slasher
Stalk-and-stab genre
A slasher is a person or thing that slashes—cuts with sweeping strokes.
The term most commonly refers to slasher films, a horror subgenre featuring a killer who stalks and murders victims one by one, typically with a blade: We watched slashers all Halloween weekend.
The killer in such films is also called a slasher.
In Australian and New Zealand English, a slasher is a brush-cutting tool or machine.
Extreme fear or disgust
- serial killerRecurring lone murderer
- final girlSlasher film's survivor
- jump scareAbrupt frightening moment
- maskFace-worn concealment
franchise · Halloween · Friday the 13th · chase · bloodbath · scream queen · campy · thriller
Heavy broad-bladed knife
- knifeSharp cutting utensil
- axeBladed tool for chopping
- chainsawMotor-driven cutting tool
- cleaverBroad-bladed cutting tool
scythe · blade · razor · hook · hatchet · sickle · dagger · box cutter
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- nightmareFrightening dream causing wakefulness
creepy · eerie · frightening · haunted · dark · isolated · cabin · woods
horror
Extreme fear or disgust
- serial killerRecurring lone murderer
- final girlSlasher film's survivor
- jump scareAbrupt frightening moment
mask · franchise · Halloween · Friday the 13th · chase · bloodbath · scream queen · campy · thriller · suspense
machete
Heavy broad-bladed knife
cleaver · scythe · blade · razor · hook · hatchet · sickle · dagger · box cutter · hunting knife
terror
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
nightmare · creepy · eerie · frightening · haunted · dark · isolated · cabin · woods · camp
murderer
One who unlawfully kills
- psychopathPerson without conscience
- maskedHaving face covered
- stalkerObsessive, unwelcome follower
predator · maniac · butcher · ripper · hunter · menace · pursuit · prey · relentless · brutal
price
Monetary value assigned
- budgetPlan for spending
- cost-cuttingReducing expenditures deliberately
- reductionMaking something smaller
- genresaction, comedy, detective fiction, fantasy, horror
- film genreshorror, comedy, drama, action, romance
- horrorhorror, terror, fear, dread, haunted
- dangersdanger, peril, hazard, risk, menace
- fiction genresfiction, fantasy, novel, horror, thrillers
- horror tropesjump scare, final girl, haunted house, masked killer, creepy doll
slashersupernatural horror
Fear of inhuman entities
ghost story · cosmic horror · folk horror · gothic horror · J-horror
slasherprestige drama
Ambitious, critically acclaimed series
art film · romantic comedy · comedy · musical
- slasher moviesHorror films featuring killers
- slash marksForward-leaning line symbols
- forward slashRightward-leaning dividing line
- slasher filmsHorror genre featuring serial killers
- slasher flicksViolent horror movie subgenre
- slash and burnAgricultural clearing method
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