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Gothic Horror

A genre of horror that's hands down one of the oldest as it developed in England by an overly dramatic homo named Horace Walpole as the style in America was developed by writers who were historians, school teachers and literary critics in the 19th Century. The American approach was developed by Washington Irving with The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow as the form took on different personalities. In the mid-1990s the writer who eventually wrote The Cabbie Homicide combined double homicide language, philosophical insight and real life horrors such as gang violence, church burning and addressing legalism in the church in a very dark way.

The Cabbie Homicide introduced Gothic Horror into narrative journalism which came out in a way where it was according to "Mohs Scale of Lyrical Hardness" would be a ten. The 20th century approach -- stems from William Hope Hodgson, Bram Stoker with his last novel and short story output, H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, and others. The House of Pain E-zine shown other examples as Temple of Dagon saw the Cthulhu Now timeline as the new Cthulhu Mythos playground named for the Cabbie Homicide's authors last name. Where it plays up in real cities and real neighborhoods, as it interweaves with the real histories of the area as well.
Edgar Allan Poe's The Telltale Heart gave Gothic Horror a new personality and threw an entirely new approach to the style as he introduced this as a short form. A Cemetery Dream introduced in 2000 had an ultra-violent, extremely gore soaked approach ala Se7en meets Dreams in the Witch House. The Cabbie Homicide when introduced in the LiveJournal Goth Community they thought it was a work of fiction but when he mentioned how the convicted murderer was in his 7th grade homeroom, some friends were going, "That's really fucked up, and especially fucked up that you knew him."
by illinoishorrorman January 18, 2018
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September Horror

Your worst nightmare is happening right now!
Be prepared for work, hot temp's, school and more!!
September is known for the horrible things that can happen to you while this event happen!!

IT WILL COME AND THE WORLD WILL SUFFER!!
You-ayyy new month coming haha!!
You again-wait but is september... September Horror...No NO NO NO NOOOOOO!!!!!
by aVeryImportantEngrishTeachherr September 4, 2020
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bog-horror

a conker-sized wad of clean toilet tissue that's been soaked under a cold tap and then, while soggy, thrown at somone, usually from above (i.e. by leaning over the partition between two toilets in a public lav).
hurl the bog-horror downwards towards the upturned and startled face of your target while shouting "have that you bastard"
by spacenewt December 8, 2009
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cunty horror

A person with a cunty attitude that is just too horrible to even imagine.
I dread going to work everyday because I have to deal with a cunty horror.
by Solitare ;) December 31, 2011
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normie horror

the things that are classified as horror to everyone
WitchieX: "I'm very scared of normie horror

Mecha Rev: "What tf is that."
by WitchieX October 27, 2020
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soft horror

A horror game, movie or any kind of medium that doesn't use jumpscares to scare the player/watcher, but rather explores various techniques to create a feeling of terror without inducing a (metaphorical) heart attack.
A: Dude, I played September 1999. Check it out!
B: Dunno man, I don't like it...
A: Chill out, it's soft horror.
by MellyShelly January 14, 2019
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horrors

When a person is so drunk, they cant even see.
Barry was in the horrors last night.

Barry is in the horrors everynight.
by CernCern August 12, 2010
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