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horror film

NOUN
frightening movie
Synonyms
STRONGEST
horror horror movie scary film scary movie
STRONG
body horror creature feature folk horror slasher
WEAK
ghost story kaiju screamfest shocker spine-chiller supernatural thriller thriller zombie movie


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The song hit the Billboard top ten, and recently resurfaced in a slow, eerie remix for Jordan Peele’s 2019 horror film “Us.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

In her profile of “Weapons” writer and director Zach Cregger, reporter Esther Zuckerman writes that Steven Spielberg even said “Weapons” was so good it discouraged him from wanting to make a new horror film himself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Their images are disturbing, but not entirely scary; they don’t read like those of a horror film, but rather, a sight of some obsolete era of humanity.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

In the spring of 2011, a low-budget horror film stuck around for a while.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

We’re the walking dead in a horror film.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy



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