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 |
|---|---|
| Twittering from the Circus of the Dead | horror fiction work |
| By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain | horror fiction work |
| Wolverton Station | horror fiction |
| The Road Virus | horror fiction work |
| The Watcher in the Woods | — |
| Zone One | horror novel |
| The Werewolf of Paris | horror novel |
|
American Psycho (novel)
surface form:
American Psycho
|
horror novel |
| The Doll Who Ate His Mother | horror novel |
| Incarnate | horror novel |
| The Nameless | horror novel |
| The Influence | horror novel |
| Midnight Sun | horror novel |
| The Grin of the Dark | horror novel |
| The Hungry Moon | horror novel |
| Dark Companions | horror fiction work |
| The Parasite | horror novel |
| Our Lady of Darkness | horror novel |
| Smoke Ghost | horror fiction |
| Handling the Undead | horror novel |
| Harbour | horror novel |
| Little Star | horror novel |
|
novel "Let the Right One In"
surface form:
Let the Right One In
|
horror novel |
| The Exorcist (novel) | horror novel |
| Legion | horror novel |
| Son of Rosemary | horror novel |
| The Garden of Evil | horror novel |
|
"The Shadow Builder"
surface form:
The Shadow Builder
|
supernatural horror story |
| The Familiar | horror fiction work |
| Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | horror fiction work |
| Casting the Runes | supernatural horror story |
|
The Fury (novel)
surface form:
The Fury
|
supernatural thriller novel |
| The Elementals | horror novel |
| Blackwater | horror novel |
| Cold Moon Over Babylon | horror novel |
| Katie | horror novel |
| Toplin | horror novel |
| The Amulet | horror novel |
| Gilded Needles | horror novel |
| The Darkening Dream | horror novel |
| The Mark of the Beast | — |
| The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes | horror fiction |