Meanings
nounhorror movie (plural horror movies)
plural horror movies
- CanadaUSA motion picture which entertains by horrifying or frightening the audience.
Synonyms: horror film, horror flick
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA motion picture which entertains by horrifying or frightening the audience.
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Translations
Afrikaans grilfliek
- grilfliekmotion picture which horrifies or frightens
Arabic فِيلْمُ رُعْبٍ
- فِيلْمُ رُعْبٍ (fīlmu ruʕbin)motion picture which horrifies or frightens
Bulgarian филм на у́жасите
- филм на у́жасите (film na úžasite)motion picture which horrifies or frightens
Chinese Cantonese 恐怖片, 鬼片
- 恐怖片motion picture which horrifies or frightens
- 鬼片motion picture which horrifies or frightens
Chinese Mandarin 恐怖電影 /恐怖电影, 恐怖片
- 恐怖電影 /恐怖电影 (kǒngbù diànyǐng)motion picture which horrifies or frightens
- 恐怖片 (kǒngbùpiàn)motion picture which horrifies or frightens
Czech horor, hororový film
- horormotion picture which horrifies or frightens
- hororový filmmotion picture which horrifies or frightens
Danish horrorfilm, skrækfilm
- horrorfilmmotion picture which horrifies or frightens
- skrækfilmmotion picture which horrifies or frightens
Dutch horrorfilm, griezelfilm
- horrorfilmmotion picture which horrifies or frightens
- griezelfilmmotion picture which horrifies or frightens
Esperanto horora filmo
- horora filmomotion picture which horrifies or frightens
Estonian õudusfilm, õudukas
- õudusfilmmotion picture which horrifies or frightens
- õudukasmotion picture which horrifies or frightens
Finnish kauhuelokuva, kauhuleffa
- kauhuelokuvamotion picture which horrifies or frightens
- kauhuleffamotion picture which horrifies or frightens
French film d’horreur, film d'épouvante
- film d’horreurmotion picture which horrifies or frightens
- film d'épouvantemotion picture which horrifies or frightens
German Horrorfilm, Gruselfilm
- Horrorfilmmotion picture which horrifies or frightens
- Gruselfilmmotion picture which horrifies or frightens
Greek ταινία τρόμου
- ταινία τρόμου (tainía trómou)motion picture which horrifies or frightens
Hebrew סרט אימה
- סרט אימה (séret emá)motion picture which horrifies or frightens
Hindi वीभत्स फ़िल्म
- वीभत्स फ़िल्म (vībhats film)motion picture which horrifies or frightens
Hungarian horrorfilm
- horrorfilmmotion picture which horrifies or frightens
Icelandic hryllingsmynd
- hryllingsmyndmotion picture which horrifies or frightens
Indonesian film horor
- film horormotion picture which horrifies or frightens
Irish scannán uafáis
- scannán uafáismotion picture which horrifies or frightens
Italian film horror
- film horrormotion picture which horrifies or frightens
Japanese ホラー映画
- ホラー映画 (horā eiga)motion picture which horrifies or frightens
Korean 공포영화, 호러영화
- 공포영화 (gongpoyeonghwa)motion picture which horrifies or frightens
- 호러영화 (horeoyeonghwa)motion picture which horrifies or frightens
Latvian šausmu filma
- šausmu filmamotion picture which horrifies or frightens
Lithuanian siaubo filmas
- siaubo filmasmotion picture which horrifies or frightens
Malay filem seram
- filem serammotion picture which horrifies or frightens
Norwegian Bokmål skrekkfilm, grøsser
- skrekkfilmmotion picture which horrifies or frightens
- grøssermotion picture which horrifies or frightens
Polish film grozy, horror
- film grozymotion picture which horrifies or frightens
- horrormotion picture which horrifies or frightens
Portuguese filme de terror
- filme de terrormotion picture which horrifies or frightens
Romanian film de groază
- film de groazămotion picture which horrifies or frightens
Russian фильм у́жасов, ужа́стик
- фильм у́жасов (filʹm úžasov)motion picture which horrifies or frightens
- ужа́стик (užástik)motion picture which horrifies or frightens
- хо́ррор (xórror)motion picture which horrifies or frightens
Slovak hororový film
- hororový filmmotion picture which horrifies or frightens
Swahili filamu ya kutisha
- filamu ya kutishamotion picture which horrifies or frightens
Swedish skräckfilm, skräckis
- skräckfilmmotion picture which horrifies or frightens
- skräckismotion picture which horrifies or frightens
- rysaremotion picture which horrifies or frightens
Tagalog pelikulang katatakutan
- pelikulang katatakutanmotion picture which horrifies or frightens
Thai ภาพยนตร์สยองขวัญ
- ภาพยนตร์สยองขวัญ (pâap-pá-yon-sà-yɔ̌ɔng-kwǎn)motion picture which horrifies or frightens
Turkish korku filmi
- korku filmimotion picture which horrifies or frightens
Ukrainian фільм жа́хів
- фільм жа́хів (filʹm žáxiv)motion picture which horrifies or frightens
Urdu ہَیبَت ناک فِلْم
- ہَیبَت ناک فِلْم (haibat nāk film)motion picture which horrifies or frightens
Vietnamese phim kinh dị
- phim kinh dịmotion picture which horrifies or frightens
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