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 |
|---|---|
| Die Kinder der Toten | horror novel |
| Broken Monsters | horror novel |
| Night of the Living Dummy | horror fiction work |
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The Amityville Horror (1977 book)
surface form:
The Amityville Horror
|
horror novel |
| Jaws | horror novel |
| The Beast Within | horror novel |
| Cujo | horror novel |
| Christine | horror novel |
| The Dark Half | horror novel |
| Needful Things | horror novel |
| Desperation | horror novel |
| From a Buick 8 | horror novel |
| Cell | horror novel |
| Under the Dome | horror novel |
| Revival | horror novel |
| The Outsider | horror novel |
| The Institute | horror novel |
| The Turn of the Screw | horror fiction work |
| The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three | horror novel |
| The Red Room | horror fiction work |
| A Terrible Vengeance | horror fiction |
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Hannibal Rising (novel)
surface form:
Hannibal Rising
|
horror novel |
| The Twisted Ones | horror novel |
| The Hollow Places | horror novel |
| What Moves the Dead | gothic horror work |
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"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream"
surface form:
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
|
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| The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | — |
| Odd Thomas | supernatural thriller novel |
| Watchers | horror novel |
| Phantoms | horror novel |
| Whispers | horror novel |
| The Bad Place | horror novel |
| Midnight | horror novel |
| From the Corner of His Eye | supernatural thriller novel |
| The Taking | horror novel |
| Viy | horror fiction work |
| Feeders and Eaters | horror fiction work |
| Harlequin Valentine | horror fiction work |
| The Tomb | horror novel |
| Reprisal | horror novel |
| Nightworld | horror novel |
| Conspiracies | horror-thriller novel |
| Hosts | horror novel |
| Haunted Air | horror novel |
| Gateways | horror-thriller novel |
| Infernal | horror novel |
| Harbingers | horror novel |
| Bloodline | horror novel |
| The Dark at the End | horror novel |
| The Adventure of the German Student | — |