Noun
(fiction) A fictional narrative of distressing events.
The film is based on a horror story by Edgar Allan Poe.
(informal) A disturbing rumour.
We've heard horror stories about people being attacked in the elevator.
An unpleasant experience.
It was more of a horror story than a vacation.
One of the problems, hanging out with me, is that I can turn any topic into a toxic horror story. I've lost two girlfriends and a job by reading an ingredients label out loud, with annotations, at the wrong time. Neal Stephenson
We'd turn our lives into a terrible adventure. A true-life horror story with a happy ending. A trial we'd survive to talk about. Chuck Palahniuk
If you ask around, it's pretty easy to find someone who has a bank account overdraft horror story to tell. Carolyn Maloney
I'm a huge fan of Jessica Lange and 'American Horror Story.' I would love to work with her. She's been one of my favorite actresses for a while. Anna Camp
San Francisco is a breathtakingly beautiful city, with lots of great contrasts between dark and light, often overlapping each other. It's a great setting for a horror story. Christopher Moore (author)
The closer a horror story gets to the truth of things, the more affective it is going to be. Paul G. Tremblay