Noun
A horror movie or television show or other performance which depicts gruesome, horrible, or disgusting events, especially in a vividly visual manner.
(idiomatic, by extension) A horrifying, appalling, or sickening experience, set of events, or visual spectacle.
horror-show (plural horror-shows)
Alternative form of horror show
horror-show
Boring damned people. All over the earth. Propagating more boring damned people. What a horror show. The earth swarmed with them. Charles Bukowski
People who sleep around to get roles are frail and scared and most likely without talent. It's their own little horror show that only they can deal with. Bruce Campbell
I grew up doing musicals. I've done so many musicals in my life, I kind of got them out of my system. But, I certainly would be open to them. Rocky Horror Show is a big favorite of mine. Guy Pearce
War is the ultimate reality-based horror show. David Hackworth
But it is Bella, not the supernaturals she falls in with, who is the true horror show here, at least as a female role model. Peggy Orenstein
Whether you're writing a horror show or a James Bond film, I think what bubbles beneath is interesting characterization. The colors that emerge through storytelling is what a dramatist does. There's always got to be something bubbling underneath that will erupt at some point. John Logan