The definition of horror: an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust.
The Oxford Dictionary -
[mass noun] an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust:children screamed in horrora thing causing a feeling of horror:photographs showed the horror of the tragedy[count noun]:the horrors of civil war
a literary or film genre concerned with arousing feelings of horror:[as modifier]:a horror film
intense dismay:to her horror she found that a thief had stolen the machine
[as exclamation] (horrors) chiefly humorous used to express dismay:horrors, two buttons were missing!
[in singular] intense dislike:many have a horror of consulting a dictionary
(the horrors) an attack of extreme nervousness or anxiety:the mere thought of it gives me the horrors
Wikipedia -
Horror is a film genre seeking to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's primal fears. Horror films often feature scenes that startle the viewer; the macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes. Thus they may overlap with the fantasy, supernatural, and thriller genres.
Horror films often deal with the viewer's nightmares, hidden fears, revulsion and terror of the unknown. Plots within the horror genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event, or personage, commonly of supernatural origin, into the everyday world. Prevalent elements include ghosts, vampires, werewolves, demons, vicious animals, monsters, zombies, cannibals and serial killers. Conversely, movies about the supernatural are not necessarily always horrific.
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