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horror story

noun

  1. a story, movie, etc., that entertains or fascinates by shocking or frightening, especially by an emphasis on bloodshed or supernatural forces.
  2. Informal. a distressing experience:

    the horror stories of child abuse.



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Ryan Coogler’s "Sinners" is a horror story where white supremacy is Dracula and his spawn come to terrorize Black people.

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But using him as a donor turned into a "horror story" for a couple after he took them to court as he wanted parental rights over their child.

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The non-biological mother said Mr Albon's insistence of having parental rights had been a "nightmare and a horror story".

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"The public and vulnerable women seeking to get pregnant should know that is the case and they risk a similar 'horror story'."

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Horton has also starred in 2017’s “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” opposite Denzel Washington and appeared on “American Vandal,” “American Horror Story,” “Drunk History” and “Bad Hair.”

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