A good horror movie is adrenaline pinching

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Freeguy

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Which one is more common in standard English?

1. A good horror movie is adrenaline pinching!
2.
A good horror movie is adrenaline going!
 

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Which one is more common in standard English?

1. A good horror movie is adrenaline pinching!
2.
A good horror movie is adrenaline going!

Neither. Possibly "provoking", but that would not be natural.
 

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What about:
There's nothing like a good horror film to get the adrenaline going.
 

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That works, but the following are more common:

'There's nothing like a good horror film to get the adrenaline flowing.'

'There's nothing like a good horror film to give you an adrenaline rush.'
 

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Or "pumping."
 
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