Iconic Masked Killers
List by penguin_peteMasks have always been a key accessory for the well-dressed serial killer. These movies join the legion of antagonists whose masks, alone, became so iconic that nothing more need be invoked but the mask itself to symbolize the franchise. Get out your trick 'r' treat bags - here's the disguises that will haunt your nightmares.
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Trick 'r Treat (2007)
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83%
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6.8
Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers ...
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Halloween (1978)
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93%
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7.8
In John Carpenter's horror classic, a psychotic murderer, institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor...
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Friday the 13th (1980)
- Slasher | Cult Classic, Maniac, Summer, Teens, Wilderness, 80's
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61%
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6.5
Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning....
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Terror Train (1980)
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33%
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5.9
A masked killer targets six college kids responsible for a prank gone wrong three years earlier and who are currently throwing a large New Year's Eve costume party aboard a moving train....
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Tourist Trap (1979)
- Killer, Slasher | Cult Classic, Dolls, Teens
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40%
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6.2
Their car breaks down and four friends find themselves stranded at The Lost Oasis, a strange museum run by the friendly Mr. Slausen. Even though they are warned not to, the teens explore a house nearb...
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
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88%
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7.5
Five friends visiting their grandfather's house in the country are hunted and terrorized by a chain-saw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals....
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Scream (1996)
- Slasher | Killer Kids, Meta, Teens, 90's
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79%
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7.2
A killer known as Ghostface begins killing off teenagers, and as the body count begins rising, one girl and her friends find themselves contemplating the 'rules' of horror films as they find t...
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Prom Night (1980)
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42%
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5.4
This slasher movie follows a relentless killer who is out to avenge the death of a young girl who died after being bullied and teased by four of her classmates. Now high-school students, the guilt-rid...
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The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
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50%
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6.1
A Texas Ranger hunts for a hooded serial killer terrorizing the residents of a small town, set in 1946 Arkansas. Loosely based on a true story....
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Triangle (2009)
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80%
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6.9
The story revolves around the passengers of a yachting trip in the Atlantic Ocean who, when struck by mysterious weather conditions, jump to another ship only to experience greater havoc on the open s...
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