Slasher
(UK, military, historical, slang) A member of the 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot.
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Yes, there IS a #CincoDeMayo slasher movie and it's actually pretty good. Check out our retrospective on Paul Ragsdale's 2013 cult classic in waiting (which is airing on @kingsofhorror.bsky.social later today in a str…
Exclusive Interview: LYNNE GRIFFIN looks back on the making of the 1983 slasher classic “CURTAINS” https://ow.ly/wo2K50YV6n9
We still have a few Slasher's available, don't wait to grab yours! #bloodygoodtime #maskedmen #bookish #bikelovers #darkaesthetic #booktokgirlies #ghostface #maskedrider
Working on a Holiday slasher that was only supposed to be a short story. It is now at 11,500 words and there’s still so much blood waiting to make it onto the page. 🔪 🎄 🖤 #horror
Fear is just weakness wearing my hollowed out body around like a skin suit in a gruesome slasher flick
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(UK, military, historical, slang) A member of the 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot.
“Yes, there IS a #CincoDeMayo slasher movie and it's actually pretty good. Check out our retrospective on Paul Ragsdale's 2013 cult classic in waiting (which is airing on @kingsofhorror.bsky.social later today in a stroke of cosmological luck.) wickedhorror.com/features/yes...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Exclusive Interview: LYNNE GRIFFIN looks back on the making of the 1983 slasher classic “CURTAINS” https://ow.ly/wo2K50YV6n9”
— Bluesky· May 2026“We still have a few Slasher's available, don't wait to grab yours! #bloodygoodtime #maskedmen #bookish #bikelovers #darkaesthetic #booktokgirlies #ghostface #maskedrider”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Working on a Holiday slasher that was only supposed to be a short story. It is now at 11,500 words and there’s still so much blood waiting to make it onto the page. 🔪 🎄 🖤 #horror”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Fear is just weakness wearing my hollowed out body around like a skin suit in a gruesome slasher flick”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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