Meanings
nounK-horror (uncountable)
- uncountableKorean horror fiction
As befits a country with such a madly diverse film culture, the programme runs from high school K-horror to slapstick 16th-century detective yarns – but with a cluster of superior action thrillers at its centre.
2011 October 14, Danny Leigh, “Why South Korea's action movies blow Hollywood out of the Yellow Sea”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2016
Origin
- EnglishKoreanclip.
- EnglishK-
- Englishhorror
- EnglishK-horror
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APA
K-horror. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/K-horror
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“K-horror.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/K-horror. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “K-horror,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/K-horror.
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