Horror is a genre of literature, film, and television that seeks to elicit fear, shock, and even repulsion in its audience. It often explores dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Horror can be found in various forms such as horror novels, horror films, and horror TV shows, and it aims to create a sense of dread in the audience through frightening images, themes, and situations
. The horror genre has been divided into many sub-genres, including psychological horror and supernatural horror, and it often features monsters, apocalyptic events, and religious or folk beliefs
. The horror genre has ancient origins, with roots in folklore and religious traditions focusing on death, the afterlife, evil, the demonic, and the principle of the thing embodied in the person
. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines horror as "painful and intense fear, dread, or dismay" and "the quality of inspiring horror" or "something that inspires horror"
