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Category:Horror genres

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Genres of horror fiction, a genre of fiction that is intended to disturb, frighten or scare. Horror is often divided into the sub-genres of psychological horror and supernatural horror, which are in the realm of speculative fiction.

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Subcategories

This category has the following 29 subcategories, out of 29 total.

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Horror works by genre (2 C)

A

Action horror (4 C, 1 P)
Analog horror (12 P)
Apocalyptic fiction (19 C, 35 P)

B

Body horror (5 C, 8 P)

C

Fiction about cannibalism (12 C, 89 P)
Horror comedy (3 C, 16 P)
Cosmic horror (2 C, 11 P)
Creepypasta (2 C, 36 P)

D

Dark fantasy (10 C, 19 P)
Horror drama (2 C, 3 P)

E

Erotic horror (3 C, 5 P)

G

Ghost stories (9 C, 57 P)
Gothic fiction (10 C, 51 P)

H

Horror Westerns (4 C, 13 P)

K

Kaiju (8 C, 80 P)

M

Fiction about monsters (21 C, 81 P)

N

Fiction about nightmares (6 C, 9 P)

O

Occult detective fiction (10 C, 99 P)

P

Penny dreadfuls (5 P)
Psychological horror (3 C, 21 P)

S

Science fiction horror (6 C, 8 P)
Speculative crime and thriller fiction (291 P)
Splatterpunk (5 C, 40 P)
Superhero horror (3 C)
Supernatural fiction (10 C, 26 P)

T

Techno-horror (1 C, 3 P)

V

Fiction about vampire or zombie outbreaks (17 C, 20 P)

W

Weird fiction (5 C, 19 P)

Pages in category "Horror genres"

The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.

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