Horror words, in plain English.
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27 words a horror fan or a Gasper member runs into, from final girl to Scare Tolerance, each explained in plain words.
27 terms found.
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2 terms- BloodworknounBloodwork is Gasper's tap-through story of everything you have ranked: tolerance, scariest watch, hours, dominant fear, streak, Hottest Take, Deepest Cut and fear twin.Read the entry
- Body horrornounBody horror is horror in which the human body itself transforms, mutates, decays or betrays its owner, often in graphic detail.Read the entry
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2 terms- Community ScarenounCommunity Scare is the average scare score of every Gasper member who ranked a film, shown on its page beside your own score.Read the entry
- Cosmic horrornounCosmic horror is horror built on the dread of forces vast and indifferent to humanity, whose true nature cannot be understood or survived.Read the entry
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2 terms- Deepest CutnounYour Deepest Cut is the horror film in your rankings that the fewest other Gasper members have ranked, shown on your Taste tab and in your Bloodwork.Read the entry
- DreadnounDread is the sustained, building fear that something terrible is coming, the slow counterpart to the jump scare in horror.Read the entry
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4 terms- Fear statsnounYour fear stats are the all-time figures on your Gasper profile's Taste tab, including Scare Tolerance, hours watched, Hottest Take, Deepest Cut, top subgenre and fear twin.Read the entry
- Final girlnounA final girl is the lone survivor, usually a woman, who confronts the killer in the last act of a slasher film.Read the entry
- Folk horrornounFolk horror is horror rooted in rural landscapes, old beliefs and isolated communities that turn on an outsider or one of their own.Read the entry
- Found footagenounFound footage is horror presented as real recordings discovered after the fact, shot from the characters' own cameras.Read the entry
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2 terms- Gateway horrornounGateway horror is horror that is frightening enough to count but gentle or fun enough to bring a newcomer into the genre.Read the entry
- GiallonounA giallo is an Italian murder-mystery horror film, mostly from the 1960s and 1970s, known for black-gloved killers, stylized violence and bold color.Read the entry
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6 terms- Scare scorenounA scare score is Gasper's measure out of 10 of how scary a film was to you, set by head-to-head comparisons rather than a number you type.Read the entry
- Scare TolerancenounScare Tolerance is Gasper's read on how easily you scare, found by comparing your scare scores with the community's on the same films.Read the entry
- SlashernounA slasher is a horror film in which a killer, often masked, stalks and murders a group one at a time until a lone survivor confronts them.Read the entry
- SplatternounSplatter is horror in which graphic, often deliberately excessive gore is the main attraction rather than a side effect of the story.Read the entry
- Stealth modenounStealth mode is Gasper's per-rank switch that hides that activity from the feed while the film stays in your rankings with its scare score.Read the entry
- StreaknounA streak on Gasper is the count of consecutive weeks in which you ranked at least one film, on a seven-day grid, frozen for three days before it resets.Read the entry
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