TOTW: Horror films
thank you to u/Smyler12!
this week either your answer or your clue’s surface should refer to a horror film. good luck!
Posted Aug 31, 2023, 10:26 AM UTC
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The Tiger's after the taxi in popular movie? (3, 5, 2, 3, 5)
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!The Cabin in the Woods<!
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!the cabin in the woods?!<
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Correct.
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!I think “in the” goes included in the wordplay?!<
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!THE CAB(the taxi)IN(in) IN(popular) THE WOODS (The Tiger). Could have gone for 'Tiger after taxi in popular movie', but at least to me there needs to be something to indicate both instances of 'the'!<
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Yes. Can you confirm >!if this spoiler tag<! Is working for me? I can’t figure those out. ;)
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No it’s not - the end is reversed. Started with >! And end with !<
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You need to put \ in front of each of those tags to make Reddit display them, or else it treats them as actual spoiler tags.
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Sorry - start with > ! And end with. ! < (No spaces)
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!Thank you!<
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Discussion for Dracula? (9,4,3,7)
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!INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE!<
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(I kept refreshing my page and it didn’t show any new posts.)
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!INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE!< That took me longer than it should have!
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Slaughter last teenager alive for her (6)
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I wanna say >!Carrie!<
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Is this >!Elvira!<? >! Anagram of r + alive. But I don’t really know enough about the character to know if this works as an &lit<!
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That’s it! Not an &lit. She’s not known for human sacrifice. But maybe I’m wrong!
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Mutated tenth git is eponymously here for Baldwin (3,5)
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!THE THING!<
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!Would need an h for t.!<
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!I think OP made a typo in the clue - Here's The Thing is a podcast hosted by Alec Baldwin, hence the "eponymously for Baldwin" hint !<
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Shit! Yes, I made a typo, this is correct
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Characters like Van Helsing, Mina, Jonathan, and Lucy's number twos (6)
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I can’t figure out spoiler tags but very good.
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!VOWELS!<
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That's right!
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Troublesome leper takes gold after church at noon, brings forth mischievous creature (10)
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!LEPRECHAUN…! The Space one was really stupid in a good way.!<
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! Correct, In Da Hood is my favourite guilty pleasure movie for sure. !<
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Alien craft is abandoned; rots in rocky moon (8)
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!NOSTROMO. rots* in moon*!<
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That was fast!
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It’s one of my Top 3 movies of all time!
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Watched a slasher movie (3)
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!saw!<
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!SAW!< This genre really lends itself to cryptics.
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Foreigner getting a right to land (5)
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!ALIEN!<
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Second best is a hoot (6)
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!SCREAM!<
!S + CREAM!<
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Yup!
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Strange, foreign sci-fi/horror movie (5)
Not too challenging to solve...
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!ALIEN!<
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Told you it wasn't challenging. Good work.
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Time horse about wood by a close mangle of trees, trailhead’s debut of a dreamy feller? (1, 9, 2, 3, 6)
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!A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET!< >!A NIGHT (time) + MARE (horse) + ON (about) + ELM (wood) + STREE (mangle of trees) + T (trailhead)!<
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Yes. Kind of convoluted, unfortunately, but ya got it!
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Horror film from America (2)
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i think that might be too short for a crossword?
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!Us!<
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Simple.
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Carpenter’s place for the 13th letter? (2, 3, 5, 2, 7) >!Not sure if this one’s street legal.!<
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!IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS!< >!Carpenter film - 13th letter is M, which is in the ‘mouth’ (initial letter) of madness?!<
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Yep! So happy you got it!
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Red herds shaken by ski-mask killer. (8)
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!SHREDDER!< That one is due for a rewatch this winter!
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Correct!
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All in the way from creep’s heart to final destination for holiday (9)
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H(ALL)OW + EE + N
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Catching bit of Crane, serene, Psycho pursues: spectacle! (6,5)
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I give up! This one is the only one I couldn’t get.
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It's super tricky, and the &lit is possibly dubious (though I think ultimately fair):
!SHOWERSCENE from anagram (Psycho) of C (bit of Crane) + SERENE following (pursues) SHOW (spectacle); &lit because that famous scene Marion Crane spotted through a peep hole (so, a "bit" of her) by the titular Psycho, who goes after her, creating a famous spectacle!<
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Remake of d---y pic shall be too elementary (6, 4)
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!CHILD'S PLAY!< >!DYPICSHALL*!<
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You got it!
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Here you'll see holy man take on dead evil being (3, 8)
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apologies for the delay – this is the winner!
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Wow, amazing! Thank you!
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!THE EXORCIST!<
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Yay!
Did you get the parse?
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Sorry! >!THE (EX ORC) IST?!<
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Yep, that's it: >!EX + ORC in THEIST, &lit!<
That was quick work!
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Very good!
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Thanks!
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