"slow burn" is an expression used by soyboys to refer to their favourite type of horror, one "without jumpscares" and "therefore friggin' superior". The most notable examples of this type of horror are A24 films.
It often is preceded by "(a) bone-chilling".
It often is preceded by "(a) bone-chilling".
"Dark, eerie, atmospheric, character development, suspense build-up, a bone-chilling slow burn."
"Three tickets for me, my wife and my wife’s son for the newest A24-produced, genre-redefining, trope-subverting, atmospheric, dark and eerie, emotionally draining, gut wrenching, aesthetically heavy craft by post-horror auteur with an arthouse edge, dread-inducing, suspenseful build up with strong character development and gradual feeling of escalation, bone-chilling slow burn with “say more with less” approach and soul-shaking, blood-curdling, skin-crawling and nerve-wracking exercise in persistently looming dread where tension and anxiety permeates every frame as movie reaches its nail-biting, jaw-clenching and paranoia-inducing final climax, free of any cheap gore, cartoonish CGI or infantile jumpscares horror film, please. I'll have an extra large soy latte to go with that."
"Three tickets for me, my wife and my wife’s son for the newest A24-produced, genre-redefining, trope-subverting, atmospheric, dark and eerie, emotionally draining, gut wrenching, aesthetically heavy craft by post-horror auteur with an arthouse edge, dread-inducing, suspenseful build up with strong character development and gradual feeling of escalation, bone-chilling slow burn with “say more with less” approach and soul-shaking, blood-curdling, skin-crawling and nerve-wracking exercise in persistently looming dread where tension and anxiety permeates every frame as movie reaches its nail-biting, jaw-clenching and paranoia-inducing final climax, free of any cheap gore, cartoonish CGI or infantile jumpscares horror film, please. I'll have an extra large soy latte to go with that."
by Chad111 May 18, 2020
Slow Burn is a popular trope where the characters of the main pairing start off not in a relationship and focuses on the slow development of a romantic or sexual pairing. They get to know each other deeply before engaging in any sort of sensual contact.
Girl 1 : "If you could experience one trope what would it be"
Girl 2 : "Definitely a slow burn romance"
Girl 2 : "Definitely a slow burn romance"
by starg1rl April 29, 2023
"Mandy and I knocked ankles last weekend." "Yeah bro?" "Yeah we slow burned for like three hours." "Daaaaaaaang!"
by Renée Dispetto May 03, 2022