Eurohorror

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noun

European horror films

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounEurohorror (uncountable)
  1. uncountableEuropean horror films

    There is no interest in the ideological credentials of Eurohorror, or European exploitation cinema more generally.

    2017, Harry M. Benshoff, A Companion to the Horror Film, page 299
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    But both works also enact an aesthetic shared by fans of low Eurohorror — a tendency toward excess, syncopated rhythms, and surreal frame compositions.

    2008, Ernest Mathijs, Xavier Mendik, The Cult Film Reader, page 184

    'I made a huge list of Italian directors and all the pseudonyms they hide behind,' says 'Eric' – who now seems to be undermining his own dismissal of Eurohorror fans by revealing his own cultural currency of detailed and intimate knowledge of the filmmakers.

    2012, Patricia Allmer, Emily Brick, David Huxley, European Nightmares: Horror Cinema in Europe Since 1945, page 29

Origin

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