Horror Tropes - Television Tropes & Idioms

Horror stories, from any medium...

A subgenre of Speculative Fiction as many contain supernatural elements.

See also:

Cosmic Horror
Nightmare Fuel
- High Octane Nightmare Fuel
Religious Horror
Slasher Movies
Subverted Innocence
Tropes Of The Living Dead
Vampire Tropes
Haunted Index

Tropes:

Abandoned Hospital
Abandoned Playground
Ancient Tomb
A House Divided
Alien Geometries
All In The Eyes
Always Night
And I Must Scream
And Show It To You
Apocalyptic Log
Attack Of The Killer Whatever
Bat Out Of Hell
Beat Still, My Heart
Bertha In The Attic
Beware Of Hitchhiking Ghosts
The Blank
Body Horror
Brain Food
Broken Heel
Buried Alive
Campbell Country
Candlelit Bath
Cannibalism Superpower
Cat Scare
Chest Burster
Chinese Vampire
Chupacabra
Clingy Costume
Cobweb Jungle
Connect The Deaths
The Corruption
Cosmic Horror Story
Creepy Basement
Creepy Child
Creepy Circus Music
Creepy Doll
Creepy Housekeeper
Crop Circles
Cruel And Unusual Death
Crusty Caretaker
Curiosity Killed The Cast
Danger Takes A Back Seat
Dangerous Windows
Dark World
Darkness Equals Death
Deadly Guest
Deadly Prank
Death By Materialism
Death By Mocking
Death By Sex
Defanged Horrors
Demonic Dummy
Depraved Dentist
Distress Call
Distressed Damsel
Dont Go In The Woods
Drool Hello
The End Of The World As We Know It
Everybodys Dead Dave
Evil Elevator
Evil Hand
Evil Phone
Extremely Dusty Home
Eye Open
Eyes Are Unbreakable
Eye Scream
The Eyes Have It
Eyeless Face
Face Revealing Turn
Faux Horror Film
A Fete Worse Than Death
Final Girl
Fingore
Food Chain Of Evil
Footprints Of Muck
The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You
Freak Lab Accident
Ghost Butler
Ghost City
Ghost Town
Ghostly Chill
Ghostly Goals
Giant Eye Of Doom
Giant Spider
Gory Deadly Overkill Title Of Fatal Death
Gory Discretion Shot
- Sound Only Death
Gross Up Close Up
Grotesque Gallery
Gypsy Curse
Half The Man He Used To Be
Halloweentown
Hair Raising Hare
Haunted Castle
Haunted Headquarters
Haunted House
Haunted Heroine
Haunted Technology
Hazardous Water
Headless Horseman
Hell Hotel
Hell Is Coming With Me
Hell Is That Noise
High Octane Nightmare Fuel
Hollywood Exorcism
Homicide Machines
Human To Werewolf Footprints
Humanoid Abomination
Horny Devils
The Horror
Horror Struck
I Can See You
I Hate You Vampire Dad
I Love The Dead
Im A Humanitarian
- Cannibal Clan
- Cannibal Tribe
- Horror Hunger
- No Party Like A Donner Party
- Picky People Eater
  - Brain Food
I'm Cold... So Cold...
Indian Burial Ground
Infernal Retaliation
Initiation Ceremony
Inn Of No Return
Ironic Nursery Tune
It Can Think
Jump Scare
Kaiju
Kensington Gore
Life Or Limb Decision
The Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday
Living Shadow
Lost In The Maize
Lovecraft Lite
Made From Real Girl Scouts
Made Of Plasticine
Madwoman In The Attic
Malevolent Masked Men
Man Eating Plant
Meaningful Background Event
Menstrual Menace
Mirror Scare
Monster Clown
Mook Horror Show
Mummy
Mundanger
Murder By Cremation
Murderous Mannequin
Nightmare Fuel Coloring Book
Night Of The Living Mooks
No Immortal Inertia
Norma Bates
Nothing But Skulls
Nothing Is Scarier
Not Using The Z Word
Occult Detective
Offscreen Teleportation
Organ Theft
Or Is It
Orifice Invasion
- Orifice Evacuation
Ominous Crack
Ominous Fog
- Fog Of Doom
Ominous Music Box Tune
Once Is Not Enough
Our Vampires Are Different
- Kiss Of The Vampire
- Looks Like Orlok
- Vampire Bites Suck
Our Werewolves Are Different
Peek A Boo Corpse
People Farms
Perverse Puppet
Phlegmings
Picky People Eater
The Power Of Blood
Prank Date
Pretend That Were Dead
Psychological Horror
Psycho Party Member
Rain Of Blood
Raising The Steaks
Razor Apples
Regret Eating Me
Room 101
Room Full Of Crazy
Rule Of Scary
Scare Chord
Scary Scarecrows
Screamer Trailer
Screaming Woman
Security Cling
See Thru Specs
Shadow Discretion Shot
Silver Bullet
Sinister Subway
Skeleton Crew
Sorting Algorithm Of Mortality
Soul Train
Spooky Painting
Spooky Photographs
Spring Loaded Corpse
Staking The Loved One
The Stars Are Going Out
Stringy Haired Ghost Girl
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Supernatural Proof Father
Surreal Horror
The Calls Are Coming From Inside The House
These Are Things Man Was Not Meant To Know
Things That Go Bump In The Night
Through The Eyes Of Madness
Touch Of The Monster
Tome Of Eldritch Lore
Torture Cellar
Town With A Dark Secret
Twenty Minutes With Jerks
Uberwald
Ultimate Evil
Uncanny Valley
- Uncanny Valley Makeup
Undead Author
Unfinished Business
Urban Legends
Vampire Invitation
Vagina Dentata
Van Helsing Hate Crimes
Very Loosely Based On A True Story
Viral Transformation
The Virus
- The Corruption
Walking Backwards
Wave Of Babies
Wax Museum Morgue
We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties
Wendigo
What Happened To Mommy?
What You See Is What You Get
Wipe That Smile Off Your Face
White Mask Of Doom
Who You Gonna Call
With Great Power Comes Great Insanity
The Worm That Walks
You Look Like You've Seen A Ghost
Youth Is Wasted On The Dumb
Zombie Apocalypse
- Zombie Gait
- Zombie Infectee

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