Slasher films are perhaps the most well known subgenre of horror in mainstream society. After all, they’re the ones that are plastered all over billboards, slapped on our TVs, seen in cultural references, etc… Almost everyone knows who Freddy Krueger or Jason Voorhees is but I doubt many people can tell you where Samara Morgan is from or what film featured Nix*.
Now, I’m not bashing that at all. I think it’s awesome that any part of horror becomes ingrained in the public eye, which is why I think it’s also just as important to learn a bit more about those characters so that they can be discussed with reverence and knowledge.
With that being said, below is a quiz that challenges you on your knowledge of several iconic slashers. I’m not going to lie and tell you I did well because I absolutely didn’t. In fact, I did pretty terrible. Time to hit the horror textbooks and get to learning!
Take the quiz and let us know your results in the comments below!
*The Ring and Lord of Illusions, respectively.