Horror and terror

standard literary and psychological concept applied especially to Gothic literature and film

The difference between horror and terror is a standard and psychological concept common in Gothic and horror fiction. ^[1]

Figure 20 from Charles Darwin's The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872). Caption reads "FIG. 20.—Terror, from a photograph by Dr. Duchenne."

References

↑ Radcliffe 1826; Varma 1966; Crawford 1986: 101-3; Bruhm 1994: 37; Wright 2007: 35-56.

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