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Five students at a cabin and the office that runs the horror; Whedon and Goddard's meta-slasher.

Eight teenagers in a mountain lodge and a butterfly effect; the slasher as game.

Camp counsellors, werewolves and a cast of film actors; Supermassive's summer slasher.

Leatherface, a dinner table and almost no blood on screen; the horror film that feels like a documentary.

Michael Myers, Haddonfield and a piano theme in 5/4; Carpenter made it for $300,000.

Sissy Spacek at the prom, the bucket of pig blood, and the hand from the grave.

A cheerleader with a stake in Sunnydale; "Hush", "The Body" and the musical episode.

Max rewinds time in Arcadia Bay and the storm comes anyway; Dontnod's episodic teen drama.