The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to horror fiction.–

Forms of horror fiction

Horror media

• Comics
• Films
  • list
• Magazines
• Television programs
• Giallo
• Grand Guignol

Subgenres of horror

• Body horror
• Bollywood horror films (film)
• Cannibal (film)
• Chinese (film)
• Comedy
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  • Black comedy (sometimes)
  • Zombie comedy
• Cosmic
• Dark fantasy
• Dark romanticism
• Eco (film)
• Ero guro
• Erotic
• Found footage (film)
• German underground (film)
• Ghost
• Gothic
  • American
  • Romance (film)
  • Southern
  • Southern Ontario
  • Space
  • Suburban
  • Tasmanian
  • Urban
• Hixploitation (film)
• Japanese
• Korean (film)
• Lovecraftian
• Monsters
  • Jiangshi
  • Kaiju (film)
  • Vampire
  • Werewolf
• Natural (film)
• Occult detective
• Organ transplantation
• Psychological
• Religious (film)
• Satanic (film)
• Sci-fi (film)
• Slasher (film)
• Splatter/gore (film)
• Splatterpunk
• Survival
• Weird fiction
• Weird menace
• Weird West
• Zombie apocalypse

History of horror fiction

History of horror fiction

• History of horror films