Director Wes Craven is known as a pioneer in the slasher sub-genre. But of his works, none are more iconic (and long-lived) than A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984).
John Carpenter's 1978 seminal slasher film Halloween inspired nearly two decades worth of imitations and established many of the tropes that would become synonymous with the horror sub-genre.
When Camp Crystal Lake reopens after being closed down 20 years ago for being cursed with death, would-be camp counselors Alice, Bill, Jack, Ned, Marcie, Brenda, and Annie find themselves stalked by a unseen killer, who hunts then down one-by-one on the night of Friday the 13th.