Horrid tales suck? They could be moving (4-4,7)

I believe the answer is:

hard-luck stories

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'suck? they could be moving' is the definition.
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'horrid tales' is the wordplay.
'horrid' becomes 'hardluck' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'tales' becomes 'stories' ('story' can be a synonym of 'tale').
'hardluck'+'stories'='HARD-LUCK STORIES'

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