often attributive
: one that slashes
especially
: a person who mutilates or kills with an edged blade
a slasher film
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This October, Samsung TV Plus is serving up a lineup of slasher flicks, ghost stories and cult favorites — all free and ready to stream on your Samsung device.
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Caitlin White, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
This may be unsurprising given the slasher’s… other habits, but with spooky season officially here, even ordinarily sensible people have a tendency to throw caution to the wind with a chainsaw in their hands.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2025
One of the most famous and feared slashers villains, Leatherface boasts an enviable nine films in one of horror cinema’s top franchises.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
The film has clear influences from slashers like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and was widely lauded for bringing fresh life to the genre, with some critics even deeming it a love letter to all that came before it.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
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Caitlin White, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
This may be unsurprising given the slasher’s… other habits, but with spooky season officially here, even ordinarily sensible people have a tendency to throw caution to the wind with a chainsaw in their hands.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2025
One of the most famous and feared slashers villains, Leatherface boasts an enviable nine films in one of horror cinema’s top franchises.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
The film has clear influences from slashers like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and was widely lauded for bringing fresh life to the genre, with some critics even deeming it a love letter to all that came before it.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Slasher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slasher. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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