Movies featuring insane serial killings are referred to as slashers by their fans. Three of the all- time best in this genre are Psycho, Halloween and A Nightmare on Elm Street. All three of them now have been developed as branded online slots by different software providers and do full justice to the movies.

Psycho, the movie, was made by Alfred Hitchcock in 1960. NextGen Gaming has created the slot game that can be played at online casinos like InterCasino. Players who have seen the movie will relate to the symbols on the reels. These include Marion Crane the victim, the embezzled cash, Norman Bates the killer, Room No. 1 of the motel and the peep hole. The low value symbols are slashed up playing card icons. The shower is the wild symbol with a payout multiplier. The Bates house triggers up to 20 free spins.

Halloween was released in 1978 and the Microgaming slot game is live at online casinos like Royal Vegas. The high paying symbols are characters from the movie and the low paying symbols are the murder weapons. The film’s poster was acclaimed and features as the wild symbol. Video clips from the movie play when wins are hit. Microgaming has introduced the Wandering Reels feature. Though the basic structure has three rows, three consecutive reels having four rows spin together and can randomly stop in any of three positions. The Wandering Reels can have Jumbo Blocks 3x4 size of the high paying symbols. The Trick or Treat Wheel awards bonus amounts, a bonus game on the second screen or a free spins feature.

A Nightmare on Elm Street was released in 1984 and is the scariest of the slasher films. This reflects in the gory artwork of the branded slot game created by Random Logic exclusively for 888 Casino. The high paying symbols are the slasher Freddy Krueger and his terrified victims. The low paying symbols are playing card icons smeared in blood. The famous Freddie silhouette is the wild symbol. Five of these on an active payline award 20,000 times the line bet. When the wild appears on reels 1 and 5 on the same spin the Pick Me feature comes into play. You pick one of the symbols for a bonus. The killer claw can trigger up to 30 free spins. The Never Sleep Again logo triggers a bonus game on the second screen.