slasher movie
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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 2015 "playable slasher movie" from British studio Supermassive Games was a sleeper hit on the PS4, and featured performances from Oscar winner Rami Malek and Heroes star Hayden Panettiere.
From BBC • May 31, 2024
The long, long journey ends on a definitive note, gratuitous enough to satisfy hardcore horror fans but a bit more soap operatic than necessary for a slasher movie.
From Washington Times • Jan. 13, 2023
The “/“ in the middle of the title of “They/Them” is meant to be read aloud as “slash,” as in “They slash them” — a slasher movie in which the victims defy conventional gender roles.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 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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