Eurohorror

Eurohorror

English

Etymology

Euro- +‎ horror

Noun

Eurohorror (uncountable)

1. European horror films
   • 2008, Ernest Mathijs, ‎Xavier Mendik, The Cult Film Reader (page 184)

     But both works also enact an aesthetic shared by fans of low Eurohorror — a tendency toward excess, syncopated rhythms, and surreal frame compositions.

   • 2012, Patricia Allmer, ‎Emily Brick, ‎David Huxley, European Nightmares: Horror Cinema in Europe Since 1945 (page 29)

     'I made a huge list of Italian directors and all the pseudonyms they hide behind,' says 'Eric' – who now seems to be undermining his own dismissal of Eurohorror fans by revealing his own cultural currency of detailed and intimate knowledge of the filmmakers.

   • 2017, Harry M. Benshoff, A Companion to the Horror Film (page 299)

     There is no interest in the ideological credentials of Eurohorror, or European exploitation cinema more generally.