Horror

Horror is a genre of speculative fiction which is intended to frighten, scare, or disgust. Literary historian J. A. Cuddon defined the horror story as "a piece of fiction in prose of variable length... which shocks or even frightens the reader, or perhaps induces a feeling of repulsion or loathing".

Origins

The genre of horror has ancient origins with roots in folklore and religious traditions, focusing on death, the afterlife, evil, the demonic and the principle of the thing embodied in the person.

Horror in literature

Horror in literature, film, and graphic fiction has seen a number of different settings over the decades. These include old haunted houses, graveyards, dark schools, and eerie woods.

Horror in film

Horror films often aim to evoke viewers' nightmares, fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown and the macabre. Horror may also overlap with the fantasy, supernatural fiction, and thriller genres.

See also

• Gothic fiction
• Horror film
• Horror fiction
• List of horror films
• List of horror novels

References

Horror Resources
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