Horror

Horror

Addams

Charles (1912— ) famed cartoonist of the macabre. [Am. Comics: NCE, 19]

Bhairava

(m), Bhairav (f) terrible forms of Shiva and spouse. [Hindu Myth.: Parrinder, 44]

Black Death, the

plague whose unprecedented mortality was incomprehensible to medieval mind. [Eur. Hist.: Bishop, 379–382]

Bosch, Hieronymus

(c. 1450–1516) paintings contain grotesque representations of evil and temptation. [Art Hist.: Osborne, 149]

Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The

thrilling horror story told by a madman. [Ger. Cinema: Halliwell, 119]

Danse Macabre

Saint-Saëns’ musical depiction of a dance of the dead. [Music Hist.: Thompson, 1906]

Disasters of War

Goya’s violent protest against French occupation of Spain. [Art. Hist.: Osborne, 497]

Dracula, Count

vampire terrifies Transylvanian peasants and London circle. [Br. Lit.: Dracula]

dragonwort

traditional representation of horror. [Flower Symbolism: Jobes, 469]

Exorcist, The

supernatural horror story about a girl possessed by the devil (1974). [Am. Cinema: Halliwell, 247]

Jaws

box office sensation about a killer shark (1975). [Am. Cinema: Halliwell, 380]

mandrake

traditional representation of horror. [Plant Symbol-ism: Flora Symbolica, 175]

Phantom of the Opera, The

story of an angry, disfigured composer who haunts the sewers beneath the Paris Opera House. [Am. Cinema: Halliwell, 562]

Pit and the Pendulum, The

study in bone-chilling terror. [Am. Lit.: “The Pit and the Pendulum” in Portable Poe, 154–173]

Psycho

Hitchcock’s classic horror film. [Am. Cinema: NCE, 1249]

snakesfoot

indicates shocking occurrence. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 177]

Tell-Tale Heart, The

mad murderer dismembers victim, mistakes ticking watch for dead man’s heart, and confesses. [Am. Lit.: Poe The Tell-Tale Heart]