slasher film

C7812
concept

A slasher film is a horror subgenre that centers on a killer who stalks and violently murders a series of victims, often using bladed weapons, with suspenseful build-ups and graphic violence.

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
slasher film canonical 93
American horror film 20
survival film 12

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: slasher film
Generated description
A slasher film is a horror subgenre that centers on a killer who stalks and violently murders a series of victims, often using bladed weapons, with suspenseful build-ups and graphic violence.

Instances (122)

Instance Via concept surface
George Mihalka
surface form: My Bloody Valentine
Silent Night, Bloody Night
Bride of Chucky
Curse of Chucky
Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
Cult of Chucky
Hell Night
Valentine (2001 film)
surface form: Valentine
The Funhouse
See No Evil
No One Lives
Shocker
Deadly Blessing
My Soul to Take
Scream (1996 film)
Cry_Wolf (film)
surface form: Cry_Wolf
The Evil American horror film
Happy Death Day (2017 film)
surface form: Happy Death Day
Freaky (2020 film)
Hell Fest
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022 film)
Saw X American horror film