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| rdfs:comment | - [[wikipedia:File:Paul Gustave Dore Raven1.jpg|thumb|alt=An Illustration of Poe's 'The Raven' by Gustav Dore|An Illustration of Poe's 'The Raven' by Gustave Doré|]] Horror fiction, horror literature and also horror fantasy is a genre of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, scare or startle viewers/readers by inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie and frightening atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural. Often the central menace of a work of Horror fiction can be interpreted as a metaphor for the larger fears of a society. The genre has ancient origins which were reformulated in the 18th century as Gothic horror, with publication of the Castle of Otranto (1764) by Horace Walpole.
- It should be noted however, that although all horror stories are intentionally meant to be scary, not all horror stories are about monsters or undead creatures. Some horror stories are just about frightening things that happen. For example, The Break In is about a man in a mask that apparently breaks into someone's home.
- Horror fiction, or horrible fiction, as it is also sometimes called, is a body of invented narrative that is written by horrible writers. It is so bad that some writers (notably Dean R. Koontz) distance themselves from it with a 10-foot pole, referring to themselves as "suspense novelists" instead of "horrible writers." Stephen King, however, is proud to wear the label and boasts of his willingness to "gross out" his readers if he can't horrify or terrify them.
- Horror fiction is a genre of fiction (in any medium) intended to scare, unsettle and horrify the audience. Historically, the cause of this "horror" experience has often been the intrusion of a disturbing supernatural element into everyday human experience. Much horror fiction therefore overlaps science fiction and fantasy. Adapted from the Wikipedia article on Horror Fiction..
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| abstract | - [[wikipedia:File:Paul Gustave Dore Raven1.jpg|thumb|alt=An Illustration of Poe's 'The Raven' by Gustav Dore|An Illustration of Poe's 'The Raven' by Gustave Doré|]] Horror fiction, horror literature and also horror fantasy is a genre of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, scare or startle viewers/readers by inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie and frightening atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural. Often the central menace of a work of Horror fiction can be interpreted as a metaphor for the larger fears of a society. The genre has ancient origins which were reformulated in the 18th century as Gothic horror, with publication of the Castle of Otranto (1764) by Horace Walpole.
- Horror fiction is a genre of fiction (in any medium) intended to scare, unsettle and horrify the audience. Historically, the cause of this "horror" experience has often been the intrusion of a disturbing supernatural element into everyday human experience. Much horror fiction therefore overlaps science fiction and fantasy. Since the 1960s, any work of fiction with a morbid, gruesome, surreal, or exceptionally suspenseful or frightening theme has come to be called "horror". This has expanded the use of the term particularly into the areas of crime horror fiction and psychological horror fiction. Adapted from the Wikipedia article on Horror Fiction..
- It should be noted however, that although all horror stories are intentionally meant to be scary, not all horror stories are about monsters or undead creatures. Some horror stories are just about frightening things that happen. For example, The Break In is about a man in a mask that apparently breaks into someone's home.
- Horror fiction, or horrible fiction, as it is also sometimes called, is a body of invented narrative that is written by horrible writers. It is so bad that some writers (notably Dean R. Koontz) distance themselves from it with a 10-foot pole, referring to themselves as "suspense novelists" instead of "horrible writers." Stephen King, however, is proud to wear the label and boasts of his willingness to "gross out" his readers if he can't horrify or terrify them.
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