lamiae

variants or lamias
plural of lamia

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Noun
  • In their respective grief, mommy issues, daughter issues, and, in the case of Armand and Daniel, daddy issues, our vampires are giving each other a run for their money over who is the most beautiful, most unwell.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 29 June 2026
  • Taylor-Johnson starred as Friedrich Harding, a skeptic set in his belief that vampires don’t exist.
    Tanya Fedak, Variety, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • Eerie in a way that feels more seductive than scary, the film isn’t bewitched by its demons so much as the process of transubstantiation by which a (self)tortured young woman can transform them into grace.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 June 2026
  • Opportunity Babcock will arrive at camp in search of forwards who can be demons on the forecheck.
    Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • Night of the Living Dead centers all the action at a farmhouse, where seven people attempt to ward off the ghouls — without any prior knowledge of how to do so.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
  • Created by a number of its stars, Ghosts originated on the BBC in 2019, following a group of ghouls from different historical periods haunting a country house while sharing the house with its new living occupants.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • And that’s the stuff that should really give us nightmares.
    SPIN Team, SPIN, 22 June 2026
  • The bench eventually became long and gifted with Te-Hina Paopao, Madina Okot and others, and then the Dream caused nightmares for their opponents with one of the grandest deals ever during WNBA free agency.
    Terence Moore, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • The island village is beset by sea hags, serial killers, creepy clowns and other evils that interfere with Tom’s dream of turning Widow’s Bay into a Martha’s Vineyard-like tourist destination.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 17 June 2026
  • Martha’s Vineyard also has knife-wielding men in masks and creepy sea hags!
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
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“Lamiae.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamiae. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.

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