🎬 CLAQUETA ÁCIDA
🔪 SLASHER

Cult Slashers: Blades, Masks & Analog Gore

A bloody selection of masked psychopaths, teenage massacres, and machete chops shot on glorious celluloid.

🎬 7 Reviews in this collection 🌐 100% Translated to English
*Halloween: The Night Pure Evil Slapped on a Cheap Mask and Took a Leisurely Stroll* 9.8 / 10
John Carpenter • 1978

*Halloween: The Night Pure Evil Slapped on a Cheap Mask and Took a Leisurely Stroll*

John Carpenter reinvented the modern slasher on a shoestring budget, three piano notes, and a faceless killer embodying suburban terror—no backstory, no mercy, just a knife and the slow creep of dread.

By Lúa Ácida Read review →
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Bloody Dawn of Modern Terror (Or How Tobe Hooper Gifted Us Nightmares with a Chainsaw and Zero Budget) 9.0 / 10
Tobe Hooper • 1974

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Bloody Dawn of Modern Terror (Or How Tobe Hooper Gifted Us Nightmares with a Chainsaw and Zero Budget)

Tobe Hooper turned $140,000 and an abandoned slaughterhouse into hell on Earth. Claqueta Ácida dissects this horror classic with a chainsaw, pitch-black humor, and a devotion to bloodstained celluloid.

By Dante Sangre Read review →
A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Night Cinema Learned to Dream in Blades 9.0 / 10
Wes Craven • 1984

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Night Cinema Learned to Dream in Blades

Wes Craven unleashes terror’s most stylish monster: Freddy Krueger, the wet dream of the American nightmare. 91 minutes of fresh meat and razor-sharp metaphors.

By Silvia Mordaz Read review →
*X: The Bloody, Sweaty Resurrection of Analog Slasher Cinema* 8.5 / 10
Ti West • 2022

*X: The Bloody, Sweaty Resurrection of Analog Slasher Cinema*

Ti West delivers a filthy, lascivious, and razor-sharp love letter to '70s indie porn and rural slasher classics, set on a Texas farm where the only thing sharper than the knives is the satire.

By Maximiliano Z. Read review →
*Pearl: When Technicolor Bleeds and Melodrama Becomes Nightmare* 8.7 / 10
Ti West • 2022

*Pearl: When Technicolor Bleeds and Melodrama Becomes Nightmare*

Ti West and Mia Goth team up for a mesmerizing and unhinged retro slasher that pays homage to classic Hollywood melodrama and deranged minds.

By Héctor Veneno Read review →
"Hostel: The Tourist Trap Where They Butcher You with a Smile" 7.0 / 10
Eli Roth • 2006

"Hostel: The Tourist Trap Where They Butcher You with a Smile"

Eli Roth turns Slovakia into a backpacker slaughterhouse with this festive gore-fest that reeks of blood, sweat, and adolescent testosterone. Art? No. Fun? Plenty.

By Camilo K.O. Read review →
*House of Wax: The Horror Museum Hollywood Forgot to Torch* 5.0 / 10
Jaume Collet-Serra • 2005

*House of Wax: The Horror Museum Hollywood Forgot to Torch*

Jaume Collet-Serra turns a promising slasher into a melting wax theme park. Paris Hilton shines—just not with talent.

By Silvia Mordaz Read review →