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{{short description|Standard literary and psychological concept applied especially to Gothic literature and film}} [[File:Sir Charles Bell, Essays on Expression Wellcome L0021920.jpg|thumb|262px|Drawing by [[Sir Charles Bell]] of a terrified man from ''Essays on Expression''.]] {{Emotion}} The distinction between '''horror''' and '''terror''' is a standard literary and psychological concept applied especially to [[Gothic fiction|Gothic]] and [[horror fiction]].<ref>Radcliffe 1826; Varma 1966; Crawford 1986: 101-3; Bruhm 1994: 37; Wright 2007: 35-56.</ref> ''Horror'' is the feeling of revulsion that usually follows a frightening sight, sound, or otherwise experience. By contrast, ''terror'' is usually described as the feeling of dread and anticipation that ''precedes'' the horrifying experience. [[NoΓ«l Carroll]] also defined terror as a combination of horror and revulsion.<ref>M Hills, ''The Pleasures of Horror'' (2005) p. 17</ref>
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