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slasher movie

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noun

  1. slang a film in which victims, often women, are slashed with knives, razors, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The slasher movie hadn’t been around long before a shaggy-haired, 30-year-old film-school dropout named John Carpenter came along and perfected it, in 1978, with “Halloween.”

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 29, 2025

The four-piece's sound - upbeat, rocky guitar music - would have been right at home on MTV, or the soundtrack of a 90s slasher movie.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2025

Gather ’round the table, horror fans, because Eli Roth is finally serving up his long-gestating holiday feast: the seasonal slasher movie “Thanksgiving.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 15, 2023

He demonstrates his creation and explains his camera work that was used in the beginning slasher movie scene in “Blow Out.”

From Washington Times Sep. 17, 2022

My grandmother's identity crisis is fascinating and frightening at the same time, like a slasher movie you can't stop watching.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

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