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slasher

slasher

17 6.2
A horror film about a violent killer who attacks people with a sharp weapon
  • noun
  • /ˈslæʃər/
  • NSFW
translation icon : película slasher
  • It's like he thinks we live in this old nineties slasher movie where teenagers are murdered by psycho killers.
  • slasher movie
  • slasher film

She's like, yeah, I love all the old slasher flicks like done here we are.

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Examples

  • Watch this movie to see a perfect example of how good 80s slashers were before they became a parody of themselves.

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  • Now, Laughter is a fun slasher film with the distinct selling point of a very creepy-looking killer clown.

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  • Sounds like some slasher movie.

  • Are the kids still calling them "slasher movies"?

  • You have decent taste in slasher movies.

  • If I was in one of those lame slasher movies, I would be so dead right now.

  • We've been seeing too many slasher movies.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • If you're choosing between a slasher movie or a comedy, go with the latter.

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  • You should probably stick with slasher films if you fail to get any fright from the PA franchise.

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  • The gore and high body count made this slasher film an instant classic.

How Violent

graphic gore
  • Offensive
8.4
slasher
  • NSFW
17 6.2
horror
167 3.4

Surface Forms

slasher singular
slashers plural

Morphology

slasher = slash (semi-transparent) = slash + er

Morphologically formed by 'slash' + '-er' (agent), but the film-genre meaning is a cultural extension from 'slasher' (killer) to the type of film, so knowledge beyond morphology is needed.

Etymology

Slasher for movies is named after slash 'to cut' plus -er, meaning a person who slashes; it refers to a kind of film about a violent killer who cuts or attacks victims. So a slasher film is a movie built around that type of attacker.