horror story

noun

1. a story, movie, etc., that entertains or fascinates by shocking or frightening, especially by an emphasis on bloodshed or supernatural forces.

2. Informal.,  a distressing experience.

   the horror stories of child abuse.

Example Sentences

“All’s Fair” will mark Kardashian’s second scripted television project since her role in “American Horror Story: Delicate.”

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After his “So You Think You Can Dance” days, Allen’s work included a McDonald’s commercial, a role in the debut season of “American Horror Story” and appearances in “Freak Dance,” “Step Up 3D,” and the 2011 “Footloose” remake, according to IMDb.

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At a communal coffee-shop table, a stalk of a woman with a mane of gorgeous gray curls sat down, complimented my glasses, and within minutes was telling me the horror story of going through menopause twice as I drank my coffee in gobsmacked silence.

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Until this June, Indonesia's highest-grossing film of all time was KKN di Desa Penari, a 2022 horror story about the haunting of six university students, which came from a popular thread on X. In 2023 came Sewu Dino, another horror flick adapted from a story shared by the same X account.

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Stein’s novel, in case that description does not make clear, has much to say about Hollywood, social media and the creator economy; at its heart is a gothic horror story wrapped up in a mystery with satirical undertones.

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