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snuff movie

noun

  1. slang.
    a pornographic film in which an unsuspecting actress or actor is murdered as the climax of the film
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

It feels like a snuff movie, in real time.

From Slate

The Times' Carol Midgley agrees, calling the show "a bit of a snuff movie" before going on to critique Hans Zimmer's "excessive" score.

From BBC

"I had to ask myself, what's next? Will I end up watching a snuff movie just to satisfy my addiction?" she says.

From BBC

Heather’s parents were worried Ed and Dan might be taking her out into the woods to make a snuff movie.

It’s not quite a snuff movie, though haunted by a similar balefulness.

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