I'm very late to the party and i apologise if these have been suggested already, but the original Maniac is fantastic, with gore effects by Tom Savini (who did the effects for The Prowler too, as well as many other fantastic horror movies. If you want to see great gore effects, follow and watch the movies Savini has played a part in) and the original The Hitcher is one of my favourite slasher movies as well, pretty underrated in my opinion.
"Where'd you get that beauty scar tough guy? Eatin' pineapple?" - Scarface TV Edit

Motel Hell. is a cool one more a comedy than horror but still good
Dead and Buried. the uncut version is awesome
Halloween II is descent
Deadly Blessing isn't that gory but some good scare scenes
My Bloody Valentine uncut version is awesome. one of my favs from the 80's
and here is a link to 80's horror movies
http://www.fast-rewind.com/80s_Horror_Movies.htm

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i can't believe you forgot curtains and alice sweet alice was in the seventies
A.J

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Sleepaway Camp (surprised no one has mentioned it)
The Burning (more great work by Savini)
The Funhouse
My Bloody Valentine
Terror Train
Prom Night (gets put down alot but not that bad)
Slumber Party Massacre (the acting is pretty average and it is low budget but its a very enjoyable film)
April Fool's Day
Happy Birthday to Me

Alice, Sweet Alice
The Funhouse
The House on Sorority Row
Hell Night
Terror Train
My Bloody Valentine

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The Funhouse is a good one that's kind of underrated. It's directed by Tobe Hooper.
Here's a link to the trailer if you want to check it out.
One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.

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Check out Madman. It is no masterpiece, but it has some decent kills. Not one of the best, but kinda fun in a bad movie way.
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I'd check out some Italian flicks, that, although technically of the "giallo" subgenre, would still entice a slasher fan seeking something with a higher standard.
Tenebre
Deep Red
Twitch of the Death Nerve/Bay of Blood
Blood and Black Lace

Personally I think most of the films in Holy Ferret's list are rubbish, but the Prom Night analysis is right on, it's a classic. Not the best horror film you'll ever see, but certainly memorable and ultimately completely different to all the other stuff released around this period.
Most of the films in that list are snooze worthy for one reason or another.
Terror Train - seriously, boring. Still, the local DVD has a nice insert with Prom Night advertising on it - great for my website!
Hell Night - watched the first hour on DVD and couldn't get into it, still haven't watched the whole thing.
JBD - I've watched it once and since tried to watch it again I still can't get into it, not even George Kennedy can make this one work. Squirm also didn't do it for me, FWIW.
I was genuinely surprised by Rosemary's Killer (local and preferred title). Gory but still surprisingly effective little thriller. Ditto The Burning. I got them around the same time about 10 years ago, expecting the usual slasher crap, but was utterly stunned by both of them!
But why I'm replying to a an old thread I have no idea - this always happens when I come researching for my ebay items!

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Head Cheerleader, Dead Cheerleader: isn't that the one where someone gets her boob chopped off with the turtles? Who was the killer again?

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i'm glad - even though i love horror films i'm only 20 so a lot of these movies are from before i was born, but i prefer them 1000% more to the new stuff in the cinema at the mo it's cool that someone actually is helping me out as opposed to rolling their eyes at the fact that i haven't watched hell night, and has never heard of just before dawn!
i'll give "hell night" a go, i see it has linda blair in it! cool i'll refrain from getting the 3 quid dvd copy of J.D.D if there's a better print out there, thanks for the info - there's nothing worse than bad picture quality - i've got a version of "the mutilator" which is so grainy and dark in places you don't have a clue what's going on!
anyways, thanks for the troma tip, our favourite drinking movies are manos hands of fate, granny, zombie holocaust, troll2, pieces, redneck zombies (which is troma i believe??), leprechaun 2, aerobicide, the dark power (my personal favourite!)head cheerleader dead cheerleader, and more. it was through this love of crappy movies that i started to stumble across "good" slashers which were not friday13ths and halloweens, and now i want more!
thanks again

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awesome, thanks for the response matey
i'm definitely going to track some of these down! i didn't mention "terror train" because i found it to be quite dull, even though jamie lee's final chase was good and made up for the rest also N.O.E.S. i didn't mention because i never think of it as a slasher film (even though it is really..) GREAT film that.
i seem to stumble upon real low-budget hell - (me and the guys at uni regularly have beer-n-bad-movie sessions and i'm usually seen trawling through bargain bins for 1.00 dvds!) yesterday i watched a slasher film called "offerings" which although hilarious was completely devoid of any redeemable qualities whatsoever!
anyways, i think i'm going to try "just before dawn", amazon has a copy for 2.97 !!!! woohoo
thanks again for the list buddy!

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