Slasher
Monster horrorCreatures and slashers, fear made physical.This show: 9/10Graphic violenceExplicit, unflinching violence.This show: 9/10AnthologyA new story or cast with every episode or season.This show: 8/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 8/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 8/10DisturbingContent that lingers uncomfortably after the credits.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Christopher JacotPaula BrancatiJo VannicolaSabrina GrdevichJefferson BrownLisa Berry
Written by
Aaron Martin
Starring
Christopher JacotPaula BrancatiJo VannicolaSabrina GrdevichJefferson BrownLisa Berry
Written by
Aaron Martin
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Slasher Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 6.4 | |
| S2 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.4 | |
| S3 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.2 | |
| S4 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.0 | |
| S5 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.8 |
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About
"A new whodunit slasher mystery every season"
Slasher is a horror anthology, with each season telling a self-contained whodunit as a masked killer stalks a small, secretive community and picks off suspects one by one. The pleasure is in playing detective alongside the survivors: everyone has a motive, everyone's a little guilty, and the mystery unspools through classic slasher kills. It's pulpy, gory, and unpretentious, leaning hard into genre tropes rather than subverting them. Pacing is brisk and season-length is tight, so it rarely overstays its welcome, though the writing prioritizes twists and body count over deep characterization.
Watch it for
the satisfying whodunit structure that turns each season into a fresh guessing game.
Maybe skip if
you want deep characterization rather than pulpy genre thrills and body counts.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
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The Executioner2016
7.07K86h 42m
When Sarah Bennett returns to the small town where she was born and her parents were killed, she is plunged into a new, even bloodier murder mystery as history starts to repeat itself.
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Guilty Party2017
7.25K86h 13m
Set in the remote Canadian winter wilderness, the story revolves around a group of former summer camp counselors who are forced to return to the isolated campground to retrieve evidence of a crime they committed in their youth. Before long the group, and the camp’s latest inhabitants, members of a spiritual retreat with their own secrets to hide, find themselves targeted by someone – or something – out for horrific revenge.
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Solstice2019
6.95K842m
As the presence of The Druid looms over the apartment complex – already a powder keg filled with new immigrants, white supremacists, obnoxious hipsters, and toxic marriages – the hatred and dark secrets that fester among the residents comes to a horrifying boiling point.
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Season 4
7.62K86h 6m
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Season 5
7.32K86h 15m
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Christopher Jacot Seamus, Robin Turner, Terrence Crenshaw
Paula Brancati Viviana Botticelli, Christy, Dawn
Jo Vannicola Amber Ciotti, Renée, Enid Jenkins
Sabrina Grdevich Florence, Venetia Botticelli, Nancy Vaughn
Jefferson Brown Trent McBride, Horatio Dixon, Merle
Lisa Berry Detective Roberta Hanson, Dr. Melanda Israel
Steve Byers Andrew May Jr., Sgt. Cam Henry
Gabriel Darku Detective Kenneth Rijkers, Connor Rijkers
Dean McDermott Dan Olenski, Chief Iain Vaughn, Alan Haight
Salvatore Antonio Angel Lopez, Salomé
Crew
Aaron Martin
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