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slasher movie in British Englishnoun slang a film in which victims are slashed with knives, razors, etc Examples of 'slasher movie' in a sentenceslasher movie It's a scare-free attempt at a slasher movie.A new comedy slasher movie sounds so bad it could be good.Without the sense of menace being literally too close to home, the result was essentially a white-collar slasher movie.That wasn't helped by a melodramatic score, which signposted moments of peril as one might signal an imminent disembowelment in a low-budget slasher movie.The thought of her holiday romances is enough to turn the stomach of the biggest slasher movie fan.There are no surprises here, but enough knowingly sick humour to please slasher movie aficionados.The pacy plot leans towards slasher-movie cliché at times, but it is elevated by excellent performances from the two leads.Where, most importantly, was the hysterical rate-cutting by fear-crazed central bankers that was supposed to bring this disaster to a classic slasher-movie climax?With the grimy block a perfect setting for claustrophobic panic, this is a brave attempt to take the traditional slasher movie long-range. |