Slasher \Slash"er\, n. (Textile Manuf.) A machine for applying size to warp yarns.
Thrasher \Thrash"er\, Thresher \Thresh"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing machine.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A large and voracious shark ({Alopias vulpes}), remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is found both upon the American and the European coasts. Called also {fox shark}, {sea ape}, {sea fox}, {slasher}, {swingle-tail}, and {thrasher shark}.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A name given to the brown thrush and other allied species. See {Brown thrush}.
{Sage thrasher}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Sage}.
{Thrasher whale} (Zo["o]l.), the common killer of the Atlantic.
Titles with no ratings _ everything from Jane Fonda exercise tapes to low-budget slasher films like "Three on a Meathook " _ would have to carry no-rating stickers in most of those states.
This revelation jolts him at the screening of an American slasher film attended by his polyglot construction crew, during which the boozed-up Austrian navvies have to translate the monster's comments into Saruvian for their Middle Eastern colleagues.
Sony removed its name from the enterprise when its releases (including a low-budget slasher film called "Party Line") threatened to tarnish Sony's golden corporate image.
"The Stepfather" isn't a slasher picture and it isn't morbid.