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slasher movie

slasher movie noun: a horror movie which depicts gory, murderous violence, often including scenes of torture.

Noun

slasher movie (plural slasher movies)

  1. A horror movie which depicts gory, murderous violence, often including scenes of torture.
    • Two girls, watching a slasher movie about a psycho in an Edvard Munch Scream mask who calls girls at home and then stabs them to death, get a call from a psycho who shows up in a Scream mask and stabs them to death.2011 April 15, Richard Corliss, “Movies: Scream 4 — The Ultimate Shriekquel”, in Time

Synonyms of slasher movie

Forms of slasher movie

pluralslasher movies

Questions about slasher movie

What does slasher movie mean?
Slasher movie means a horror movie which depicts gory, murderous violence, often including scenes of torture.
What part of speech is slasher movie?
Slasher movie is a noun.
What is the plural of slasher movie?
The plural of slasher movie is slasher movies.

Words near slasher movie in the dictionary

  1. slasher
  2. slasher film
  3. slasher films
  4. slasher flick
  5. slasher flicks
  6. slasher movie
  7. slasher movies
  8. slashers
  9. slashes
  10. slashfic
  11. slashfics

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