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A New Definition of Horror

No, it's not about whether or not it scares you

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Coltan Scrivner
Nov 18, 2024
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Despite the ancient and universal nature of scary stories, the horror genre is exceptionally broad. The antagonists can be anything from a monstrous beast to a killer clown to a ghost girl to the imaginings of one’s own mind.

Despite the variety of ways a horror movie can be made, most of them are intuitively recognized as horror movies. There are disa…

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