curdle the blood

Then there’s PG&E’s atrocious safety record, which should curdle the blood at the thought of leaving the plant under its control.

Tina shrieks loud enough to curdle the blood of a ghost.

I came into the job considering myself an egalitarian type, but prolonged exposure to the righteous outbursts and petulant whims of the engaged citizenry will curdle the blood of even the staunchest populist.

Next to the sickening accusations that nuns tortured, maimed, sexually abused and even killed some of their young charges, the villain in the blood-slicked supernatural freakout “The Nun” — a shrieking demon in sacred vestments and grotesque face paint — doesn’t even begin to curdle the blood.

Horror movies really can curdle the blood, according to a study by Dutch scientists.