Sara's Soliloquies (@sarassoliloquies): "Interesting. I was taught that horror is the aesthetic remove. So terror is the immediate thing (“I am terrified [of this thing that is happening]”) and horror exists in the remove/distance (“I am horrified [by what is happening]”). So, in this case, terror is someone holding yo…"

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Interesting. I was taught that horror is the aesthetic remove. So terror is the immediate thing (“I am terrified [of this thing that is happening]”) and horror exists in the remove/distance (“I am horrified [by what is happening]”). So, in this case, terror is someone holding you or someone you love at gunpoint. Horror is watching someone be held at gunpoint down the street.

Monica Van Fleet

Mar 25

I just learned something new from my Dracula research that I have to share.

Did you know that from a literary perspective, “terror" refers to the lead up to the scary thing (the unknown part) while “horror" generally refers to after the thing happened (the known part)

Terror is about apprehension and anticipation while horrors are described after they are committed.

I just love words!

Apr 7

6:23 PM

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