ホラー

A loanword from English used to refer to the horror genre across all media — films, novels, manga, games, and TV. In Japanese, ホラー almost always refers to the genre rather than the feeling of horror itself (for which 恐怖(きょうふ) is used).

Common collocations

• ホラー映画(えいが): horror movie
• ホラー小説(しょうせつ): horror novel
• ホラーゲーム: horror game
• ホラー漫画(まんが): horror manga
• 和製(わせい)ホラー: Japanese-style horror (J-horror)

Related words

• 恐怖(きょうふ): fear, terror — the emotion itself, not the genre
• 怪談(かいだん): ghost story — traditional Japanese horror storytelling
• 心霊(しんれい): supernatural, paranormal — often used in ホラー contexts