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suspensers

noun

plural of suspenser

as in thrillers

something (as a close contest) that induces much suspense as to its outcome Alfred Hitchcock was the acknowledged master of the cinematic suspenser that craftily manipulates its audience

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thrillers

Noun

Johnson’s role in Verity is Lowen Ashleigh, a down-on-her-luck writer who moves into the house of a mysteriously ailing but much more successful novelist, Verity Crawford (Hathaway), to help finish a blockbuster series of thrillers.

— Alessandra Codinha, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2026
The framing device recalls classic stage-to-screen thrillers such as Sleuth and, more pertinently, Death Trap, both being one-location cat-and-mouse thrillers in which the power balance constantly changes.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2026

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