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horror movie

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A motion picture which entertains by horrifying or frightening the audience.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: grilfliek — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Albanian: film horror — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Albanian: film me tmerre — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Arabic: فِيلْمُ رُعْبٍ (fīlmu ruʕbin) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Armenian: սարսափ ֆիլմ (sarsapʻ film) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Azerbaijani: qorxu filmi — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Belarusian: фільм жа́хаў (filʹm žáxaw) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Bulgarian: филм на у́жасите (film na úžasite) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Chinese Cantonese: 恐怖片 — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Chinese Cantonese: 鬼片 — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Chinese Mandarin: 恐怖電影 /恐怖电影 (kǒngbù diànyǐng) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Chinese Mandarin: 恐怖片 (kǒngbùpiàn) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Czech: horor — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Czech: hororový film — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Danish: horrorfilm — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Danish: skrækfilm — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Dutch: horrorfilm — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Dutch: griezelfilm — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Esperanto: horora filmo — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Estonian: õudusfilm — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Estonian: õudukas — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Faroese: ræðufilmur — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Finnish: kauhuelokuva — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Finnish: kauhuleffa — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • French: film d’horreur — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • French: film d'épouvante — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Galician: filme de terror — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Georgian: საშინელებათა ფილმი (sašinelebata pilmi) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • German: Horrorfilm — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • German: Gruselfilm — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Greek: ταινία τρόμου (tainía trómou) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Hebrew: סרט אימה (séret emá) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Hindi: वीभत्स फ़िल्म (vībhats film) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Hungarian: horrorfilm — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Icelandic: hryllingsmynd — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Indonesian: film horor — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Irish: scannán uafáis — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Italian: film horror — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Japanese: ホラー映画 (horā eiga) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Kazakh: қорқынышты фильм (qorqynyşty film) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Korean: 공포영화 (gongpoyeonghwa) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Korean: 호러영화 (horeoyeonghwa) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Northern Kurdish: filma tirsê — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Kyrgyz: коркунучтуу фильм — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Latvian: šausmu filma — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Lithuanian: siaubo filmas — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Macedonian: филм на ужа́сите (film na užásite) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Macedonian: хо́рор-филм (hóror-film) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Malay: filem seram — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Maltese: film tal-orrur — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Maltese: film tal-biża’ — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Marathi: भयचित्रपट (bhaycitrapaṭ) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Marathi: भयपट (bhaypaṭ) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Mongolian: аймшгийн кино (ajmšgiin kino) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skrekkfilm — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Norwegian Bokmål: grøsser — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skrekkfilm — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: grøssar — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Iranian Persian: فیلْمِ تَرْسْناک (film-e tarsnâk) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Polish: film grozy — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Polish: horror — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Portuguese: filme de terror — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Romanian: film de groază — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Russian: фильм у́жасов (filʹm úžasov) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Russian: ужа́стик (užástik) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Russian: хо́ррор (xórror) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Serbo-Croatian: хорор филм — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Serbo-Croatian: horor film — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Slovak: hororový film — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Slovene: grozljivka — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Swahili: filamu ya kutisha — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Swedish: skräckfilm — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Swedish: skräckis — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Swedish: rysare — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Tagalog: pelikulang katatakutan — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Tajik: филми тарснок (film-i tarsnok) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Tajik: филми даҳшатнок (film-i dahšatnok) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Thai: ภาพยนตร์สยองขวัญ (pâap-pá-yon-sà-yɔ̌ɔng-kwǎn) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Turkish: korku filmi — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Ukrainian: фільм жа́хів (filʹm žáxiv) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Urdu: ہَیبَت ناک فِلْم (haibat nāk film) — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Uzbek: dahshatli film — motion picture which horrifies or frightens
  • Vietnamese: phim kinh dị — motion picture which horrifies or frightens