Ranking all the classic slasher franchises

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This was a labor of love, so I hope it’s welcome here! I’ll include entries released in long-running franchises after 1990, but no franchises started after that year (so no Scream etc.): Halloween, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare On Elm Street, Phantasm, Child’s Play, Hellraiser, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (updated to include Scream and Candyman)

  1. Halloween (1978) [9.5/10]
  2. A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) [9/10]
  3. Phantasm [9/10]
  4. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) [8.5/10]
  5. Hellraiser (1987) [8.5/10]
  6. Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994) [8.5/10]
  7. Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988) [8.5/10] — Everything above here I consider Great
  8. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part II (1986) [8/10]
  9. Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers (1983) [8/10]
  10. Phantasm II (1988) [8/10]
  11. Candyman (1992) [8/10]
  12. A Nightmare On Elm Street II: Freddy’s Revenge (1985) [7.5/10]
  13. Halloween 3: Season Of The Witch (1983) [7.5/10]
  14. A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors (1987) [7.5/10]
  15. Phantasm: OblIVion (1999) [7.5/10]
  16. Friday The 13th Part 6: Jason Lives (1986) [7.5/10]
  17. Scream (1996) [7.5/10]
  18. Child’s Play (1988) [7.5/10]
  19. Candyman (2022) [7.5/10]
  20. Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part III (1990) [7/10]
  21. Halloween (2018) [7/10)
  22. Scream 2 (1997) [7/10]
  23. Friday The 13th Part 4: The Final Chapter (1984) [7/10]
  24. Friday The 13th Part 2 (1982) [7/10]
  25. Child’s Play 2 (1990) [7/10]
  26. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) [7/10)
  27. Phantasm III: Lord Of The Dead (1993) [7/10] — Everything above here I consider Very Good
  28. _Friday The 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) [7/10]
  29. Candyman 2: Farewell To The Flesh (1995) [7/10]
  30. Bride Of Chucky (1999) [7/10]
  31. Scream 4 (2011) [7/10]
  32. Curse Of Chucky (2013) [7/10]
  33. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) [6.5/10]
  34. Freddy vs. Jason (2003) (6.5/10)
  35. Halloween 6: The Curse Of Michael Myers (1996) [6.5/10]
  36. Phantasm: RaVager (2016) [6.5/10]
  37. Hellraiser III: Hell On Earth (1993) [6.5/10]
  38. Scream V (2022) [6.5/10]
  39. A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1999) [6.5/10]
  40. Halloween H20 (1999) [6.5/10]
  41. Friday The 13th (1980) [6.5/10]
  42. Halloween II (1981) [6.5/10]
  43. Cult Of Chucky (2017) [6/10]
  44. Halloween Kills (2021) [6/10]
  45. Friday The 13th (2009) [6/10]
  46. Friday The 13th Part 3 (1983) [6/10]
  47. A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) [6/10] ---- Everything above here I consider Good
  48. Scream 3 (2000) [6/10]
  49. Hellraiser: Inferno [2000] (6/10)
  50. Hellraiser (2022) [6/10]
  51. Halloween Ends (2022) [5.5/10]
  52. Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday (1993) [5.5/10]
  53. Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013) [5.5/10]
  54. Child’s Play (2019) [5.5/10]
  55. Friday The 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) [5.5/10]
  56. Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002) [5.5/10]
  57. Rob Zombie’s Halloween (2007) [5.5/10]
  58. Candyman 3: Day Of the Dead (1999) [5.5/10]
  59. Jason X (2000) [5.5/10] ---- Everything above here I consider Ok
  60. Hellraiser: Bloodlines (1996) [5/10]
  61. Rob Zombie’s Halloween II (2009) [5/10]
  62. A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010) [5/10)
  63. Friday The 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985) [5/10)
  64. Hellraiser: Deader (2005) [5/10]
  65. Halloween 5: The Return Of Michael Myers (1989) [5/10]
  66. Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) [5/10]
  67. Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005) [4.5/10]
  68. Leatherface (2017) [4/10)
  69. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) [4/10)
  70. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994) [3.5/10] — Everything above here I consider Bad
  71. Halloween: Resurrection (2002) [3/10]
  72. Seed Of Chucky (2004) [3/10]
  73. Hellraiser: Judgment (2018) [2/10)
  74. Hellraiser: Revelation (2011) [2/10] ---- Everything above here I consider Unwatchable

    Most consistently good franchise: Phantasm
    Most consistently bad franchise: Hellraiser
    Most good installments: Halloween
    Most bad installments: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
    Average franchise: Friday The 13th - nothing genuinely great, nothing truly terrible_
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I decided to edit this with a few post-90s franchises - Scream and Candyman.

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wow! one hell of a list!

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Any thoughts? Agree with anything? Disagree?

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There’s a lot of movies you listed here I have not watch yet, so I have no absolute definitive list I can give you. I have to watch and rewatch every movie on the list to give you an answer if I were to agree on the film’s ranking or change it to a higher or lower ranking.

However, I do agree with you that Nightmare on Elm St and Halloween 1978 are top 5!

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l like the list. l would put the Texas Chain Saw Massacre at number 2, also 9.5. l think it and Halloween are flawless movies.