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Eurohorror

Eurohorror noun: european horror films.

Noun

Eurohorror (uncountable)

  1. European horror films
    • But both works also enact an aesthetic shared by fans of low Eurohorror — a tendency toward excess, syncopated rhythms, and surreal frame compositions.2008, Ernest Mathijs, Xavier Mendik, The Cult Film Reader, page 184
    • 'I made a huge list of Italian directors and all the pseudonyms they hide behind,' says 'Eric' – who now seems to be undermining his own dismissal of Eurohorror fans by revealing his own cultural currency of detailed and intimate knowledge of the filmmakers.2012, Patricia Allmer, Emily Brick, David Huxley, European Nightmares: Horror Cinema in Europe Since 1945, page 29

Origin of Eurohorror

From Euro- + horror.

Questions about Eurohorror

What does Eurohorror mean?
Eurohorror means european horror films.
What part of speech is Eurohorror?
Eurohorror is a noun.

Words near Eurohorror in the dictionary

  1. eurogroup
  2. eurogroups
  3. Euroguilder
  4. Euroguilders
  5. eurohaline
  6. Eurohorror
  7. Eurohound
  8. Eurohounds
  9. Eurohouse
  10. euroimmigrant
  11. euroimmigrants

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