A shaking, shivering, or shuddering, as in the cold fit which precedes a fever; in old medical writings, a chill of less severity than a rigor, and more marked than an algor.
A painful emotion of fear, dread, and abhorrence; a shuddering with terror and detestation; the feeling inspired by something frightful and shocking.
That which excites horror or dread, or is horrible; gloom; dreariness.
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something that inspires horror; something horrible; "the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him"
1. A painful emotion of fear, dread and abhorrence. 2. A common symptom of the disease of alcoholism.
Denotes any game with classic "horror" elements. Usually refers to traditional gothic horror, but can include other horror styles. Examples: Alone in the Dark, The Lurking Horror, etc.
Fiction in which events evoked a feeling of dread in both the characters and the reader.
The horror classification denotes works that traffic in the bizarre, awful, and scary in order to entertain as well as explicate the darkness at the heart of the reader's soul. Horror subgenres may be typified according to the appearance of were-creatures, vampires, human-induced monsters, or naturally occurring life forms and spirit entities - or absence thereof. Horror fiction traditionally makes imaginative literary use of paranormal phenomena, occult elements, and psychological motifs. ( see: category fiction, suspense fiction)
Horror is the feeling of revulsion that usually occurs after something frightening is seen, heard, or otherwise experienced. It is the feeling one gets after coming to an awful realization or experiencing a hideous revelation. (Terror by contrast is usually described as the feeling of dread and anticipation that precedes the horrifying experience).
Tokusatsu series GARO. The darkness inside human beings feed demonic creatures called "Horrors." The Horrors come in many forms; they usually come in a black-winged skeleton humanoid form that can fly and feed upon humans.
