Rather than give you a list of someone's favorite slashers with a particularly bloody scene in a footnote, I think you may find this internet article by Anthony Chatfield more informative to the genre, as it is well researched. Horror films are well argued to have waves of popularity.
The 1970's films thrived on exploiation, followed by the franshise 80's slashers where there would be ten sequels to that one good movie that started it all, with ridiculous and abdsurb but none-the-less amusing ways to bring your favorite psycho back to life. Apparently this bored audiences, but in the 90's horrors got on their upswing and focused more on teen slashers such as Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer. People got bored again and needed something new. People like Quinten Tarantino answered this call with Japanese influenced psychological disturbers with new stylized violence. Eventually, the torture sub-genre was discovered. The writer has an interesting take on this.
"Many might disregard the torture films of today as disturbing, self ingratiating visions from disturbed filmmakers, but they are something more entirely. Instead though, I think it’s a natural progression and exploration of genre methods that we’ve visited before, but never quite accepted. In a society that finds itself inundated with constant fear of bodily harm, ideological warfare, and an enemy intangible in almost every way, these films offer a very real, very physical release. "
He doesn't end there, which is why I HIGHLY recommend you take a closer look at this web page.
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