spine-chiller
noun[C]
(alsospinechiller)uk/ˈspaɪnˌtʃɪl.ər/us/ˈspaɪnˌtʃɪl.ɚ/afrighteningfilm,book,story, etc.:
In theweekbeforeHalloween, we arebroadcastingfive spine-chillers from some ofourbestnewwriters.
She wasreadingBram Stoker's spine-chiller "Dracula".
ThisSoutherngothicspinechiller is muchbetterthanyouraveragemainstreamhorrormovie.
Synonym
chiller
- Despiteitspulpyplot, this is aclassyspine-chiller with afinecast.
- This spinechiller is one of thebestof acycleofmoviesinspiredby Edgar Allan Poe.
- You'llfindthis spine-chiller has arealtwistin thetail.
Types of film, play, book etc.
- adaptation
- Afrofuturism
- allegorical
- allegory
- anime
- autobiographical
- computer-animated
- cyberpunk
- episodic
- Gothic
- kitchen-sink
- melodrama
- procedural
- prosy
- pulpy
- satirical
- science fiction
- self-referential
- SFF
- smash