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horror fiction

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horror fiction
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Summary

horror fiction is a speculative fiction genre[1]. It draws 8,822 Wikipedia views per month (speculative fiction genre category, ranking #7 of 21).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: speculative fiction[3], horror and terror[4]
  • Commons category: Horror[5]
  • Has part(s): horror film[6], horror literature[7], horror comics[8], horror television series[9], horror anime and manga[10], horror video game[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Horror fiction[12]
  • Main subject: fear[13], disgust[14]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Horror fiction[15]
  • Hashtag: horror[16]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Horror[17]
  • Fandom: horror fandom[18]
  • Mastodon instance URL: https://horrorhub.club[19]

Why It Matters

horror fiction has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . imgur.com. Retrieved . imgur.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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