Slasher movies available on 4K Blu-ray, ranked by transfer quality.
dir. Lamberto Bava
S-Tier 88 Films 4K. A Lamberto Bava giallo that showed up on a comprehensive "giallo on 4K" list alongside Argento and the elder Bava. The 88 Films release is region free. Vinegar Syndrome also released a version and collectors are split on which transfer they prefer.
88 Films · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Bob Clark
S-Tier Scream Factory 4K. The original slasher film before Halloween. Scream Factory announced this and the response was basically 'take my money'. A holiday horror staple that finally has a proper 4K disc.
Scream Factory · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Mario Bava
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Mario Bava invented the giallo template with this one in 1964, and the Arrow limited edition is the way to own it. The bold color lighting and set design are the whole appeal on disc. Copies have turned up at Disc Replay for around $39.99 USD, which is a good price for an Arrow LE. If you like Argento, this is the film he was ripping off.
Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Ronny Yu
S-Tier Scream Factory 4K. The Chucky franchise on 4K from Scream Factory. Hamilton Book has been stocking these at discount.
dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar bizarre circumstances is sweeping Tokyo.
Eureka Entertainment · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Sean Byrne
S-Tier IFC Films 4K. A new genre release from IFC.
IFC Films · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Dario Argento
S-Tier Carlotta Films 4K. Argento's giallo. Carlotta's Italian horror catalog is strong.
Carlotta Films · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Part of the Hitchcock Classics Collection Volume 3 alongside Rope, Torn Curtain, Topaz, and The Man Who Knew Too Much. Collectors consistently call Frenzy underrated and say the set is worth it for Rope and Frenzy alone. Hitchcock's most violent film, with a London serial killer plot that feels more like a 70s thriller than his usual style.
Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. John McNaughton
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. John McNaughton's serial killer film. Arrow treats this with the same care as their horror classics.
dir. Ruggero Deodato
S-Tier 88 Films 4K. Severin had quality issues with this disc and quietly mailed out replacements with zero explanation. People were getting random Blu-rays in the mail and had no idea why. The replacement program also covered Hell of the Living Dead, which had a color problem where reds looked purple. If you're buying secondhand, make sure you're getting the corrected disc.
dir. Jim Gillespie
S-Tier Sony 4K. A new limited edition steelbook at $55 USD landed with serious pushback from collectors who don't think this is a $55 movie. The standard 4K has been available for a while and the discs are presumably identical. 88 Films also put out a UK trilogy box set if you want all three films together.
Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. William Lustig
S-Tier Blue Underground 4K. William Lustig's sequel with some insane chase sequences that clearly didn't have permits. Blue Underground priced both Maniac Cop 4Ks at $30 USD each, which people found fair compared to what Shout Factory charges for a single standard Blu-ray.
Blue Underground · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Alan Smithee, William Lustig
S-Tier Blue Underground 4K. The third Maniac Cop, directed under the Alan Smithee pseudonym. No relevant collector discussion beyond existing as part of the Blue Underground Maniac Cop set.
dir. Ti West
S-Tier Second Sight Films 4K. Ti West's third film in the X trilogy. People are holding out for either a steelbook or a trilogy box set. A German steelbook from Capelight exists with embossing. Second Sight has the limited edition for UK collectors. The X/Pearl/MaXXXine collector conversation is mostly about completing the set rather than this film individually.
Second Sight Films · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Patrick Lussier
S-Tier Scream Factory 4K. The 2009 3D slasher remake. Scream Factory's steelbook was available during their 13 Days sale, and DeepDiscount had it for $13 USD.
dir. Fred Dekker
S-Tier Scream Factory 4K. Fred Dekker's 1986 alien slug horror comedy. It only includes the director's cut, which upset some people who wanted the theatrical. People who held off on the Blu-ray were glad they waited. There was a subtitle error reported on the Shout Factory disc.
Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions collide.
dir. Michael Powell
S-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Michael Powell's 1960 horror that ended his career. The new 4K restoration played in art house theaters and the reception was strong. The old Blu-ray was never that good, so this is a meaningful upgrade. People love to point out this is better than Psycho, which came out the same year. Scorsese helped revive the film's reputation decades later.
StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K with a 4.0 score. Argento's insect-horror from 1985 with Jennifer Connelly. Arrow and Synapse both released a version, and the only real difference is the box art, with the Synapse cover being widely considered worse. Argento collectors are buying Arrow's to match their other Argento boxes.
S-Tier Universal 4K. Hitchcock's black-and-white photography has more detail at this resolution than the Blu-ray ever delivered, and the shower scene has never had this much information in it, for better or worse. The Bernard Herrmann score in lossless is half the reason the film still works as well as it does. Considered required viewing in any best-horror-discs discussion.
dir. Richard Franklin
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. The Psycho sequel that's actually good. Arrow's release is the consensus pick over the Scream Factory and Universal versions. People looking for the best transfer are pointed to Arrow.
dir. Anthony Perkins
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. The third Psycho, directed by Anthony Perkins himself. No relevant collector discussion around the 4K specifically.
dir. Mick Garris
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. The made-for-TV Psycho prequel from Mick Garris. No relevant collector discussion.
dir. Kevin Greutert
Between the events of Saw and Saw II, a desperate John Kramer travels to Mexico for an experimental medical procedure, only to discover the entire operation is a scam — and turns the tables on the con artists in his signature way.
Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Wes Craven
S-Tier transfer buzzing across four platforms this week. The franchise is split between Paramount and Lionsgate right now with Scream 7 and Scream 4 both announced, so collectors are budgeting for multiple labels.
Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
Paramount's steelbook matched the style of the first film's release, which collectors appreciated. The franchise set is one of those collections where people buy all of them or none of them. S-Tier transfer and the steelbook design with Ghostface on the back connecting to Scream 1 is a nice touch.
The weakest film in the franchise but collectors buying the steelbook set need it for completion. Scream 4 was the missing piece that annoyed everyone for months, since 3 came out on 4K before 4 did, leaving a visible gap on the shelf. S-Tier transfer regardless of how you feel about the film.
dir. Charles E. Sellier Jr.
Scream Factory's S-Tier 4K of the controversial Santa slasher. The Imprint Parts 1 + 2 special edition is a massive package that surprised buyers with its size. The Lionsgate steelbook at over $50 USD got pushback on pricing. A seasonal purchase that reliably sells every October and December.
Arrow Video 4K with an Arte Originale limited edition variant that collectors hunt on eBay. Synapse also released a version with a slipcover. Argento's neon-lit giallo about a writer stalked by a killer inspired by his own novels, and the transfer handles the high-contrast lighting well.
Arrow Video 4K Limited Edition, regularly discounted to $25 on Amazon. Collectors have noted Arrow's inconsistent spine design across the Argento line, with Cat o' Nine Tails being the only one with quotation marks in the title. Argento's second feature and the middle of his "Animal Trilogy" between Bird and Four Flies.
dir. William Peter Blatty
On the fifteenth anniversary of the exorcism that claimed Father Damien Karras' life, Police Lieutenant Kinderman's world is once again shattered when a boy is found decapitated and savagely crucified.
dir. Peter Jackson
Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.
Turbine · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Alexandre Aja
Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon realizes the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a blood-thirsty mutant family...and they are the prey.
dir. Robert Harmon
On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has appeared out of nowhere, thinking that a good conversation will help him not to fall asleep. He will have enough time to deeply regret such an unmeditated decision.
dir. Joe Dante
After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.
dir. Bryan Bertino
After a 4 a.m. knock at the door and haunting voices, Kristen McKay and James Hoyt’s remote getaway becomes a psychological night of terror as three masked strangers invade. Now they must go far beyond what they thought themselves capable of if they hope to survive.
dir. Tobe Hooper
Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.
dir. Dennis Donnelly
A serial killer, plagued by the memory of a fatal car accident, uses various tools to murder female tenants of a Los Angeles apartment complex, then abducts a teenaged girl who lives there with her family. When the police express doubt that the murders are connected to the girl's disappearance, her brother sets out to search for her on his own.
dir. Sergio Martino
A masked serial killer with psychosexual issues strangles female coeds with scarves before dismembering them. When a wealthy student identifies one of the scarves and thinks she has a lead on a suspect, she becomes the killer's next target, retreating to her family's remote cliffside villa with three of her girlfriends.
dir. M. Night Shyamalan
A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they're at the center of a dark and sinister event.
Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray
A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. The complete Nightmare on Elm Street collection box set with the tin packaging is the way most people buy this. Someone customized their steelbook by chiseling scratch marks into it with a screwdriver and hammer, and it actually looked good.
dir. Chuck Russell
A psychiatrist, familiar with the knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger, helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.
dir. Joe D'Amato
A priest-doctor chasing a man with supernatural regenerative abilities, who has recently escaped from a medical lab, reaches a small town where the mutant goes on a killing spree.
dir. Alfred Sole
A-Tier Arrow Video 4K. An underseen 70s giallo-adjacent horror with a young Brooke Shields. Arrow loaded it with extras. Shows up on giallo 4K lists alongside the bigger Italian horror names.
dir. Scott Derrickson
Four years after defeating The Grabber, Finney Blake is struggling with life after captivity. When his younger sister Gwen begins receiving calls in her dreams from the Black Phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp, the siblings become determined to solve the mystery and confront a killer who has grown more powerful in death and more significant to them than either could imagine.
dir. William Asher
Rejected by her lover, the only man left in Cheryl's life is the orphaned nephew she has raised as her own son. She'll stop at nothing to keep Billy with her. When her plans misfire, she is swept up into an insane frenzy that means death to anyone who comes between her and her obsession. But the investigating detective is convinced that Billy is the real killer - and determined to prove it. Madness and fanaticism work together to drag all concerned into a terrifying vortex of blood-letting that adds a nightmarish twist to the classic Oedipus story.
dir. Tom Holland
A-Tier 4K. The original killer doll. Multiple editions from different labels across regions.
Capelight Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton
An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.
dir. Umberto Lenzi
A group of American tourists is traveling through Spain when two of them are murdered by a mysterious serial killer who removes an eyeball from every one of its victims. The tour presses on as the murders continue, with the travelers and the police trying to deduce which one of them is the killer.
dir. Emma Tammi
One year since the supernatural nightmare at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, the stories about what transpired there have been twisted into a campy local legend, inspiring the town's first ever Fazfest. With the truth kept from her, Abby sneaks out to reconnect with Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy, setting into motion a terrifying series of events that will reveal dark secrets about the real origin of Freddy's, and unleash a decades-hidden horror.
dir. Adam Marcus
A-Tier Arrow Video 4K. The Friday the 13th entry nobody likes but everyone buys anyway. Arrow teased Jason X alongside this, and the assumption is Freddy vs. Jason is eventually coming too. The new cover art is taking some getting used to after decades of the VHS artwork burned into everyone's memory.
dir. Joe Giannone
A-Tier Vinegar Syndrome 4K. The 1981 slasher, not to be confused with Madman Films the Australian distributor. Vinegar Syndrome gave it a proper release. Most of the signal around "Madman" in collector subs actually refers to the Madman Films Kurosawa box set, not this horror film.
Vinegar Syndrome · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Franck Khalfoun
A-Tier Blue Underground 4K. The 2012 Elijah Wood remake shot almost entirely in first person. Blue Underground's HDR transfer is well-liked, and the disc has been found at McKay's for around $20 USD with slip.
dir. Lucio Fulci
The world of dance can be brutal. The rehearsals are grueling. The competition is fierce. At the Arts for Living Centre in New York City, the best of the best are dying for a part in a major production. But only a select few will be chosen. The selection process seems to be at the hands of mysterious killer who pierces women's bare breasts with a hatpin, puncturing their hearts. Ambition and jealousy appear to be the motive, which makes everybody a suspect!
88 Films · Limited Edition
dir. Andrzej Żuławski
A-Tier Second Sight Films 4K. Zulawski's 1981 horror with Isabelle Adjani. The Second Sight limited edition sold out at OrbitDVD within hours. There are questions about the quality of different 4K transfers, since the French version had poor gamma and an extreme blue push. Second Sight's version and the Umbrella release are the ones collectors are weighing.
dir. Carol Frank
Upon joining a sorority, Beth is plagued by nightmares of a knife-wielding killer, when her past comes back to haunt her.
88 Films · 4K + Blu-ray (Restored)
dir. Damien Leone
A maniacal clown named Art terrorizes three young women on Halloween night and everyone else who stands in his way.
A year after the Miles County massacre, Art the Clown is resurrected by a sinister entity and returns to hunt down teenage Sienna and her younger brother Jonathan on Halloween night.
Five years after surviving Art the Clown's Halloween massacre, Sienna and Jonathan are still struggling to rebuild their lives. As the holiday season approaches, Art returns to turn their Christmas cheer into a new nightmare.
dir. Tarsem Singh
A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.
After a doctor kills his mistress and himself while researching the mysterious previous owner of his Boston home, his colleague, Dr. Norman Boyle, takes over his studies and moves his family into the Boston mansion. Soon after, Boyle's young son Bob becomes plagued by visions of a young girl, who warns him of the danger within the house.
A woman with psychic powers has a vision of a murder that took place in a house owned by her husband.
Severin Films · 4K + Blu-ray
A radio host is victimised by the notorious cannibal family while a former Texas Marshal hunts them.
dir. Michael Dougherty
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 pull a mean prank, and a bitter old recluse receives an uninvited guest.
dir. David Lynch
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Laura Palmer hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.
Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Samuel Bayer
Teenagers Nancy, Quentin, Kris, Jesse and Dean are all neighborhood friends who begin having the same dream of a horribly disfigured man who wears a tattered sweater and a glove made of knives.
dir. Renny Harlin
Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.
Tourists take a boat to a remote island, where they find that most of the people have disappeared, and something is stalking them. They find a hidden room in the big mansion on a hill, and an ancient diary, which gives them clues to the source of the terror.
Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.
dir. David Gordon Green
Four years after the events of Halloween in 2018, Laurie has decided to liberate herself from fear and rage and embrace life. But when a young man is accused of killing a boy he was babysitting, it ignites a cascade of violence and terror that will force Laurie to finally confront the evil she can’t control, once and for all.
dir. Clive Barker
A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.
Arrow Video · Limited Edition
After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple are forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motives.
A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?
dir. Jack Sholder
A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world.
dir. Stephen Hopkins
The pregnant Alice finds Freddy Krueger striking through the sleeping mind of her unborn child, hoping to be reborn into the real world.
dir. Rachel Talalay
Just when you thought it was safe to sleep, Freddy Krueger returns in this sixth installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street films, as psychologist Maggie Burroughs, tormented by recurring nightmares, meets a patient with the same horrific dreams.
dir. John Carpenter
Rob Zombie's reimagining, not the Carpenter original. Imprint limited edition steelbook announced at a price people called a great deal. A-Tier transfer from a film that's more divisive than the disc quality would suggest.
Shout! Factory · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Dwight H. Little
C-Tier Shout Factory 4K. Michael Myers returns. The Halloween franchise on 4K from Shout Factory has been comprehensive if not always well-transferred.
dir. Dominique Othenin-Girard
C-Tier Shout Factory 4K. More Michael Myers.
dir. Rick Rosenthal
C-Tier Shout Factory 4K. The hospital sequel. Same transfer debate as the first Halloween.
dir. Romano Scavolini
A drug-treated schizophrenic plagued by horrible nightmares is released from the hospital and goes on a killing spree.
dir. Brett Ratner
Most of the discussion around Red Dragon circles back to Manhunter instead. Collectors keep asking when Mann's version will get a proper 4K, and Red Dragon threads reliably turn into Manhunter appreciation posts. The Kino disc is competent but the C-Tier rating reflects Brett Ratner's direction more than the transfer itself.
Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Christopher Smith
Seven employees of an international weapons manufacturer are treated to a team-building weekend at the company’s newly built luxury spa lodge. Things quickly go awry as the colleagues find their corporate weekend sabotaged by a deadly enemy.
dir. Alejandro Amenábar
While working on a thesis about audiovisual violence, film student Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that she was a former student in her university, and that the authors of the video are not very far either.
Umbrella Entertainment
dir. Sean S. Cunningham
D-Tier Shout Factory 4K. The original slasher. The D-Tier reflects the low-budget source material.
Shout! Factory · Blu-ray
dir. Robert Hall
After his gruesome encounter with a girl, and being outmatched by his own assistant, ChromeSkull resurges with a horrifying massacre of his own.
Limited Edition
dir. Patrick Brice
Second Sight limited edition announced. Found footage horror aimed at the kind of collector who buys everything Second Sight puts out.
Second Sight Films · Limited Edition
Kino Lorber 4K of the 1981 Wes Craven with a young Sharon Stone. The thread spent more time correcting blu-ray.com for burying Maren Jensen and Ernest Borgnine in favor of Stone's name than discussing the disc itself, but the buy intent is real.
Kino Lorber · 4K Ultra HD
dir. Alvin Rakoff
Survivors of a tragic shipping collision are rescued by a mysterious black ship which appears out of the fog. Little do they realise that the ship is actually a Nazi torture ship which has sailed the seas for years, luring unsuspecting sailors aboard and killing them off one by one.
dir. Skip Schoolnik
A group of teenagers spend the night in a furniture shop for a graduation party. When one of them talks her boyfriend into a game of hide-and-seek, a psycho killer starts hunting them down one by one.
Terrorvision · Limited Edition
dir. Kevin Connor
Shout Factory Collector's Edition 4K is the one to get. The transfer is a real step up from the old Blu-ray with better detail in the night scenes and natural skin tones. A Walmart-exclusive steelbook dropped in January with different artwork that people really did not like, one person compared it to a Halloween Horror Nights house. A wider steelbook release hits May 12 through Gruv CA. The extras are good too, making-of doc and interviews with the director and cinematographer.
Shout! Factory · Collector's Edition
dir. Russell Mulcahy
A jaded homicide detective has been put on the case of a ruthless killer in the city of Chicago, who leaves a trail of horribly mutilated and dismembered corpses along with perversely ironic biblical quotes.
Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition
Lionsgate 4K announced. Coming alongside Scream 7 from Paramount, so both are competing for the same wallets this summer.
Lionsgate · 4K Ultra HD
dir. Kevin Williamson
Paramount limited edition steelbook announced. Lionsgate's Scream 4 4K is picking up attention at the same time, so the franchise is spread across multiple labels right now.
Paramount Pictures · Limited Edition Steelbook
dir. Richard W. Haines
A sociology instructor finds her new teaching duties at a private college interrupted by the presence of a killer.
Refuse Films · Limited Edition
dir. Mickey Rose, Michael Ritchie
This zany send-up of teen slasher flicks features a maniacal psycho known as the Breather, who stalks –and murders– promiscuous students at a suburban high school. The fanatical killer's unusual weapons include paper clips, blackboard erasers and eggplants.
dir. David Blue Garcia
After nearly 50 years of hiding, Leatherface returns to terrorize a group of idealistic influencers who accidentally disrupt his carefully shielded world in a remote Texas town.
Vinegar Syndrome · Limited Edition
When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But it's hardly how Ray, who much prefers drinking beer, reading his newspaper and watching a ball game on the tube expected to spend his vacation.
dir. Rob Zombie
The murderous, backwoods Firefly family take to the road to escape the vengeful Sheriff Wydell, who is not afraid of being as ruthless as his target.
dir. Marcus Nispel
After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers.
dir. Jonathan Liebesman
Chrissie and her friends set out on a road trip for a final fling before one is shipped off to Vietnam. Along the way, bikers harass the foursome and cause an accident that throws Chrissie from the vehicle. The lawman who arrives on the scene kills one of the bikers and brings Chrissie's friends to the Hewitt homestead, where young Leatherface is learning the tools of terror.
The financially strained and increasingly desperate, Lester Parsons concocts a brilliant get-rich-quick scheme; cruise the lonely hearts ads for rich women to fleece. Too bad then, that Lester’s also a psychotic cannibal who enjoys mutilating these lovelorn souls, via his trusty chainsaw, and using their flesh for his dinner. When a copycat killer threatens to bring him down, Lester must do all he can to prevent this new killer’s sloppy work from ruining them both.
dir. Rob Schmidt
Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by generations of inbreeding.
