Top 26 Slasher Movies You would think the movie-going public had something against horny teenage girls. Why else would slasher movies – which basically revel in killing them off – be so popular? We just can't get enough of them. Mind you, it's not only the cheerleader types that usually end up in body bags. There's the jocks, of course. Then the nerds. Leaving the weird loner types to usually save the day. We are sure this has some kind of social significance and insight into Western culture, but we are a snarky entertainment site, for God's sake. We are not here to educate.