I would think that terror is closer to intense fear without the
violation of the natural order that seems associated with horror.
Someone killed by a bullet in a Western is just as dead as someone
killed by a monster -- of course in the case of vampire stories there is
the additional terrible element of becoming undead ("to be dead, really
dead" pines Lugosi's Dracula); absent difference in suffering there
shouldn't be any difference between the two deaths, but one is defined
as horrific while the other is not. the relation of horror, terror, and
the Burkean sublime is also interesting. But, as usual, these concepts
tend to leach into each other. For example in slasher movies extreme
psychosis gets tinged with with a hint of the monstrous, especially when
linked with cues that have been associated with the supernaturally
horrific in the past. Frankenstein as horror rather than scifi is an
interesting borderline case.
j
Henry M. Taylor wrote:
> What exactly is the difference between a) horror and b) terror ? Is
> one more focused on an external threat than the other? I understand
> that in genre discussions, sometimes both terms are used
> interchangeably.
>
> Thanks for your input, it's as always much appreciated.
>
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> Henry
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