often attributive
: one that slashes
especially
: a person who mutilates or kills with an edged blade
a slasher film
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Roth quickly notes that their successes, and his, would never have occurred if the audience for graphic ultra-violence, bloody gore, body horror and black comic slasher stuff had not grown.
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A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 18 Mar. 2025
Roth was in part inspired by the Terrifier movies, a slasher franchise made outside normal distribution and marketing channels, and aimed almost exclusively at horror fans.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
The actress talked with PEOPLE about the upcoming slasher reboot at the premiere of her new Apple TV+ series, The Studio, which was held during the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas, on Friday, March 7.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 10 Mar. 2025
Based on the 2020 novel of the same name by Adam Cesare, the satirical slasher stars Katie Douglas as Quinn Maybrook, a troubled teen girl who moves with her doctor dad (Aaron Abrams) to the small town of Kettle Springs, Missouri.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
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A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 18 Mar. 2025
Roth was in part inspired by the Terrifier movies, a slasher franchise made outside normal distribution and marketing channels, and aimed almost exclusively at horror fans.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
The actress talked with PEOPLE about the upcoming slasher reboot at the premiere of her new Apple TV+ series, The Studio, which was held during the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas, on Friday, March 7.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 10 Mar. 2025
Based on the 2020 novel of the same name by Adam Cesare, the satirical slasher stars Katie Douglas as Quinn Maybrook, a troubled teen girl who moves with her doctor dad (Aaron Abrams) to the small town of Kettle Springs, Missouri.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Slasher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slasher. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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