The reason there are so many of these called the same thing, I think, is that there is a limited number of names you can call a Horror/Slasher film.
You have the gerund group, such as the Howling and the Shining.
I guess they were running out of names when they started using names also found in the Pampered Chef catalogue or accusations from childhood, such as “The Ricinator” or “We know what you did to the lawnmower last summer.”
And the plot for all of them is about the same. People are out having a good time and enjoying themselves when unexpectedly a guy in a hockey mask starts stabbing people. Unfortunately, this fear (the “I’m having a good time…oh no…I’m going to die” fear) is pretty common and the Horror/Slasher film only perpetuates it.
The key to the series of horror/slasher movies is to have a recurring villain…Jason, Freddy, or Michael Meyers. And you can’t kill them. They’re like a Democrat under indictment…they just won’t go away.
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