Here are entered works on the genre of fiction that combines elements of both horror and romance, featuring psychological and physical terror, the supernatural, castles or monasteries, ghosts, darkness, gloom and doom, etc., usually in a medieval setting. Works on the literary movement that spawned this genre are entered under Gothic revival (Literature). Works on literature written in the Gothic language are entered under Gothic literature.
This heading is used as a genre/form heading for films that feature a build up of suspense, tension, uncertainty, menace, and anxiety as primary elements and in which the audience is kept on tenterhooks.
Here are entered works on the use of suspense in motion pictures, television programs, and video recordings. Motion pictures, television programs, and video recordings in which a build up of suspense, tension, uncertainty, menace, and anxiety is a primary element and the audience is kept on tenterhooks are entered under Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.).
Here are entered collections of fiction whose prime purpose is to produce a feeling of frightened anticipation and which characteristically involve crime, intrigue and violent action.
This heading is used as a genre/form heading for films that feature a build up of suspense, tension, uncertainty, menace, and anxiety as primary elements and in which the audience is kept on tenterhooks.
