often attributive
: one that slashes
especially
: a person who mutilates or kills with an edged blade
a slasher film
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Ortega graduated to more adult roles with her turn as Tara Carpenter in Scream (2022) and Scream VI (2023), as well as the Ti West slasher X (2022) and Netflix's serial-killer soap You (2019).
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 7 June 2025
This is a cheeky slasher homage and genre fans will lap it up.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 8 May 2025
Ed Gale, the actor known for providing the physical performance behind the murderous Chucky doll in the Child's Play slasher movies, died Tuesday in Los Angeles at 61.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 28 May 2025
In classic slasher fashion, the protagonist then walks out of the house alive, traumatized, but victorious.
—Jane Lacroix, People.com, 24 May 2025
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 7 June 2025
This is a cheeky slasher homage and genre fans will lap it up.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 8 May 2025
Ed Gale, the actor known for providing the physical performance behind the murderous Chucky doll in the Child's Play slasher movies, died Tuesday in Los Angeles at 61.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 28 May 2025
In classic slasher fashion, the protagonist then walks out of the house alive, traumatized, but victorious.
—Jane Lacroix, People.com, 24 May 2025
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“Slasher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slasher. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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