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  • 91gris|ly — gris|ly1 «GRIHZ lee», adjective, li|er, li|est. causing horror; frightful; horrible; ghastly: »the grisly symptoms of radiation sickness (New York Times). SYNONYM(S): See syn. under …

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  • 92macaber — macabre macabre (m[.a]*k[aum] b[ e]r) adj. 1. portraying human injury or death in a way so as to inspiring shock or horror; gruesome; ghastly; as, macabre tortures conceived by madmen. [Also spelled {macaber}.] Syn: ghastly, grisly, gruesome,… …

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  • 93macabre — (m[.a]*k[aum] b[ e]r) adj. 1. portraying human injury or death in a way so as to inspiring shock or horror; gruesome; ghastly; as, macabre tortures conceived by madmen. [Also spelled {macaber}.] Syn: ghastly, grisly, gruesome, lurid. [WordNet… …

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  • 94lurid — adjective Etymology: Latin luridus pale yellow, sallow Date: 1603 1. a. causing horror or revulsion ; gruesome b. melodramatic, sensational; also shocking < paperbacks in the usual lurid covers T. R. Fyvel > 2 …

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  • 97Video nasty — was a term coined in the United Kingdom in the 1980s that originally applied to a number of films distributed on video cassette that were criticised for their violent content by elements in the press and commentators such as Mary Whitehouse.&#8230; …

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  • 99Scott McCloud — For other people named Scott McCloud, see Scott McCloud (disambiguation). Scott McCloud McCloud, RISD, March 2007. Born Scott McLeod June 1 …

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  • 100The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film) — Infobox Film name = The Phantom of the Opera caption = director = Rupert Julian Lon Chaney Ernst Laemmle Edward Sedgwick producer = Carl Laemmle writer = Gaston Leroux Elliott J. Clawson Raymond L. Schrock Bernard McConville Jasper Spearing&#8230; …

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