slasher
noun
slash·er ˈsla-shər 
often attributive
: one that slashes
especially : a person who mutilates or kills with an edged blade
a slasher film
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Neve Campbell won't return as Sidney Prescott in the upcoming sixth Scream film, making this the slasher series' first sequel without its iconic final girl. 
Brendan Morrow, The Week, 6 June 2022 Ye performed at the wedding, while wearing a face mask that some compared to the villain Michael Myers in the Halloween slasher film series. Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021 The movie reimagines the beloved children’s tale as a slasher film in which both Pooh and Piglet appear to have turned against their childhood friend. Lisa Respers France, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022 After its release, the independent slasher film would go on to be considered one of the greatest horror pictures in the history of the genre, and launched a billion-dollar franchise that thrives to this day. Ryan Parker, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2022 The comment is an apparent reference to the main antagonist from the slasher film franchise Halloween. Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 29 June 2022 The film is a classic whodunnit slasher, keeping you guessing until the very end as to who’s responsible for the killings. Keely Weiss, ELLE, 12 Aug. 2022 Finally, for a whodunit slasher the pace is all over the place, and with it the excitement. Jeff Ewing, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 Anyone who’s ever seen a slasher will go in expecting gruesome deaths and clues to the killer’s identity, but Bodies slyly focuses instead on the way the ensemble begins talking to and about one another. Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 4 Aug. 2022 See More
Brendan Morrow, The Week, 6 June 2022 Ye performed at the wedding, while wearing a face mask that some compared to the villain Michael Myers in the Halloween slasher film series. Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021 The movie reimagines the beloved children’s tale as a slasher film in which both Pooh and Piglet appear to have turned against their childhood friend. Lisa Respers France, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022 After its release, the independent slasher film would go on to be considered one of the greatest horror pictures in the history of the genre, and launched a billion-dollar franchise that thrives to this day. Ryan Parker, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2022 The comment is an apparent reference to the main antagonist from the slasher film franchise Halloween. Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 29 June 2022 The film is a classic whodunnit slasher, keeping you guessing until the very end as to who’s responsible for the killings. Keely Weiss, ELLE, 12 Aug. 2022 Finally, for a whodunit slasher the pace is all over the place, and with it the excitement. Jeff Ewing, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 Anyone who’s ever seen a slasher will go in expecting gruesome deaths and clues to the killer’s identity, but Bodies slyly focuses instead on the way the ensemble begins talking to and about one another. Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 4 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1559, in the meaning defined above
- hashed out
- hashed over
- hashed over or out
- hasheeshes
- Hashemite
- hashemites
- hasher
- hashery
- hashes
- hashes (over or out)
- hashes (over)
- hashes out
- hashes over
- hashes over or out
- hashheads
- hashimite
- hashimites
- hashing
- hashing (over or out)
- hashing (over)
- hashing out
- hashing over
- hashing over or out
- hashish
- hashishes