Horror on screen: the critic's vocabulary
Halloween · C2 · 16 words
About this vocabulary deck
Sixteen words that film critics use about horror, from jump scares and slow burns to tropes, homage and allegory, for reviewing and debating scary films with precision.
- Level
- C2
- Topic
- Halloween
- Theme
- Free time & culture
- Words
- 16 words with meanings and examples
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First words in the deck
- jump scare — a sudden shock in a film, usually a loud noise or something appearing without warning
- slow burn — a story that builds tension gradually instead of shocking you early on
- foreboding — a strong feeling that something bad is about to happen