horror story
C676
concept
A horror story is a narrative designed to evoke fear, dread, or unease by confronting characters with terrifying, often supernatural or psychologically disturbing events.
All labels observed (18)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| horror novel | 140 |
| horror fiction work | 39 |
| horror fiction | 37 |
| vampire fiction | 7 |
| weird fiction | 7 |
| horror story canonical | 6 |
| supernatural thriller novel | 4 |
| psychological horror work | 3 |
| supernatural horror story | 3 |
| horror-thriller novel | 2 |
| weird fiction story | 2 |
| early zombie fiction | 1 |
| gothic horror work | 1 |
| horror fiction book | 1 |
| horror novella | 1 |
| psychological horror fiction | 1 |
| psychological horror story | 1 |
| science fiction horror short story | 1 |
Instances (242)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| The Ghost Book | horror fiction book |
| The Wondersmith | horror fiction work |
| What Was It? A Mystery | horror fiction |
| Crouch End (short story) | horror fiction work |
| Autopsy Room Four (short story) | horror fiction work |
|
You Know They Got a Hell of a Band (short story)
surface form:
You Know They Got a Hell of a Band
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horror fiction |
| The Godsend | horror novel |
| Rotters | horror novel |
| Scowler | horror novel |
| The Monster Variations | horror novel |
| Blood Sugar | horror novel |
| The Living Dead | horror novel |
| Whalefall | horror novel |
| Voodoo Island | horror novel |
| Lullaby | horror novel |
| Diary | horror novel |
| Haunted | horror novel |
| Damned | horror novel |
| Doomed | horror novel |
| The Bloody Red Baron | horror novel |
| Johnny Alucard | horror novel |
| Bad Dreams | horror novel |
| The Quorum | horror novel |
| Anno Dracula series | vampire fiction |
| Beast | horror novel |
| Twilight | vampire fiction |
| Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | horror fiction |
| Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus | horror novel |
| The Tommyknockers | horror novel |
| Insomnia | horror novel |
| Apt Pupil | psychological horror fiction |
| The Breathing Method | horror fiction |
| I Am the Doorway | horror fiction |
| The Mangler | horror fiction |
| The Boogeyman | horror fiction |
| Gray Matter | horror fiction |
| Trucks | horror fiction |
| Sometimes They Come Back | horror fiction |
| The Ledge | horror fiction |
| The Lawnmower Man | horror fiction |
| Quitters, Inc. | horror fiction |
| I Know What You Need | psychological horror story |
| Children of the Corn | horror fiction |
| The Man Who Loved Flowers | horror fiction |
| One for the Road | horror fiction |
| The Call of Cthulhu | horror fiction work |
| Herbert West–Reanimator | horror fiction |
| The Rats in the Walls | horror fiction |
| The Outsider | horror fiction work |
| The Music of Erich Zann | horror fiction |