horror story

noun

a story, movie, etc., that entertains or fascinates by shocking or frightening, especially by an emphasis on bloodshed or supernatural forces.
Informal. a distressing experience:
the horror stories of child abuse.

She told People that November about her alleged horror story.

Le Monde points to the recent creepy clowns in Wasco, California, and the fourth season of “American Horror Story.”

After all, the comeuppance of the Big Bad is the good part of any horror story.

American Horror Story: Freak Show, it seems, is a revenge tale.

But Lange really deserved her American Horror Story trophy, and is always fun to watch at awards shows.

I have taken your life and turned it into a horror story, Sam!

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