Looking for good slasher movies from late '70s and early 80's

[jarrod_inf]

I'm kicking myself for not getting House on Sorority Row when I had the chance.

[Val Lewton]

Originally Posted by jarrod_inf

I'm kicking myself for not getting House on Sorority Row when I had the chance.

It's OOP, but you can get it on the Code Red bigcartel page. Apparently the only ones left have been opened:

http://codereddvd.bigcartel.com/prod...row-bluray-oop

[cakefactory]

Based on what you liked, I'd like to highlight Just Before Dawn from Owl's post, which you can also get from Code Red (maybe, I haven't checked stock on it). It takes place out in the woods, has great atmosphere and photography, and is a lot better-made than some of the other woods movies like the goofy Madman or Don't Go in the Woods.

House on Sorority Row I also can't recommend enough. Very stylish and very creepy.

Happy Birthday to Me is completely ridiculous and worth watching. I don't know what the blu-ray is like, though. I assume it's not very good quality, but it is in a double feature with the original "When a Stranger Calls," which is a well-known movie of the genre and which has a fantastic first 15 minutes (and you can safely turn it off after that ).

I tend to prefer Giallos to slashers, and if you liked Terror Train for the convoluted mystery of it, you might get into that genre as well. Deep Red and Tenebre and Bird with the Crystal Plumage are usually the first recs you'll get.

[zbinks]

Originally Posted by cakefactory

Based on what you liked, I'd like to highlight Just Before Dawn from Owl's post, which you can also get from Code Red (maybe, I haven't checked stock on it). It takes place out in the woods, has great atmosphere and photography, and is a lot better-made than some of the other woods movies like the goofy Madman or Don't Go in the Woods.

House on Sorority Row I also can't recommend enough. Very stylish and very creepy.

Happy Birthday to Me is completely ridiculous and worth watching. I don't know what the blu-ray is like, though. I assume it's not very good quality, but it is in a double feature with the original "When a Stranger Calls," which is a well-known movie of the genre and which has a fantastic first 15 minutes (and you can safely turn it off after that ).

I tend to prefer Giallos to slashers, and if you liked Terror Train for the convoluted mystery of it, you might get into that genre as well. Deep Red and Tenebre and Bird with the Crystal Plumage are usually the first recs you'll get.

http://codereddvd.bigcartel.com/prod...n-it-comes-out

[bigdaddyhorse]

Originally Posted by cakefactory

Happy Birthday to Me is completely ridiculous and worth watching. I don't know what the blu-ray is like, though. I assume it's not very good quality, but it is in a double feature with the original "When a Stranger Calls," which is a well-known movie of the genre and which has a fantastic first 15 minutes (and you can safely turn it off after that ).

The blu for Happy Birthday to Me looks amazingly good. It might be the best Mill Creek has ever done, but probably someone elses transfer. I was pleasantly surprised as I also didn't expect much from MC, but on these doubles they got great transfers. I have the Replacement Killers/Truth or Consequences N.M. also, and both of those look excellent. Also have the Anatomy double, but haven't got around to watched either of those.

[zbinks]

Just wanted to point out a few other resources on this site:

Val Lewton's The 1970's Slasher/Proto-Slasher Thread
redrunner97's 80s Slasher Movies on Blu-ray! Discussion Thread
Cujo's My unreleased slasher wish list
Def!'s The Slasher Movie Blu-ray Club