5 Slasher Movies With Female Killers

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When it comes to some of the most beloved horror movies of all time, the slasher genre tends to dominate the list. Whether talking about Freddy Krueger, or Jason Voorhees or any of the other killers that mow through their victims, the slasher flick has a special place in people's hearts for a ton of different reasons. Right at the top of the list is that the killers in these kinds of movies tend to have impressive, over the top personalities. At the same time, most of the killers in these movies with noted exceptions like Freddy and Jason are also completely mortal. That also allows people to be able to root for the killer to eventually go down.

One of the things that has made slasher movies even more interesting is when it's simply not clear who the killer is. Sometimes, such as in the Scream movies, the killer is hanging out with everyone acting like their friends, while also dispatching victims left and right. While slasher movies can provide twists and turns because the killer hides their identity, when the slasher is a woman, the twists and turns are even more fun because a woman killer is still pretty rare. When the baddie is unmasked, it's always a special twist and turn to have it be a woman.

This Underrated Horror Movie Breaks The Remake Curse

In the original Friday the 13th, there was quite a bit of killing going on and for most of the movie, the film did a very good job of keeping the killer under wraps. In fact, audiences thought they had figured out exactly who was doing all the damage. It was thought that Jason Voorhees was a demented monster that was killing people for kicks and because they were getting up to no good like drugs and alcohol. In fact, while Jason has become one of the most iconic movie killers