Horror fiction is any medium intended to scare, unsettle, or horrify the audience. Historically, the cause of the "horror" experience has often been the intrusion of a element into everyday human experience. Since the 1960s, any work of fiction with a morbid, gruesome, or exceptionally suspenseor frightening theme has come to be called "horror".
Horror fiction often overlaps science or fantasy all three categories of which are sometimes placed under the umbrella classification speculative Haunting is used as a plot in horror fiction and paranormal-based fiction. Legends about haunted have long appeared in literature. For example, the tale of "Ali the Cairene and the Haunted House" revolves around a house haunted by JINS.
The influence of the Arabian Nights on modern horror fiction is certainly discernible in the work of h.p In his early years as a child, he would imagine himself living the adventures of the heroes in the book, and it inspired him to create
Achievments in horror fiction are recognized by numerous awards. The Horror Writer's Association presents the Bram Stoker for Superior Achievement, named in honor of author of the seminal horror work
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