Meanings of horror tale in English

They had seen the final guest, arrived at last like some grim vision out of a horror tale.

P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale.

They might write a horror tale.

More important, the horror tale becomes imprinted in us at an emotional level: Shiver by shiver, we gain insight.

Period horror tale The Witch was awarded best first feature while writer-director Robert Eggers picked up best first screenplay.

Clearly, the horror tale deals with the essential duality of mankind, a topic that has proved irresistible to philosophers, prophets, and saints.

In "Baghead" they serve up not only a sly satire of the fest circuit but also a gripping horror tale.

Last year we encountered some stellar entries to the form, most notably the still-ongoing creep-a-thon that was the multimedia horror tale that was Dear David.

He began reading horror tales at the library.

It makes sense that a generation that grew up online would gravitate toward text- and chat-based horror tales.

Given the horror tales from the Banking Royal Commission, David Koch looks at whether you need to switch banks.

Later editors compiling collections of ghost or horror tales have tended to go to In a Glass Darkly or Madam Crowl's Ghost for their selections.