THEME EXPLORATION

slasher violence

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
How to Train Your Dragon
How to Train Your Dragon
2010 · Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois
Oldboy
Oldboy
2003 · Park Chan-wook
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men
2007 · Joel Coen
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Raging Bull
Raging Bull
1980 · Martin Scorsese
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
Wild Tales
Wild Tales
2014 · Damián Szifron
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
John Carpenter USA

Pioneered the modern slasher formula with Halloween, establishing the visual language and narrative conventions that define the genre.

 David Cronenberg Canada

Transforms slasher violence into visceral body horror that explores psychological trauma and bodily transgression beyond surface-level gore.