snuff film


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snuff film

n.Slang
A movie in a purported genre of movies in which an actor is actually murdered or commits suicide.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.


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