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Slashers are violent people bonded with a dark entity. They are also known as Scourges. The entity is parasitic in nature and latches itself to the host in a moment of vulnerability. It demands the host to commit acts of violence, in return it gives the host enhanced senses (even allowing to see the Supernatural), reflexes and a sense to detect other murderers.
Each case is different and the connection between the human and the entity differs in what way it's represented. The entity can latch itself to the soul, merge with the host, jump from one host to another, or share the connection between two hosts.
Not all entities are nightmares from the Dreaming however they are the most common, some are infernal or eldritch in origin, there are even supernal entities. Just about any incorporeal being can become a Scourge entity if properly motivated, even Ghosts which are some of the worst ones. There needs to be for the Scourge to get from Point A to Point B. For a demonic Scourge to get access to you, you need to have some connection to Hell such as being part of a Satanic cult. Likewise for Supernal Scourge the host probably comes from a devout upbringing.
In General
- Ax-Crazy: It really doesn't take much for them to kill someone in incredibly violent and over the top ways.
- Deal with the Devil: A common way to become a Slasher is to be granted powers from some Ancient Evil or other kind of demon.
- Enemy to All Living Things: They don't really discriminate in their kills, they are just happy to cause mass bloodshed.
- Humans Are the Real Monsters: All of them are or were human, and they are just as monstrous as any demon or supernatural being. Some of them were already monsters before they gained supernatural powers and, in cases like Michael, born evil.
- Implacable Man: A common trait among Slashers is that they can take what should be fatal wounds, and just keep going.
- A Lighter Shade of Black: Make no mistake, Slashers are all dangerous killers, but some are worse than others; Freddy Krueger being a child killer is considered worse than Jason Voorhees, who doesn't know any better.
- Red Baron: All of them have at least one or two very intimidating nicknames.
- Resurrective Immortality: In the event someone kills a Slasher, they'll eventually revive themselves. Sometimes someone else with bring them back instead, like a Cult that worships them.
- Serial Killer: They're all characterized for being remorseless killers with several victims to their names.
Chucky
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The Lakeshore Strangler, Charles Lee Ray, whose soul is now trapped in a Good Guy Doll.
- Ax-Crazy: He is prone to violent and unpredictable behavior that makes him one of the most dangerous killers.
- Badass Adorable: A rare slasher villain example, he's a chunky little baby-faced doll said to have the strength of a grown man and a whole lot of ferocity, being good with knives and many other weapons.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Of course, since who would ever suspect a Good Guy doll of being an infamous Voodoo-practicing Serial Killer?
- Blessed with Suck: His doll body - which wasn't alive to begin with - makes him almost immortal as well as more maneuverable to kill bigger targets. The downside? Besides being obviously way smaller and easy to overpower if one puts one's mind to it, he can still feel pain in this form.
- Body Horror: He becomes more human the longer he's in the doll, which ultimately makes him a twisted fusion of flesh, blood, plastic, and wires. This causes him to develop a circulatory, nervous, and respiratory system. This makes him more vulnerable.
- Death Is Cheap: As long as there are Good Guy dolls for him to possess, there's no way to permanently kill him.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Detests sexual abuse and as shown below is a supporter of the LGBTQ community.
- Evil Redhead: He's a redhead as a doll and completely evil, though his original, human body had black hair.
- Hollywood Voodoo: An avid practitioner and it is how he can transfer parts of his soul into good guy dolls and other people.
- Killer Doll: One of, if not THE, most iconic examples in horror and possibly pop culture in general.
- Living Toy: Is a human soul trapped inside of a doll's body.
- Perverse Puppet: He's almost the poster child to this trope, and definitely the most iconic representation of it in horror movies.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: While Chucky prefers using the element of surprise against his victims, he can put up a direct fight with fully grown adults because despite being a toddler-sized doll, he is rumored to have the same strength he had as a human - people have sometimes overpowered him, but he's still a proficient killer with knives and many other weapons.
- Politically Correct Villain: His bio states he vocally supports LGBTQIA2S+ people.
- Psycho Knife Nut: A favorite weapon of his and is holding one in his portrait.
- The Sociopath: His bio describes him as having the characteristics of a common sociopath, indulging in sadism and taking pride in his work.
Tiffany Valentine
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Chucky's girlfriend from when he was a human. After killing her, he transferred her soul into a doll.
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: She's the girlfriend of Chucky, a sociopathic serial killer. To be fair, she's a killer as well, albeit Affably Evil. In fact, this desire is how they met and ended up having their first murder together.
- Ax-Crazy: Actually more so than Chucky himself. Both Chucky and Tiffany kill people For the Evulz, but Chucky generally acts rationally when trying to get what he wants. Tiffany, on the other hand, is usually more unpredictable moment-to-moment because she's impulsive, prone to emotional outbursts, and often indulges in rather extreme forms of self-deception. In other words, Chucky is evil, but Tiffany is both evil and insane.
- Bullying a Dragon: This is what got her killed in the first place by continuously teasing Chucky after he rejected her.
- Commonality Connection: Tiffany and Chucky share a lack of empathy for others and a willingness to kill those that get in their way.
- Creepy High-Pitched Voice: A villainess with a high-pitched voice. Apparently, she went through Vocal Evolution after committing her first murder with Chucky.
- Even Bad Women Love Their Mamas: Constantly brings up something her mother used to say out of reverence.
- Hollywood Voodoo: Is not as skilled as Chucky, but still dangerous nonetheless.
- It Meant Something to Me: She had a one-sided devotion to Chucky on the assumption that he would marry her while he never held these intentions.
- Lascivious Beauty Mark: She has a mole above her lip to complete her very obvious Marilyn Monroe-inspired look.
- Killer Doll: Same as her boyfriend.
- Living Toy: Again same as her boyfriend.
- Parental Abandonment: Her father left Tiffany's family when she was a child. His abandonment of her is likely the reason why she obsesses over the men in her life.
- Perky Female Minion: A Perky Goth who is just as evil and sadistic as the doll she is paired up with.
- Related in the Adaptation: Her uncle happens to be Lazlo Valentin, better known as Professor Pyg, making her related to the rather dysfunctional Walker-Valentine family.
- Serial Killer: Like Chucky, she was one as a human and remains as one as a doll.
Freddy Krueger
He was caught, but a screw-up on the police's side of things let him walk free. This resulted in the parents of the kids of Springwood burning him alive.
Before his soul could be tortured for eternity, Freddy had a chat with some dream demons and now he can murder people in their dreams, and he already knew who to go after first...
- Abusive Parents: His birth mom abandoned him while his foster dad frequently beat him.
- Ax-Crazy: Killing is like breathing to him.
- Bald of Evil: He has no hair due to his burns and is as bad as they come.
- Bastard Bastard: Freddy isn't called "the bastard son of a 100 maniacs" for nothing. He was conceived when dozens of insane inmates in a mental asylum raped his mother Amanda, a nun who was working there. Freddy was a child murderer in life, and became a spectral nightmare killer after his death.
- Body Horror: His entire body is covered by burn scars.
- Child by Rape: He was conceived when his mother, a nun working at an insane asylum, was accidentally locked in a room with dozens of inmates and raped repeatedly over several days. For this, he was called "the bastard son of 100 maniacs".
- Child Hater: In life he targeted children. Now his favorite prey are teenagers due to their raw emotions, unsettled traumas, and fragility masquerading as bravado.
- Dream Weaver: This trope is what Freddy Krueger's powers ultimately boil down to, as he can enter dreams at will and alter them to his choosing.
- Extra Parent Conception: Freddy is called the bastard son of a hundred maniacs, assuming that isn't hyperbole.
- Emotion Eater: Freddy lives off of the fears of those he torments. One way to combat this is to not fear him.
- Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor: He is noted to make jokes to amuse himself while tormenting his victims.
- Flaw Exploitation: Freddy's egotism and need to toy with his victims before killing them can also be exploited. A calculated and strategic approach, one that plays on Freddy's arrogance and insecurities, could turn Freddy's methods of psychological torment against him.
- Iconic Item: His signature red striped sweater, hat, and clawed glove make him instantly recognizable.
- Holy Burns Evil: Holy relics, rites, and rituals have proven effective against Freddy, likely due to his hatred of his mother and the religion she cared so much about.
- Lean and Mean: Just because he's skinny as a rail, that doesn't mean he's not dangerous.
- Never Sleep Again: Another insidious facet of Freddy is his ability to leave lingering effects on his victims. Those who've encountered him in their dreams often suffer from chronic insomnia, afraid to shut their eyes lest they meet him again. Even if he doesn't kill immediately, the mental scars Freddy leaves behind can drive individuals to madness or self-harm. This lingering, paralyzing fear ensures that even outside the dream realm, Freddy's presence continues to haunt.
- Nightmare Sequence: Within the dream realm, Freddy's powers peak, allowing him an almost omnipotent control over the environment. He transforms private dreams into personal hells. This is not just murder; it's psychological torture and it's this power and the fear that is causes wich makes him unpredictable and nearly unstoppable.
- Pædo Hunt: His bio states that he's a bisexual pedophile.
- Red Baron: Springwood Slasher and The Nightmare of Elm Street.
- Sadist: A key part of his character: he's a murderous psychopath and loves every minute of it.
- Self-Made Orphan: He killed his foster father when he was young.
- Would Hurt a Child: Again, when he was alive he murdered numerous children. When he came back he started to target teenagers.
- Wolverine Claws: His signature glove with a claw on each finger and his main weapon to kill his victims.
Jason Voorhees
- Anti-Villain: He kills because he believes he's making his mother proud and out of vengeance for the wrongdoings people have done to him with a probably fixed mindset that anyone is therefore bound to be the enemy (at least if they enter the woods and are associated with the blame).
- Ax-Crazy: Jason is definitely past the point of reasoning. Despite being a sympathetic version of this and having a childlike mind, Jason throughout the remainder of his life has mentally snapped to the point of no return once he found out his mother had been killed thus becoming very murderous with his extreme brutality being prominently shown as he kills about anyone in the most gruesome fashion possible that makes their way to Camp Crystal Lake as a way to bring upon his rampage.
- Bald of Evil: He's completely bald and he's dangerously unstable and violent.
- Born Unlucky: His birthday was on a Friday the 13th, and Jason's life reflects that; he was born with learning difficulties and physical deformities, making him a target for merciless bullying, which eventually led to him drowning while fleeing from it.
- Came Back Strong: After his resurrection, Jason has come back as The Juggernaut.
- Cool Mask: His iconic hockey mask.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Jason's rise to becoming an unstoppable-enough Serial Killer stems from his traumatic childhood.
- Determinator: If Jason has you marked for execution there is practically nothing that will stop him.
- Disproportionate Retribution: His entire drive is this. It doesn't matter if you're a counselor, here to party, or just driving by, he catches you on Crystal Lake grounds, it's a high chance you're dead. It's safe to say he's lost any and all ability to tell people apart from his tormentors.
- Evil Is Bigger: Standing at an impressive 6'5"/1.96m, Jason towers over most of his victims.
- Healing Factor: Is described as having an almost reptilian ability to regenerate.
- Home Field Advantage: Knows the area of Camp Crystal Lake like the back of his hand.
- Machete Mayhem: The Trope Codifier for it.
- Malevolent Masked Men: His iconic hockey mask which hides his deformed face.
- Red Baron: The Camp Crystal Lake Killer and The Friday the 13th Killer.
- Resurrective Immortality: If he is killed Jason will resurrect on the next Friday the 13th.
- Serial Killer: He's a serial spree killer, or alternatively a serial mass murderer.
Michael Myers
Michael Myers is considered many things, but all sources agree that he is a monster of the mind, so to speak. He does not just kill is victims. He messes with their minds in a dark, twisted, and dramatic fashion, such as setting up what psychologists say was essentially a dark twisted game involving the bodies of three of Haddonfield resident Laurie Strode's friends and the gravestone of Judith Myers.
- Arch-Enemy: Both Dr. Sam Loomis and his sister Laurie Strode, who would love to permanently kill him to prevent him from murdering even more people.
- Cain and Abel: The Cain to Laurie's Abel.
- Demonic Possession: He's fused with Thorn, a child of the demon Samhain, which is why he needs to kill every Halloween night.
- Dramatic Unmask: In order to limit Michael's ability to regain control, Thorn opts to wear a white mask to hide Michael's face from mirrors. In fact, when Laurie Strode snatched the mask off him, this killer was unable to strike until he regained control of his mask. If one could unmask this killer, his immediate threat might be neutralized. However, there is also another factor to consider concerning the mask — it would limit peripheral vision.
- Enfante Terrible: Murdered his parents and older sister at Six years old.
- Implacable Man: Fatal wounds seem merely to slow Michael down, but never really seem to stop him. His tenacity in the face of pain is uncanny. He was reportedly only temporarily hindered when his sister jammed a coat hanger into his left eye. He's also been shot with multiple bullets, been at ground zero for an explosion that destroyed an entire wing of a hospital, and endured countless other injuries that surely should have killed any normal person — however, other than being blind in one eye, Michael seems none the worse for wear.
- Malevolent Masked Men: His signature white William Shatner/Captain Kirk mask and he's an unstoppable killer.
- Self-Made Orphan: He indeed killed his own parents.
- Super-Persistent Predator: Michael has an innate ability to track his victims always lurking just out of sight, waiting for the right moment. This may indicate some sort of predator sense that gives Michael the power to sense other beings in his victinity, making it difficult for him to be caught unaware — except for when he's entirely focused on the hunt itself.
- Super-Strength: Thorn's power gives Michael Myers strength that is unpararelled among mere humans. Though not as brutally strong as the likes of the undead Jason Voorhees, Michael's strength surpasses that of other slashers.
- Stealth Expert: The Shape's presence is usually felt before he's seen. There is an ominous silence that surrounds Thorn, building an unsettling air of anticipation. This allows Thorn to easily sneak up his intended victims as this unnatural silence applies to nearly everything in his environment that he interacts with. Doors open and close without a sound, creaking flooboards emit no noise, and his footsteps are always unheard. Even his breathing appears nonexistent.
Norman Bates
- Abusive Parents: His aunt Emma Spool killed his father and briefly kidnapped him, and as he grew up his mother Norma emotionally and psychologically abused him and made him see her as his whole world, only for Norman to snap and kill her when he found her in bed with another man.
- Adaptational Sexuality: This Norman is officially listed as pansexual while in movies his sexuality was ambiguous.
- Consulting a Convicted Killer: He's developed a sort of Odd Friendship with Sam Loomis and since his transfer to Arkham Asylum he serves as a monthly consultant for the Doctor when it comes to other Slashers.
- Evil Old Folks: He's noticeably older than other adaptations and he's been a killer for years.
- Has a Type: Norman has a compulsive need to interact with women that remind him of his mother, whether in looks or personality.
- Mask of Sanity: The lesser-known third persona, "Normal Bates", is a façade constructed as a coping mechanism. This is the personality that faced the world and plays the role of a functional adult. Articulate, polite, and seemingly well-adjusted, "Normal" is the person who holds conversation with customers, flirts with the women Norman is attracted to, and interacts with society at large.
- More Deadly Than the Male: Norma is the overbearing, domineering entity that occasionally takes the wheel in Norman's mind. She's the one that handles the dirty work, the killing, absolving Norman of the guilt he would otherwise feel. She's not just a copy of his mother but an exaggerated form, constructed from his own psyche and sculpted from his darkest emotions. She is controlling, sadistic, and sometimes paranoid, making her actions more unpredictable than those of Norman. Through the lens of a hunter, Norma is the perfect killer—a being devoid of hesitation and fully committed to the act.
- Psycho Knife Nut: His signature butcher knife and he's one of the most famous users.
- Stronger Than They Look: Norman is uncharacteristically strong, particularly as "Mother", suggesting an adrenaline-fueled strength born from his psychological breaks.
- Taxidermy Is Creepy: His skills in taxidermy aren't just a hobby; they're an intimate understanding of anatomy that assists him in his killings. There’s an incredible finesse to his method.
- They Look Just Like Everyone Else!: He looks like an awkward old man, but he has Dissociative Identity Disorder and the Mother personality is homicidal and cruel.
Dexter Morgan
See the D.E.O. page
Brian Moser
- Ax-Crazy: The scarier part is that he represents what Dexter would be without the Code of Harry.
- Lack of Empathy: Dexter notes that he's "a killer without reason or regret."
- Posthumous Character: Already dead by the present day, but his ghost continues to haunt Dexter.
- Serial Killer: The Ice Truck Killer murders prostitutes before placing their bodies in a freezer (he initially fooled the police into thinking he stored them in an ice truck, hence the name), draining their blood, and chopping them into pieces before displaying them for all to see.
- The Sociopath: Kills without remorse and without a code.
Samara Morgan
- Artifact of Doom: Her killer VHS tape.
- Creepy Child: Back when she was alive and especially now.
- Curse: The core of Samara's powers is the ability to curse anyone who watches her videotape. The curse starts a seven-day countdown that culminates in the viewer's death unless they make a copy of the tape and show it to someone else.
- Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: When she was still alive, she had milky skin, long dark hair and was a Creepy Child.
- Holy Burns Evil: Though she might be a particularly powerful ghost, she is still a ghost. If one can find her remains, then they should be able to salt and burn them to end her reign of terror. Also, in a pinch, you can strike her corpus with iron, salt, or holy water to cause her to evaporate, buying you some additional time.
- Kill It with Water: Ironically, Samara was afraid of water in life. In death, she is able to control water. Some of her victims are found to be drowned, despite being nowhere near any source of water at the time of their death.
- Logical Weakness: Generally speaking, Samara is powerless to affect you if you have not watched her video in its entirety.
- Red Baron: The Drowned Child, The Ring Girl, The Ring Ghost, The Seven Days Killer, The VHS Killer, The Well Ghost.
- Related in the Adaptation: Her adoptive father was Richard Morgan, Harry Morgan's brother, making her Dexter and Debra Morgan's adoptive cousin.
- Power Incontinence: Even before birth, she possessed Psychic Powers that exceeded her ability to control. Anyone who came close to her, man or beast, suffered horrendous hallucinations just from her being there.
- Psychic Powers: Even before her death, Samara had the ability to project psychic imagery into a person's mind. She retains the ability after death. The horrific imagery can, and has in some cases, driven her victims to commit suicide.
- Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl: She's the Trope Codifier.
- Technopath: Samara can manipulate electronic devices, such as televisions and VCRs. She uses this power to display distorted or terrifying images to torment her victims. Using these devices, Samara can also transport herself across vast distances or scry upon those afflicted with her curse
The Jeeper Creeper
- One-Steve Limit: No relationship to the alter ego of Jason Bard.
Candyman
- Abstract Apotheosis: Daniel Robitaille is no more. He's now Candyman, a physical manifestation of fear and hate.
- Badass Longcoat: A very long and very stylish coat that conceals his (bee-covered) body.
- Bee Afraid: Swarms of bees accompany Candyman, an eerie reminder of the agonizing way he met his end. These bees act as both his shield and weapon, responding to his will. When threatened, the Candyman can dissolve into a swarm of bees and vanish.
- Compelling Voice: Candyman's voice carries an alluring, hypnotic quality, allowing him to manipulate and induce fear in those he encounters. This is a particularly true for persons who might find the Candyman's charisma and sex appeal undeniable.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: A mob cut off his hand and replaced it with a hook, hung him from a tree and let a swarm of bees to sting him to death, all while mockingly calling him Candyman. It's the very brutal nature of his murder what likely made him a Slasher after death.
- Evil Is Bigger: Stands at an impressive 6'5"/196cm tall, meaning he towers over most of his victims with ease.
- Fluffy the Terrible: It's hard to believe the name "Candyman" belongs to a obscenely powerful murderous entity (which is probably one of the reasons people keep summoning him).
- God Needs Prayer Badly: Candyman is not a deity, but the more his story is shared within a particular locale, the stronger he appears to become. His power is linked to the collective belief in his myth in the are. The places his legend is most prolific include St. Roch, Louisiana; Brick City, Michigan; Central City, Missouri; and the Suicide Slums neighborhood of Metropolis, Delaware.
- Hook Hand: His right hand is a gruesome fisher's hook that was nailed to his bloody stump.
- Monster Progenitor: As his story grows, he seems able to create new "Candymen" (and at least one "Candywoman"). These victims are usually African-American men who suffered great tortures and met an untimely, and usually gruesome, end.
- Pay Evil unto Evil: He seems to have a thing for framing his entitled Caucasian victims for heinous crimes, reveling in their downfall as some surrogate form of justice for his own death.
- Scary Black Man: Oh yes, he's outright intimidating and is based on Tony Todd.
- Speak of the Devil: With a mere utterance of his name five times before a mirror, Candyman can be summoned. Though he under no obligation to respond to such summons, he seems most likely to allow himself to be summoned when the summoner seems to lack belief in the Tale of the Candyman or denies his power.
- Tragic Monster: He was once a kind and gentle artist who suffered a horrible and unjust death at the hands of a racist mob, now he's quite literally an embodiment of hatred and fear.
Ghostface
While Macher is rumored to still be kicking, Billy was shot in the gut by reporter Gale Weathers before getting double-tapped in the head by Sydney.
Since then, it's been proven that you can't keep a good idea for serial killers down...
- Collective Identity: There's more than one Ghostface.
- Malevolent Masked Men: Their signature white skull-like mask.
- Psycho Knife Nut: They're a serial killer who wields a hunting knife.
Chad Daniels
Allison Judge's former friend turned archenemy.
- The Ghost: Unlike the other Slashers mentioned throughout Slashtober, Chad gets no portrait and no profile of his own. This is likely because Tucker, Dale, and Allison already gave Tucker and Dale vs Evil enough representation/presence for the month.
