Theatrical genre of plays that are intended to shock or frighten by inducing feelings of revulsion, terror, or loathing

Sleeping with the lights on : the unsettling story of horror / Darryl Jones.

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Sleeping with the lights on : the unsettling story of horror / Darryl Jones.