

Devil in the Fleash 2: (2000)-Marcus Spiegel

 

The Dummy: (1995)-Dante Falconi

The Dummy 2: (2016)-Dustin Ferguson

 

F:

Fantom Killer: (1998)-Roman Nowicki

Fantom Killer 2: (1999)-Roman Nowicki

Fantom Killer 3: (2003)-Roman Nowicki

Fantom Killer 4: (2008)-Roman Nowicki

 

The Fear: (1995)-Vincent Robert

The Fear: Resurrection: (1999)-Chris Angel

 

Fear of Clowns: (2004)-Kevin Kangas

Fear of Clowns 2: (2007)-Kevin Kangas

 

Final Destination: (2000)-James Wong

Final Destination 2: (2003)-David R. Ellis

Final Destination 3: (2006)-James Wong

The Final Destination: (2009)-David R. Ellis

Final Destination 5: (2011)-Steven Quale

 

Friday the 13th: (1980)-Sean S. Cunningham

Friday the 13th Part 2: (1981)-Steve Miner

Friday the 13th Part III: (1982)-Steve Miner

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter: (1984)-Joseph Zito

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning: (1985)-Danny Steinmann

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives: (1986)-Tom McLoughlin

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood: (1988)-John Carl Buechler

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan: (1989)-Rob Hedden

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday: (1993)-Adam Marcus

Jason X: (2001/2002)-James Isaac

Freddy vs Jason: (2003)-Ronny Yu

Friday the 13th: (2009)-Marcus Nispel

 

G:

The Gingerdead Man: (2005)-Charles Band

Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust: (2008)-Silvia St. Croix

Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver: William Butler

Gingerdead Man vs Evil Bong: (2013)-Charles Band  (This last one is possibly not a slasher but as it features the Gingerdead man character I thought I would include it).

 

Grim Weekend: (2003)-Bob Willems

Mr. Jingles: (2006)-Tommy Brunswick

Jingles the Clown: (2009)-Tommy Brunswick

Note: This is a very contentious one as the first two films are only related by their alternative titles and the fact that they both feature killer clowns.  Grim Weekend is also known as S.I.C.K while Mr Jingles is also known as 2 S.I.C.K.  They are sequels in alternative name only however and not otherwise related.  Jingles the Clown is actually a reboot or remake of sorts to Mr Jingles so again not a proper sequel.  

 

Gutterballs: (2008)-Ryan Nicholson

Gutterballs 2: Balls Deep: (2015/2017?)-Ryan Nicholson (I was debating whether or not to include this as it seems the full version of the sequel was never released.  I have read a review or two however for some sort of bootleg edition which is padded out with clips from a short film called More Dead Nude Girls.  It doesn’t sound as if this bootleg edition is anywhere close to the same as what the true sequel was intended to be but as there is at least some sort of sequel which has seen the light of day I thought it best to list it here.

 

H:

Halloween: (1978)-John Carpenter

Halloween II: (1981)-Rick Rosenthal

Halloween 3: Season of the Witch: (1982)-Tommy Lee Wallace  (This film is not considered to be a slasher)

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers: (1988)-Dwight H. Little

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers: (1989)-Dominique Othenin-Girard

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers: (1995)-Joe Chappelle

Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later: (1998)-Steve Miner

Halloween: Resurrection: (2002)-Rick Rosenthal

Halloween: (2007)-Rob Zombie

Halloween II: (2009)-Rob Zombie

Halloween: (2018)-David Gordon Green

 

Happy Death Day: (2017)-Christopher Landon

Happy Death Day 2U: (2019)-Christopher Landon

 

Hatchet: (2006)-Adam Green

Hatchet 2: (2010)-Adam Green

Hatchet III: (2013)-BJ McDonnell

Victor Crowley: (2017)-Adam Green

 

Hayride: (2012)-Terron R. Parsons

Hayride 2: (2015)-Terron R. Parsons

 

Hollow Man: (2000)-Paul Verhoeven

Hollow Man 2: (2006)-Claudio Faeh

 

The Hollywood Strangler Meets the Skidrow Slasher: (1979)-Ray Dennis Steckler

Las Vegas Serial Killer: (1986)-Ray Dennis Steckler

 

Horror 101: (2001)-James Glenn Dudelson

Horror 102: Endgame: (2004)-Ana Clavell

 

I:

I Know What You Did Last Summer: (1997)-Joe Gillespie

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer: (1998)-Danny Cannon

I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer: (2006)-Sylvain White

 

J: 

Jack Frost: (1997)-Michael Cooney

Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman: (2000)-Michael Cooney

 

Jeepers Creepers: (2001)-Victor Salva

Jeepers Creepers 2: (2003)-Victor Salva

Jeepers Creepers 3: (2017)-Victor Salva

 

Joy Ride: (2001)-John Dahl  (The original film here is not considered a slasher but I decided to list this one as the sequels are slashers).  

Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead: (2008)-Louis Morneau

Joy Ride 3: Road Kill: (2014)-Declan O’Brian

 

K:

Kids Go to the Woods…Kids Get Dead: (2009)-Michael Hall

Kids Get Dead 2: The Kids Get Deader: (2014)-Michael Hall

 

Killjoy: (2000)-Craig Ross Jr.

Killjoy 2: Deliverance from Evil: (2002)-Tammi Sutton

Killjoy 3: (2010)-John Lechago

Killjoy Goes To Hell: (2012)-John Lechago

Killjoy’s Psycho Circus: (2016)-John Lechago  (I’m not sure if this last one or indeed any of the John Lechgo entries are actually slashers.  In particular this circus film doesn’t sound as if it would be but I included it as it still seems to follow the Killjoy character). Edit: I've since seen this franchise in full and I can confirm that numbers 1, 2 and 3 are all slashers.  4 and 5 aren't really though they show a lot of continuity with previous films in the series with returning themes and characters.  

 

L:

Laid to Rest: (2009)-Robert Hall

Chromeskull: Laid to Rest 2: (2011)-Robert Hall

 

Leprechaun: (1993)-Mark Jones

Leprechaun 2: (1994)-Rodman Flender

Leprechaun 3: (1995)-Brian Trenchard-Smith

Leprechaun 4: In Space: (1996/1997)-Brian Trenchard-Smith

Leprechaun: In the Hood: (2000)-Rob Spera

Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood: (2003)-Steven Ayromlooi

Leprechaun: Origins: (2014)-Zach Lipovsky

Leprechaun Returns: (2018)-Steven Kostanski

 

M:

Malevolence: (2004/2005)-Stevan Mena

Bereavement: (2010)-Stevan Mena

Malevolence 3: Killer: (2018)-Stevan Mena

 

Maniac Cop: (1988)-William Lustig

Maniac Cop 2: (1990)-William Lustig

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence: (1993)-William Lustig

 

Meathook Massacre: (2015)-Dustin Ferguson

Meathook Massacre II: (2017)-Dustin Ferguson

Meathook Massacre 3: First Hunt: (2017)-Jim DeVault

 

My Super Psycho Sweet 16: (2009)-Jacob Gentry

My Super Psycho Sweet 16 2: (2010)-Jacob Gentry

My Super Psycho Sweet 16 3: (2012)-Jacob Gentry

 

N:

A Nightmare on Elm Street: (1984)-Wes Craven

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge: (1985)-Jack Shoulder

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors: (1987)-Chuck Russell

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master: (1988)-Renny Harlin

A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child: (1989)-Stephen Hopkins

Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare: (1991)-Rachel Talalay

New Nightmare: (1994)-Wes Craven  (This is also known as Wes Craven’s New Nightmare).

Freddy vs Jason: (2003)-Ronny Yu

A Nightmare on Elm Street: (2010)-Samuel Bayer

 

P:

Playing with Dolls: (2015/2016)-Rene Perez  (This is more commonly known as Metalface in the USA).

Playing with Dolls: Bloodlust: (2016)-Rene Perez

Playing with Dolls: Havoc: (2017)-Rene Perez

 

The Pool: (2001)-Boris Von Sychowski

The Pool 2: (2005)-Tiziano Pellegris (This is mostly footage from Do You Wanna Know A Secret and is also only in Italian language)

 

Porkchop: (2010)-Eamon Hardiman

Porkchop II: Rise of the Rind: (2011)-Eamon Hardiman

Porkchop 3D: (2012)-Eamon Hardiman

 

Prom Night: (1980)-Paul Lynch

Prom Night II: Hello Mary Lou: (1987)-Bruce Pittman  (As far as I know this isn’t a slasher film)

Prom Night III: The Last Kiss: (1990)-Ron Oliver & Peter Simpson  (As with number two this may also not be a slasher.)

Prom Night IV: Deliver us from Evil: (1991)-Clay Borris

Prom Night: (2008)-Nelson McCormick

 

Psycho: (1960)-Alfred Hitchcock

Psycho II: (1983)-Richard Franklin

Psycho III: (1986)-Anthony Perkins

Bates Motel: (1987)-Richard Rothstein  (This is not officially recognised as part of the franchise nor is it really a slasher but I thought I would include it as it does take place around the Bates Motel set)

Psycho IV: The Beginning: (1990)-Mick Garris

Psycho: (1998)-Gus Van Sant

 

Psycho Cop: (1989)-Wallace Potts

Psycho Cop Returns: (1993/1994)-Adam Rifkin

 

R:

Reeker: (2005)-Dave Payne

Reeker 2: (2008)-Dave Payne

 

Rest Stop: Dead Ahead: (2006)-John Shiban

Rest Stop: Don’t Look Back: (2008)-Shawn Papazian

 

Ripper: (2001)-John Eyres

Ripper 2: Letters from Within: (2004)-Jonas Quastel & Lloyd A. Simandl

 

S:

Scarecrow: (2003)-Emmanuel Itier

Scarecrow Slayer: (2003)-David Michael Latt

Scarecrow Gone Wild: (2004)-Brian Katkin

 

School’s Out: (1999)-Robert Sigl

Dead Island: School’s Out 2: (2001)-Robert Sigl  (As far as I know this has only been released in German language)

 

Scream: (1996)-Wes Craven

Scream 2: (1997)-Wes Craven

Scream 3: (2000)-Wes Craven

Scream 4: (2011)-Wes Craven

 

See No Evil: (2006)-Gregory Dark

See No Evil 2: (2014)-Jen & Sylvia Soska

 

Seed: (2006)-Uwe Boll

Seed 2: (2014)-Marcel Walz

 

Silent Night, Bloody Night: (1972)-Theodore Geshuny

Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming: (2013)-James Plumb

Silent Night, Bloody Night 2: Revival: (2015)-Dustin Ferguson

 

Silent Night, Deadly Night: (1984)-Charles E. Sellier Jr

Silent Night, Deadly Night 2: (1987)-Lee Harry

Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out: (1989)-Monte Hellman

Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation: (1990)-Brian Yuzna  (This is not a slasher and is better known as Bugs in the UK).  

Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toymaker: (1991)-Martin Kitrosser  (This is also not a slasher).

Silent Night: (2012)-Steven C. Miller

 

Sleepaway Camp: (1983)-Robert Hiltzik

Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers: (1988)-Michael A. Simpson

Sleepaway Camp 3: Teenage Wasteland: (1989)-Michael A. Simpson

Sleepaway Camp IV: The survivor: (1992 though the DVD didn’t come out until 2012)-Jim Markovic

Return to Sleepaway Camp: (2008)-Robert Hiltzik

 

A Slit-Mouthed Woman: (2007)-Koji Shiraishi  (This is also known as Carved).  

The Scissors Massacre: (2008)-Kotaro Terauchi

Note: There seems to be more Slit-Mouthed woman films the most recent of which looks to be from 2014 titled Slit Mouth Woman in LA.  I’m pretty sure that these additional films make up a separate franchise however to the two films listed above. There is very little information around regarding these other films so I’ve decided not to include them here as I’m not sure if they are slashers.  

 

The Slumber Party Massacre: (1982)-Amy Jones

The Slumber Party Massacre II: (1987)-Deborah Block

The Slumber Party Massacre III: (1990)-Sally Mattison

 

Sorority House Massacre: (1986)-Carol Frank

Sorority House Massacre: (1990)-Jim Wynorski

Hard to Die: (1990/1993)-Jim Wynorski

 

Sorority Slaughter: (1994)-Gary Whitson

Sorority Slaughter 2: (1996)-Gary Whitson  (There is very little information around about this film or indeed the original.  This sequel sounds like a slasher mixed with a zombie film.  Though I’m not 100% sure if it should be listed I decided to throw it into the mix).

 

The Stepfather: (1987)-Joseph Ruben

Stepfather 2: (1989)-Jeff Burr

Stepfather 3: (1992)-Guy Magar

The Stepfather: (2009)-Nelson McCormick

 

The Strangers: (2008)-Bryan Bertino  (It’s a bit of a stretch to call this a slasher but it does contain a few slasher elements).  

The Strangers: Prey at Night: (2018)-Johannes Roberts

 

Stripped to Kill: (1987)-Katt Shea

Stripped to Kill 2: Live Girls: (1989)-Katt Shea

 

T:

Terror at Black Tree Forest: (2010)-Dustin Ferguson

Escape to Black Tree Forest: (2012)-Dustin Ferguson

Black Tree Forest III: (2012)-Dustin Ferguson

 

Terror at Blood Fart Lake: (2009)-Chris Seaver

Return to Blood Fart Lake: (2012)-Chris Seaver

 

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: (1974)-Tobe Hooper

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2: (1986)-Tobe Hooper

Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III: (1990)-Jeff Burr

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation: (1994)-Kim Henkel

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: (2003)-Marcus Nispel

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning: (2006)-Jonathan Liebesman

Texas Chainsaw 3D: (2013)-John Luessenhop

Leatherface: (2017)-Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury

 

U:

Urban Legend: (1998)-Jamie Blanks

Urban Legends: Final Cut: (2000)-John Ottman

Urban Legends: Bloody Mary: (2005)-Mary Lambert  (This is much more supernatural in tone than the others but contains some slasher aspects).  

 

W:

When a Stranger Calls: (1979)-Fred Walton

When a Stranger Calls Back: (1993)-Fred Walton

When a Stranger Calls: (2006)-Simon West

 

Wolf Creek: (2005)-Greg McLean

Wolf Creek 2: (2014)-Greg McLean

Note: These two films were followed by a TV series in 2016.  Unlike the Scream TV series this one was/is relevant to the films.

 

Wrong Turn: (2003)-Rob Schmidt

Wrong Turn 2: Dead End: (2007)-Joe Lynch

Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead: (2009)-Declan O’Brian

Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings: (2011)-Declan O’Brian

Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines: (2012)-Declan O’Brian

Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort: (2014)-Valeri Milev

 

 

Now for those films which didn’t make the franchise list.  Some of these however may be added down the line once rumoured sequels come out or if after viewing them I decide they belong on the list after all.  

*976 Evil, *Anatomy, *Axemas, *Children of the Corn, *Curse of the Slasher Nurse, *Don’t Fuck in the Woods, *Evil Dead Trap, *Evil Night, *Happy Death Day, *Hostel, *Mirror, Mirror, *The Night Brings Charlie, *The Purge, *Saw, *Scary Movie and *Small Town Massacre.  

 

Note: There is a loose connection between Spring Break Massacre and Girls Gone Dead.  You may have read that GGD is a sequel to SBM but I don't think this can really be said to be the case so I won't be including them here on this list.  Though it says in the DVD extras that GGD was initially supposed to indeed be a sequel to SBM it later morphed into its own project and moved away from any connection with the earlier film.  Having now seen both I can confirm that there are no similarities at all in terms of plot with the only thing the two films have in common being that they both feature Linnea Quigley in small roles (she doesn't however play the same character in both).