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"Objects which in themselves we [[view]] with [[pain]], we delight to contemplate when [[representation (arts)|reproduced]] with minute fidelity: such as the forms of the most ignoble animals and of dead bodies" --Aristotle, ''[[Poetics (Aristotle)|Poetics]]'' [[Objects which in themselves we view with pain, we delight to contemplate when reproduced with minute fidelity: such as the forms of the most ignoble animals and of dead bodies|[...]]]. "Objects which in themselves we [[view]] with [[pain]], we delight to contemplate when [[representation (arts)|reproduced]] with minute fidelity: such as the forms of the most ignoble animals and of dead bodies" --Aristotle, ''[[Poetics (Aristotle)|Poetics]]'' [[Objects which in themselves we view with pain, we delight to contemplate when reproduced with minute fidelity: such as the forms of the most ignoble animals and of dead bodies|[...]]].
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-[[Image:Jacques Fabian Gautier d'Agoty back.jpg|right|thumb|200px|''[[The Flayed Angel]]'' ([[1746]]), [[Medical illustrator|anatomical drawing]] by [[Jacques Gautier d'Agoty]]]] 
[[Image:The Raven.jpg|thumb|right|200px|In 1963, [[Roger Corman]] directed ''[[The Raven (1963 film)|The Raven]]'', a [[horror-comedy]] written by [[Richard Matheson]] very loosely based on the poem, "[[The Raven]]" by [[Edgar Allan Poe]]. It stars [[Vincent Price]], [[Peter Lorre]], and [[Boris Karloff]] as a trio of rival [[Magic (paranormal)|sorcerers]].]] [[Image:The Raven.jpg|thumb|right|200px|In 1963, [[Roger Corman]] directed ''[[The Raven (1963 film)|The Raven]]'', a [[horror-comedy]] written by [[Richard Matheson]] very loosely based on the poem, "[[The Raven]]" by [[Edgar Allan Poe]]. It stars [[Vincent Price]], [[Peter Lorre]], and [[Boris Karloff]] as a trio of rival [[Magic (paranormal)|sorcerers]].]]
[[Image:Cover of Sweeney Todd, published by Charles Fox in 48 numbers.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Sweeney Todd]]'' ([[1846]]) is a [[Fictional portrayals of psychopaths in literature|fictional psychopath]]/[[cannibalism in fiction|cannibal]]/[[pulp fiction]] [[anti-hero]].]] [[Image:Cover of Sweeney Todd, published by Charles Fox in 48 numbers.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Sweeney Todd]]'' ([[1846]]) is a [[Fictional portrayals of psychopaths in literature|fictional psychopath]]/[[cannibalism in fiction|cannibal]]/[[pulp fiction]] [[anti-hero]].]]
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-'''Horror''' is an [[intense]] [[painful]] [[emotion]] of [[fear]] or [[repugnance]] or an intense [[dislike]] or [[aversion]]; an [[abhorrence]]. It is also a literary genre, generally of a [[gothic]] character. The '''horrors''', informal, also refers to an intense [[anxiety]] or a [[nervous]] [[depression]].+'''Horror''' is an [[intense]] [[painful]] [[emotion]] of [[fear]] or [[repugnance]]; an intense [[dislike]] or [[aversion]], an [[abhorrence]]. It is also a [[genre of fiction]], meant to [[evoke]] a feeling of [[fear]] and [[suspense]]. The '''horrors''', informal, also refers to an intense [[anxiety]] or a [[nervous]] [[depression]].
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* [[Survival horror]] * [[Survival horror]]
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Noble and Ignoble Grotesque from the The Stones of Venice "Objects which in themselves we view with pain, we delight to contemplate when reproduced with minute fidelity: such as the forms of the most ignoble animals and of dead bodies" --Aristotle, Poetics [...].
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Noble and Ignoble Grotesque from the The Stones of Venice
"Objects which in themselves we view with pain, we delight to contemplate when reproduced with minute fidelity: such as the forms of the most ignoble animals and of dead bodies" --Aristotle, Poetics [...].
In 1963, Roger Corman directed The Raven, a horror-comedy written by Richard Matheson very loosely based on the poem, "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe. It stars Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff as a trio of rival sorcerers.
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In 1963, Roger Corman directed The Raven, a horror-comedy written by Richard Matheson very loosely based on the poem, "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe. It stars Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff as a trio of rival sorcerers.
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Heliades' metamorphosis into a tree. Metamorphosis is a common horror trope.
Agostino Novello saves a falling child c. 1328 Simone Martini, an example of art horror
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Agostino Novello saves a falling child c. 1328 Simone Martini, an example of art horror

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Horror is an intense painful emotion of fear or repugnance; an intense dislike or aversion, an abhorrence. It is also a genre of fiction, meant to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense. The horrors, informal, also refers to an intense anxiety or a nervous depression.

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Horror tropes

Horror as a genre started with gothic fiction. Its tropes include terror (both psychological and physical), mystery, the supernatural, ghosts, haunted houses and Gothic architecture, castles, darkness, death, decay, doubles, madness, secrets and hereditary curses.

Stock characters

The stock characters of gothic fiction include tyrants, villains, bandits, maniacs, Byronic heroes, persecuted maidens, femmes fatales, madwomen, magicians, vampires, werewolves, monsters, demons, revenants, ghosts, perambulating skeletons, the Wandering Jew and the Devil himself.

Modern subgenres

Modern subgenres and tropes include bio horror - body horror - carnivorous plants - Count Dracula - erotic horror - exploitation - fantastic - Frankenstein - freaks of nature - gore - ghost - gothic fiction - grindhouse - horticultural horror - magic - Mondo film - monster - phantom of the opera - psychological horror - slasher films - snuff films - vampire - video nasty - werewolf - zombie

Related vocabulary

Related vocabulary includes terms such as bizarre - blood - controversial - cruelty - dark - death - demon - devil - disgusting - disturbing - evil - fantasy - fear - gothic - grotesque - hidden - inquisition - macabre - midnight - night - occult - offensive - pain - phobia - prison - repugnance - secret - shocking - sadism - sick - strange - sublime - supernatural - surreal - terror - torture - ugly - uncanny - violence - visceral - war

Etymology

From Latin horror (“a bristling, a shaking, trembling as with cold or fear, terror”), from horrere (“to bristle, shake, be terrified”).

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