His next movie is the upcoming Wolf Man, and in a recent interview with Empire (via Syfy), Whannell disclosed which Universal Horror icon he would like to cover next if he got the chance.

There are a handful of horror movies that could qualify as the first slasher movie, but it's not so cut and dry.

Final Destination reinvigorated the horror genre by erasing the monster and removing the slasher from slasher movies.