slasher movie

British  

noun

1. slang a film in which victims, often women, are slashed with knives, razors, etc

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Example Sentences

“We’re asking people to empathize with a monster, with something that was the slasher in a slasher movie to some degree, decades ago.”

From Los Angeles Times

The slasher movie hadn’t been around long before a shaggy-haired, 30-year-old film-school dropout named John Carpenter came along and perfected it, in 1978, with “Halloween.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“She was a scream queen, but her workout video was mostly just funny skits, like doing aerobics with zombies and stuff. We started talking about making a real horror-themed workout film with Vanessa starring and me directing — the concept was a slasher movie that had actual routines in between. We got horror celebrities to be in it and eventually, we found our narrative.”

From Los Angeles Times

The four-piece's sound - upbeat, rocky guitar music - would have been right at home on MTV, or the soundtrack of a 90s slasher movie.

From BBC

The 2015 "playable slasher movie" from British studio Supermassive Games was a sleeper hit on the PS4, and featured performances from Oscar winner Rami Malek and Heroes star Hayden Panettiere.

From BBC