5 Best New Slasher Movies for Halloween if You Already Saw Terrifier 3

Damien Leone's Terrifier 3 is finally here. The already iconic antagonist, Art the Clown, returns to hunt the inhabitants of Miles County, this time on Christmas Eve.

Although the golden age of slashers is a thing of the past, movies in the genre continue to appear, delighting fans and often making decent money. In honor of the terrifying premiere, we remember other notable slashers of recent years.

1. It's a Wonderful Knife, 2023

It's a Wonderful Knife is a madcap love letter to Frank Capra's holiday classic It's a Wonderful Life.

A year ago on Christmas Eve, Winnie saved her entire neighborhood from a psychopathic killer. After that, her life took a turn for the worse, and this Christmas, Winnie finds herself in a parallel reality where the killer is on the loose and continuing to wreak havoc. She will have to go through many trials to get back.

2. Prevenge, 2016

Alice Lowe's movie, in which she stars, will definitely surprise you with its plot alone. In it, a pregnant woman becomes a serial killer who hears her unborn child. And he orders her to kill. The baby's wish is the law, and Ruth goes to kill.

Like the best horror movies, this one not only shows bloody murders, but also speaks to the viewer about deep, disturbing issues. This time, behind the blood and revenge is a story about the anxieties of future motherhood.

3. In a Violent Nature, 2024

A group of friends come to rest in the forest. A gold pendant found by chance brings to life the mad Johnny, who will now be merciless to the teenagers. At first glance, this is the most ordinary plot, which does not really distinguish from a series of similar movies.

Its main highlight, which made Chris Nash's film a real hit, is the narration from the killer's point of view. For almost the entire film, the viewer follows the back of the mysterious Johnny's head and observes his methodical and horrific actions. If you have ever wondered how villains pop up here and there so unexpectedly – this movie is for you.

4. Midnight, 2021

Kim Kyung-mi had an unlucky day anyway: a call center customer yelled at a support employee, and at a dinner with her partners, her disability became an excuse for obscene conversation.

As night falls, it becomes clear that the misadventures have only just begun: the girl gives her mother a ride home and then goes looking for a parking space, only to find big trouble.

Midnight makes no attempt to hide the killer from the viewer. The open threat is outlined in the prologue: the young man is merciless to the girl who comes home alone at night and calls the police himself. The lack of shame and the ghostly limits of impunity are no less frightening than a knife in the hands of a stalker.

5. Happy Death Day, 2017

It would seem that after the classic Halloween and the postmodern Scream, all the dots had been connected in the matter of masks and slashers, but Happy Death Day gave the genre a new breath of life.

Blumhouse's Happy Death Day mixed Groundhog Day and teenage slashers on screen. In the movie, the main character was forced to die every night at the hands of a mysterious killer, but then returned to the day of her death.