horrormeister

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English

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Etymology

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From horror +‎ -meister.

Noun

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horrormeister (plural horrormeisters)

  1. (informal) A person renowned for producing works in the horror genre.
    • 2009 April 24, Peter Howell, “Things that go bump on the Croisette”, in Toronto Star[1]:
      Also out of competition, and screening in the midnight section, is Drag Me to Hell by U.S. horrormeister Sam Raimi, who took a break from Spider-Man to return to his ghastly roots with a chiller about a loans officer (Alison Lohman) condemned by a satanic curse after she denies a mortgage extension to an elderly woman.