Match The Victim To The Slasher
- by James Scrawler
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- in Movies and TV
Slashers are a type of film that most people either love or hate. Blasted for their gratuitous violence and sexuality, slashers revel in the overuse of blood and gore. They also frequently use nudity and intimacy to showcase their actresses, who are almost always beautiful. But there is a lot of good here too. Not only are slasher films a hotbed for up-and-coming actors, they are also great for the film industry as they usually require low budgets and bring in relatively big box office numbers. There is a soul in these types of films as well. The early entries in this genre were typically commentaries on the punishment of transgressing youths, modern day folklore stories warning kids against drugs, sex and alcohol. Nowadays, the genre has such strict expectations that directors are forced to come up new and exciting ways of twisting and turning things around so impress the audience and keep things fresh.
We know that many of the films in the slasher genre have gone on to become cult classics. So many film fans rewatch these movies each year, particularly in the summer and during the Halloween season, that the general knowledge of them is quite vast. Because of that, slashers also make for excellent trivia fodder. Well, this won't be your average slasher quiz. We won't be covering the basics. We're looking for the real horror and slasher aficionados. Not only do you need to know the films, but you need to know the killer's names as well.
We want to know: Can You Name The Slasher By This Victim?
Eric
After surviving several close calls, including a robbery at gunpoint, an accident in which their van flipped after hitting a cow, and then being wrapped in cellophane, Eric, the apparent leader of the group, met his end. Eric was travelling with his girlfriend, his brother and his girlfriend when they starting getting terrorized by locals. Since Eric is part of the origin story for this particular slasher, he becomes an important figure for the rest of the franchise (even though this film came later in franchise). Do you know who the killer was?
Glen Lantz
Glen is, admittedly, part of one of the easier questions on this list. Since the actor playing him, Johnny Depp, grew into one of the biggest names on the planet, his roles, even the very early ones, have become incredibly recognizable. How Glen was killed is kind of mysterious. The last we saw of him, he was pulled into his own bed. Shortly afterward, a geyser of blood erupted from the bed. Glen's lifeless body then re-emerged from the bed and collapsed. Who was it that killed him?
Judith
When Judith was killed, she became the first victim of many for the slasher we're looking for. On the night she died, Judith was last seen with her boyfriend Danny. Both she and Danny were watched without them knowing. When Danny left for the evening, the slasher entered Judith's house and attacked her, stabbing her multiple times and leaving her to die shortly afterward. When she died, she was just short of her 16th birthday. Can you identify who the slasher is that killed Judith?
Damien Baylock
Damien Baylock is the pseudonym of Howard Fitzwater. Howard was once a timid man who wanted to attract a woman. To get her attention, he changed his appearance to that of a the more gothic man and changed his name to Damien Baylock, a combination of character names from the classic film, The Omen. Unfortunately for Damien, he is smothered to death by a famous killer just as he is about to get with the woman of his dreams. Who was it that killed Damien?
Kirk
Kirk or Kirkland is famous for being the very first known victim (the first on-screen victim) of the slasher in question. Attacked while on a trip with his girlfriend and some friends, Kirk is killed with a sledgehammer. After finding a house, Kirk enters it looking for help. He heard some squealing noises and went in further into the house to investigate. It's then that he's ambushed and killed, but do you remember who the slasher was who killed him?
Mel Kostic
Since most slashers focus on teenagers and young adults, Mel Kostic stands out as one of the older victims on the list. Mel was in a leadership position in the film were talking about. When the killings started, he grew suspicious of one person. Eventually, he attacked this person, thinking for sure that they were behind the murders. He was wrong. While Mel was beating his suspect nearly to death, the real killer shot him in the neck with an arrow. Who was the real killer?
Annie Philips
Annie Phillips is a memorable character even if she only got a few minutes of screen time. Annie was offered a ride to her destination, but, when the vehicle she was in starts to pick up speed quickly, she got scared. Not seeing any other way out of her predicament, Annie jumped from the vehicle, hurting her leg in the act. Forced now to flee on foot, Annie ran away from her pursuer. Eventually, she was caught and had her throat slit by the slasher. Who was the killer?
Chief Warren Kincaid
Chief Warren Kincaid is both the investigator into some of the murders done by this slasher and the father of one of the intended targets of the slasher. Kincaid is also out to get his daughter's boyfriend. When he is in the middle of framing said boyfriend, planting marijuana in the young man's vehicle to be found by another police officer, Kincaid is attacked and killed by a slasher. He dies after having many nails fly into his face. The result gives him a pinhead-style look. Who was the killer?
Cici
Cici was the nickname used by Casey Cooper, a college student who was killed in a pretty brutal way. When her sorority house was invaded, Cici ran upstairs to escape her attacker. After just evading several attacks, Cici is thrown through a glass door, landing injured on the upstairs balcony. As she gets up in a daze, she is stabbed a couple of times and thrown off the balcony to her death on the ground below. Who was the killer?
Jimmy Mortimer
Jimmy was a young man who dies with a meat cleaver in his face. Prior to that, Jimmy was partying with some friends. He had recently broken up with his girlfriend and seemed pretty shaken up about it. His mood changed dramatically when he met up with two local sisters, twins, in fact. After being goaded by his friend for being a bad lover, Jimmy ended up sleeping with one of the sisters, proving he was not as lame as his friend thought he was. Who was it that killed Jimmy?
Grace Elsie Poole
Grace Elsie Poole is a social worker who finds homes for troubled youths. Grace unknowingly provides a slasher with pertinent information about his target. This leads to an innocent person's death. Later, when a fire alarm is pulled, Grace investigates. When she begins to reprimand a little girl that she believes pulled the fire alarm, she is attacked and killed by a knife-wielding slasher. As she dies, she falls onto a scanner, which scans her dying face. Who was the killer?
Nora Winston
Nora Winston was the host of a Dangertainment reality show. Though Nora's actual death was taken out of many working copies of the film, her dead body was shown in every version. There are several available versions of the death scene though. In the death scene, Nora is approached from behind by the slasher. She has a cord placed around her neck is choked. Even as she's being choked, Nora thinks it is a prank. It's not until she's lifted off the ground that she clues in. She is then stabbed and killed by the villain. Who is the slasher?
Mack Daddy O'Nasses
Mack Daddy O'Nasses is a record producer who had a tough run in this killer's film. He is hunted down by the villain. He has his finger ripped off and he is shot several times. None of this kills Mack Daddy O'Nasses though. He is still strong enough to try and fight off the villain. In the end, Mack Daddy is blown up from the inside out, fighting until the last of his strength faded. Do you remember who the killer was in this film?
Nolan
Nolan was a young man who went vacationing with his girlfriend, Chelsea, and some friends. Nolan and Chelsea decide to take the boat out on the water for some private time. While Nolan drives the boat and Chelsea wakeboards behind it, the two are attacked by a slasher. Nolan is shot and killed instantly with an arrow through the head from the unseen assailant. Now unable to control the boat from being dead and all, he accidentally rams it into his girlfriend. Who is the slasher that killed Nolan?
Mrs. Collingwood
Mrs. Collingwood is a very helpful librarian who helps another of this slasher's victims find information on some grisly local murders. Shortly after helping this young woman, Mrs. Collingwood is attacked and killed by the slasher. It's a little unclear how, exactly, she is killed, but it appears that she was stabbed in the back. Sadly, Mrs. Collingwood was nearly saved too, as the slasher was shot just a second after she was killed. Do you remember who it was that killed her?
Sampson Dunston
Sampson Dunston is a hunter who is caught by this slasher while out on the water with his son. When the boat went ashore briefly, so Sampson's son could have a pee, Sampson was grabbed by this slasher and pulled apart. We find out later on in this film franchise that Sampson was actually one of the people partly responsible for creating this slasher. His involvement in the origin story makes him even more important than he was originally. Who was the killer?
Rebecca Walters
Rebecca Walters was a beautiful and feisty publicist who meets her end in a parking garage. While Rebecca is good at her job, she is also inconsiderate and rude. This attitude is what leads to Rebecca being fired by one of her clients. It's shortly after this that Rebecca is killed after going to her car in an underground garage. When she found her car unable to start, she sees that her attacker has removed some wiring from the vehicle. She then tries to escape the garage and is stabbed in the gut. Who is the killer?
Bernadette
Bernadette is the best friend of this slasher film's protagonist. After the protagonist, is attacked by the killer in her own home, Bernadette shows up and rings the doorbell. Trying to save her friend's life, the protagonist tells Bernadette to leave, but she enters the home anyway. After entering, the door is slammed behind Bernadette. When she turns around, Bernadette sees the slasher, screams at the top of her lungs and is killed. Do you know who the killer is?
Julia Cotton
Julia Cotton actually dies twice in this slasher franchise, but we are interested in her first death only. Julia is a married woman and the stepmother of the protagonist. We learn that Julia had engaged in an affair with the protagonist's uncle before he disappeared. When it's discovered that this uncle is not as dead as they believed him to be, Julia agrees to help her former lover. In the end, Julia is accidentally stabbed by her man and then finished off by a certain famous killer. Who was this killer?
Emma
Emma is one half of a married couple who go out partying one evening. When they return home, Emma breaks tradition by doing something her husband warns her she shouldn’t. She does it anyway, and, because of this, she is attacked and killed. She dies after having her throat slit. Afterward, her body is mutilated and put on display. You might be familiar with the movie. It's become a classic. But are you familiar with the killer responsible for killing Emma?
Paul
Paul seemed like a really nice kid. He was kind and pretty innocent. In the film he's in, he befriends the protagonist and takes a liking to her. They spend more and more time together and get pretty close by the end of the film. Sadly, it's at the end of the film that Paul, while skinny-dipping with the protagonist, is killed. Savagely, Paul has his head cut off with a hunting knife. Can you remember Paul and the person who killed him?
Karen Spages
Karen Spages is the youngest victim on this list. She was only nine-years old when she was murdered by this particular slasher. The murder took place at church. Karen was attacked and strangled in a transept. Her lifeless body was then stashed in a bench storage compartment and lit on fire. As an additional hint, Karen was also the first role for star Brooke Shields. This is one of the more underrated slasher films and definitely one of the most underrated slasher villains. Do you know who we're talking about?
Mark Davis
Mark Davis was a young man who suffered from some emotional and psychological issues. Much of those issues stemmed from the fact that his brother committed suicide. After spending some time in a psychiatric hospital, Mark and his friend escaped from the hospital. Later, Mark was attacked by a slasher and was killed after being slashed and burned. In death, Mark became a messenger of sorts, as the burns on his back spelled out a message to his friends. Who was the killer?
Howard Landers
Howard Landers is one of those comic relief characters who ends up dying in nearly every slasher film. Howard was known for his pranks, specifically one prank in which a fake body falls down from the rafters. Almost predictably, Howard ends up becoming that body in the prank later on, except he really is dead. Howard is one of the few on this list whose death does not appear on camera. We only see his body fall down from the rafters after his death. Who was the slasher?
Woodstock
Woodstock is one of several victims of this killer. In fact, Woodstock is killed alongside three of his friends, all dying at the hands of this slasher equipped with garden shears. After a couple kids from the group go missing, Woodstock and three others create a makeshift raft and set out looking for them. When they spot a stranded canoe, the group approaches it. Once nearby, the slasher jumped out of the canoe and attacked the unsuspecting group. Who was this slasher?
Wendy Richards
Wendy Richards is the atypical school bully. She is pretty and rude. She's also pretty much responsible for the death of child, but whatever. In the film in question, Wendy is trying to prank another classmate, when she has to go to the bathroom to fix her makeup. While in there, she runs out of mascara. Just then, the lights in the bathroom go out and Wendy is attacked. She escapes and runs, but not for long. She ends up finding another dead body and, when she stops to examine it, she is killed with an axe. Who was the killer?
Milton Arbogast
Milton Arbogast is a private detective hired to investigate a crime when he discovers some suspicious activity. When he asks the villain some questions, the answers he receives make him even more suspicious. Arbogast probes further and ends up entering the villain's home. When in the house, he ascends the staircase and it's there, at the top of the staircase, that he is killed. Though this film has eluded a strict genre, are you familiar with the names? Do you know who the killer is?
Vicki
Vicki is one of several victims of this particular killer. After a prank goes bad and someone dies, the characters are forced to cover their tracks and hide their guilt. Soon after, people in the film start dropping like flies. Unsure of who the killer is, everyone becomes a suspect. In the end, the killer is revealed to have witnessed the crime at the start of the film. Vicki is one of the girls responsible for burying a body when she is killed by this mysterious killer. Can you name the slasher?
Jimmy Howell
Jimmy Howell was a 17-year-old-boy who loved hockey. On the night of his death, he was being a friendly neighbor. After his neighbor's home was ransacked, Jimmy checked out the house to ensure it was safe to return to. Carrying only a hockey stick, Jimmy secured the house, taking a few beers from the fridge for his troubles. Unfortunately, when Jimmy returned home, his house had a slasher waiting for him. He was killed by getting his own skate in the face. Who is the slasher?
Barb
In the original film that we're discussing here, the killer's identity was never fully revealed. We only were given a first name in the end. Barb, one of the stars of the film, was killed in a pretty epic way. While some singing was taking place, Barb was attacked and killed in her bedroom. The killer stabbed her to death with a glass unicorn and the singing drowned out her cries for help. Are you familiar with the setup? Do you remember the killer's first name?
Terri
Terri is an interesting one because she has two forms and a mysterious transition in between. At first, Terri was a homeless girl who could not dream. At one point in the horror film in question, she was lured into an apartment by a man looking to kill her. This man attacked her, but Terri turned the tables on him. After knocking him unconscious, Terri was approached by a famed killer. She is offered the chance to dream again in exchange for helping this famous killer. She accepts and becomes a character known as the dreamer, technically dying in the process. Who was the killer?
Patty
Patty might not be the best-known victim in the genre, but she was one of the main protagonists in this film, which is considered one of the classics in the slasher canon. Patty and some friends were celebrating an annual tradition that had been restarted after being cancelled for two decades. During the party, guests start disappearing, turning up dead later on. Patty survived for most of the film, but she was eventually impaled by a pickaxe and killed by the villain. Do you know the killer?
Kemper
Kemper was a victim who was killed while on the way to a Lynard Skynard concert with some friends and his girlfriend. In a strange turn of events, Kemper and the gang almost hit a girl standing in the middle of the road. After bringing her into their vehicle, this traumatized girl pulls out a gun and shoots herself. When trying to find help, Kemper and his girlfriend enter a house. While there, Kemper drops something on the wall and bends to pick it up. Before he can stand up again, he is struck with a sledgehammer and killed. Who was the killer?
Helen Lyle
Helen Lyle has one of the more ambiguous deaths on this list. Though we blame her death on this particular slasher, she didn't technically die at his hand. Instead, she was caught in a fire and died from the flames. Still, Helen was attacked constantly by this killer in the film and she died fighting him, so we're counting her as one of his victims. With that said, Helen was the film's protagonist and, in the end, she returns as a killer herself. Who was the slasher responsible for her death?
Tyler Hawes
Tyler Hawes was a monster of a man and a member of SWAT. He and his team were called in to handle a vicious slasher. After his team locates the killer, they open fire on him but are not able to kill him. Several members of the SWAT team are then killed, leaving Hawes to take on the killer by himself. He attempted to tackle the slasher, but is pinned against a wall. He then had his skull, still attached to his spine, ripped from his body. Who was the killer?