Netflix’s Fear Street trilogy just kicked off with Part 1, blending ‘90s nostalgia with gruesome kills for its teen leads. Between this summer event, upcoming slasher novels The Final Girl Support Group and My Heart is a Chainsaw, and the return of series Slasher: Flesh & Blood, it’s quickly shaping up to be a summer of slashers. So why not celebrate accordingly?
This week’s streaming picks belong to summer-set slashers, with only one caveat: no summer camps! These five horror movies explore other facets of summer fun, from road trips to vacation getaways that go awry. All bring the pain with a bloody body count.
As always, here’s where you can stream them this week.
Tourist Trap – AMC+, Shudder, Tubi
This summery slasher sees a group of friends stranded at a secluded roadside museum that’s filled to the brim with creepy mannequins. These mannequins seem to have a life of their own and a blood lust. Of course, if you’ve seen this cult classic, then you know there’s much more than meets the eye here. The feature debut by director David Schmoeller (Puppet Master) boasts atmosphere for days and one haunting score by Pino Donaggio. Tourist Trap offers one of the best summer slashers not set at a camp.
Just Before Dawn – FlixFling
Five young people trek into the mountainous backwoods of Oregon to find rural property one of them has just inherited, despite being warned to stay away by the forest ranger. They find themselves stalked and hunted by a psychopath. Just Before Dawn may have a familiar premise to countless slashers, but its execution sets it apart. Directed by Jeff Lieberman (Squirm, Satan’s Little Helper), this slasher breaks the textbook Final Girl mold in many ways. Perhaps more thrillingly, it holds a few nasty tricks up its sleeves for its killer reveal and final confrontation.
The Zero Boys – Arrow Player, Midnight Pulp, Tubi
A slasher in the looser sense, this horror movie sees a group of friends celebrate their paintball tournament win with a trip to the mountains with their girlfriends. They soon find themselves in a real-life survival situation when they encounter actual killers. The protagonists will have to evade ruthless psychopaths and booby traps. Chopping Mall might be star Kelli Maroney’s more notable genre role of 1986, but The Zero Boys brings a fun and often strange genre-mashup worth watching.
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil – Prime, Roku, Tubi, Vudu
Tucker (Alan Tudyk) and pal Dale (Tyler Labine) expected a peaceful summer getaway after purchasing their dream vacation home – a decrepit cabin in the woods. Instead, they’re inundated by a snobby group of college kids who’ve mistaken the duo as murderous hillbillies; and they won’t stop killing themselves on their property. It’s splatstick with a whole lot of heart, made even more memorable for its subversion of tropes and the lead performances by Tudyk and Labine.
The Ruins – Prime Video, Paramount+
A relaxing summer vacation lounging by the resort pool turns into a harrowing fight for survival when a group embarks on a trip to a remote archeological dig in the jungle. They get trapped atop the Mayan temple by the locals and think the harsh elements are the worst of their problems. That’s before they realize the site harbors a very deadly and cunning evil. Instead of a masked maniac picking off unlucky vacationers, it’s one demented killer plant instead. The seemingly sentient vines pick off the group one by one, in often gruesome ways.
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