K-horror

English

Etymology

From K- +‎ horror.

Noun

K-horror (uncountable)

  1. Korean horror fiction
    • 2011 October 14, Danny Leigh, “Why South Korea's action movies blow Hollywood out of the Yellow Sea”, in The Guardian[1], archived from the original on 4 April 2016:
      As befits a country with such a madly diverse film culture, the programme runs from high school K-horror to slapstick 16th-century detective yarns – but with a cluster of superior action thrillers at its centre.