Horror

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Horror is the term given to the genre of mostly fiction, although nonfiction can certainly be used for effect, in art, literature or film, intended to scare, unsettle, or horrify the audience. Historically, the cause of the "horror" experience has often been the intrusion of an evil—or, occasionally, misunderstood—supernatural element into everyday human experience. Since the 1960s, any work of fiction with a morbid, gruesome, surreal, or exceptionally suspenseful or frightening theme has come to be called "horror". Horror fiction often overlaps science fiction or fantasy, all three of which categories are sometimes placed under the umbrella classification speculative fiction.

Many transformation stories, most popularly werewolf fiction, are often categorized as horror. This is most often true when the manner of transformation is caused by supernatural or unknown means. Other than many werewolf stories, the most common example of this is Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.

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