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Horror film star, one you said flipped over female (9)

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I believe the answer is:

nosferatu

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'horror film' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'star one you said flipped over female' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'one' could be 'a' (a thing is one thing) and 'a' is found in the answer.
'you' could be 'u' (homophones) and 'u' is located in the answer.
'over' could be 'o' (cricket abbreviation) and 'o' is found within the answer.
'female' could be 'f' (abbreviation) and 'f' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for nosferatu that I've seen before include "1922 Dracula film" , "F.W. Murnau's early Dracula film" , "Old film" , "horror film" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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