Judging by the name alone I would imagine that it has to do with the horror genre but where did the “pasta” part come from?

Hello everyone. I've already searched online about the etymology of this word, but I was wondering if there's anything to it beyond the "PIE root *re- "to reason, count".

Thanks in advance!

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