horror movie
(mostly, North America) A motion picture which entertains by horrifying or frightening the audience.
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Yeah, from the mom's POV? That is a HORROR MOVIE.
I just heard the news of Jonathan tiersten passing away as a big horror movie fanatic I understand the people who have issues with Sleep Away Camp as a film but it shares a special bond with me and I loved the perform…
It’s every horror movie where oh that guy seems all right. Takes the lady into the apartment. Wait, why does this look like a dungeon? Where did the door go? Why does he collect swords? Uh oh.
Time for another #MST3K marathon. Mute if you don't like, feel free to chime in if you do. Ep 1: BLOOD WATERS OF DR. Z, aka ZAAT (1971); horror movie, about a scientist making a literal monster of himself in search o…
Sebastien's Infested spider horror movie from 2023 STILL haunts me.
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(mostly, North America) A motion picture which entertains by horrifying or frightening the audience.
“Yeah, from the mom's POV? That is a HORROR MOVIE.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I just heard the news of Jonathan tiersten passing away as a big horror movie fanatic I understand the people who have issues with Sleep Away Camp as a film but it shares a special bond with me and I loved the performances from Fellisa Rose and Jonathan as the lead characters.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“It’s every horror movie where oh that guy seems all right. Takes the lady into the apartment. Wait, why does this look like a dungeon? Where did the door go? Why does he collect swords? Uh oh.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Time for another #MST3K marathon. Mute if you don't like, feel free to chime in if you do. Ep 1: BLOOD WATERS OF DR. Z, aka ZAAT (1971); horror movie, about a scientist making a literal monster of himself in search of revenge. Not sure he's thought that plan through.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Sebastien's Infested spider horror movie from 2023 STILL haunts me.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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