horror fiction
Tales of terror
Horror fiction is literature designed to frighten, unsettle, or disturb readers through supernatural elements, psychological terror, or depictions of violence and death.
The genre ranges from gothic classics like Dracula to modern slashers and cosmic dread.
She devoured horror fiction but couldn't watch scary movies.
Often shortened to horror: the horror section, a horror novel.
- ghostApparition of the dead
- haunted houseDwelling believed spirit-inhabited
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
- eldritchWeirdly supernatural, disturbingly strange
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
supernatural · vampire · paranoia · banshee · bump in the night · demon · creature feature · gothic · terror · uncanny · Poe · poltergeist · psychological · occult · exorcism · Mary Shelley · stalker · mutilation
- popular fictionbestsellers, page-turners, popular novels, romance novels, mysteries
- supernatural fictionghost stories, supernatural thriller, supernatural thrillers, paranormal romance, supernatural romance
- literary genrespoetry collections, realism, family drama, classic novels, epic poetry
- Japanese LiteratureNorwegian Wood, Rashomon, Confessions, Kappa, Genji
- Korean LiteraturePachinko, Korean translations, translated works, novels, literary traditions
- booksnovel, textbooks, study guides, book, paperback
horror fictionromance fiction
Genre centered on courtship
utopian fiction · fairy tales · romantic comedy · humorous fiction · love stories
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