often attributive
: one that slashes
especially
: a person who mutilates or kills with an edged blade
a slasher film
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As the Scream franchise’s original ‘final girl’ reunites with its original writer, the duo plans to take the slasher films back to their roots.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
Ross is closer to Marvin Mims Jr., a gadget guy who can turn upfield on a dime, a slasher with the vision to find a sliver of daylight from anywhere on the field.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
The Block was directed by Craig Singer, who previously helmed 2003's crime caper A Good Night to Die, starring Michael Rapaport and Seymour Cassel, and the 2006 slasher Dark Ride, featuring Jamie Lynn-Sigler.
—Ryan Coleman Updated, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Too Many Cooks, made for Adult Swim, was a short that began as a parody riff on the opening credits of 1980s and 1990s sitcoms and other shows before slowly turning into a slasher story that interacted with the text of the credits.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
Ross is closer to Marvin Mims Jr., a gadget guy who can turn upfield on a dime, a slasher with the vision to find a sliver of daylight from anywhere on the field.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
The Block was directed by Craig Singer, who previously helmed 2003's crime caper A Good Night to Die, starring Michael Rapaport and Seymour Cassel, and the 2006 slasher Dark Ride, featuring Jamie Lynn-Sigler.
—Ryan Coleman Updated, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Too Many Cooks, made for Adult Swim, was a short that began as a parody riff on the opening credits of 1980s and 1990s sitcoms and other shows before slowly turning into a slasher story that interacted with the text of the credits.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025
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“Slasher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slasher. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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