often attributive
: one that slashes
especially
: a person who mutilates or kills with an edged blade
a slasher film
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The Grey's Anatomy vet and Ferrari star first arrived in Scream 3 (2000) as the Hollywood detective investigating the murders of Cotton Weary (Liev Schreiber) and the actors associated with Stab 3, the latest slasher movie-within-the-movie adaptation of the Woodsboro massacre.
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2025
The two started working together as the social media managers for the slasher film Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood & Honey, which helped inspire the two to make their first feature film about their extremely unique friendship.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025
The slasher got into a verbal dispute on Dec. 20 with a 50-year-old man on the staircase inside the York St. subway station at Jay and York Sts.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2025
In a Violent Nature deconstructs the slasher for a Friday the 13th riff with shades of Terrence Malick.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2025
The two started working together as the social media managers for the slasher film Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood & Honey, which helped inspire the two to make their first feature film about their extremely unique friendship.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025
The slasher got into a verbal dispute on Dec. 20 with a 50-year-old man on the staircase inside the York St. subway station at Jay and York Sts.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2025
In a Violent Nature deconstructs the slasher for a Friday the 13th riff with shades of Terrence Malick.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Slasher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slasher. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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