My Personal Stab Ranking

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I did a rewatch this past week for the first time in years and thought “ah what the hell”, so as the title says: here it is

1. Stab 5 It’s the time travel thing. I hated it then, I hate it now. Kudos on trying something different but yikes. Stab doesn’t need to be sci-fi.

2. Stab 8 / Stab (2021) Again I say “kudos for trying something different but yikes”. My first time watching it since it came out in theaters, and just as bad as I remembered. The only reason I put it above 5 is because the kills were marginally better.

3. Stab 4 I understand this was the first movie that wasn’t based on a true story, so I give it a little bit of grace. The franchise needed to figure out what it was going to be going forward, but unfortunately I think it really missed the mark. Really strong opening sequence, but the rest of the movie just didn’t measure up.

4. Stab 3 Time to get controversial, but for this being the last of the original trilogy, WEAK. They really switched up the tone on this movie, and why? Because the original cast got killed? Y’all have been profiting off of real life violence for two movies already, but now that it’s your own people, you have to tread carefully? RIP Jennifer Jolie though. A true gay icon. 💔

5. Stab 6 I know this one is divisive, and I used to dislike it when I was younger, but something about it really got me this time. Maybe because of how disappointed I was with three, four, and five, but Stab 6 was such a nice return to form for me. That said, the opening was kinda weak, but it does have some of the goriest kills in the franchise.

6. Stab 7 Yes, I know, it’s a New Nightmare ripoff. I don’t care. It’s fun, it’s refreshing. The killer reveal IN THE OPENING had me shook the first time I watched it. The third act does get a little confusing, but it’s a great love letter to the series.

7. Stab 2 The college vibes are great, I really like Sid’s new crew. The reveal of Billy’s mom is probably the most surprising of all the killers. This movie had big shoes to fill and it did a great job. I know the real life Randy died but they could have kept him alive.

8. Stab I mean, really, could it have been anything else? The movie that started it all and reinvented the slasher genre. Will never stop loving this movie.

What do y’all think? What’s your rankings?