(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.
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…
(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.”
“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.”
“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.”
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A haunted house, an entertainment venue for spooky frights.
(chiefly, North America, AU, NZ) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film.
(usually, in the plural, chiefly, North America, AU, NZ) A cinema; a movie theatre.
(informal, figuratively) Any event, especially one that is unpleasant or tiresome.
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.
“Sebastien's Infested spider horror movie from 2023 STILL haunts me.”
“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.”
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(film, literature, television) Involving horror concepts and tropes in comical, cute, or nonthreatening ways.