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 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: horror story
Generated description
A horror story is a narrative designed to evoke fear, dread, or unease by confronting characters with terrifying, often supernatural or psychologically disturbing events.
Instances (242)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Firestarter | horror novel |
| Heart-Shaped Box | horror novel |
| Horns | horror novel |
| NOS4A2 | horror novel |
| Thumbprint | horror fiction work |
| It (novel) | horror novel |
| At the Mountains of Madness | horror fiction work |
| The Fall | horror novel |
| The Night Eternal | horror novel |
| The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands | horror novel |
| The Shadow over Innsmouth | horror novella |
| The Dunwich Horror | weird fiction |
| Sleeping Beauties | horror novel |
| The Colour Out of Space | weird fiction |
| Jerusalem's Lot | horror fiction |
| The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla | horror novel |
| The Dreams in the Witch House | horror fiction |
| The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah | horror novel |
| The Whisperer in Darkness | horror fiction |
| The Hands of Orlac | horror novel |
| Carrie | horror novel |
| The Shining | horror novel |
| Small World | horror novel |
| The Trap | horror novel |
| Caretakers | horror novel |
| Survivor | horror novel |
| Merrick | horror novel |
| The Jewel of Seven Stars | horror novel |
| The Lair of the White Worm | horror novel |
| Green Tea | horror fiction work |
| Fevre Dream | horror novel |
| The Armageddon Rag | horror novel |
|
Linda Fennimore
surface form:
"Pet Sematary"
|
horror novel |
| The Stand | horror novel |
|
It
surface form:
It (novel)
|
horror novel |
| Salem's Lot | horror novel |
| Doctor Sleep | horror novel |
| The Dead Zone | supernatural thriller novel |
| The Tell-Tale Heart | horror fiction work |
| Pet Sematary | horror novel |
|
Zombie
surface form:
Zombie (novel)
|
horror novel |
| The Accursed | horror novel |
| The Fall of the House of Usher | horror fiction work |
| The Strain | vampire fiction |
| The Pit and the Pendulum | horror fiction work |
| The Black Cat | horror fiction work |
|
Jeffrey Konvitz Productions
surface form:
The Sentinel (novel)
|
horror novel |
| The Cask of Amontillado | — |
| Star Beast (story) | science fiction horror short story |
| The Reality Dysfunction | horror novel |