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horror film

noun [C]
 
mainly UK (mainly US horror movie)

Definition

B1 a film in which very frightening or unnatural things happen, for example dead people coming to life and people being murderedTypes of film and cinema ratings
(Definition of horror film noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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