- Psychological Horror: Psychological horror focuses on the mental, emotional, and psychological states to frighten, disturb, or unsettle readers.
- Slasher Horror: Slasher horror is characterized by a violent psychopath hunting and killing a sequence of victims in a terrifying manner.
- Gothic Horror: Gothic horror stories are designed to inspire fear through a romanticized view of the past, combining elements of both horror and romance.
- Paranormal Horror: This subgenre involves supernatural elements, such as ghosts, vampires, witches, or demons.
- Lovecraftian Horror: Inspired by the work of H.P. Lovecraft, this subgenre often involves cosmic horror of the unknown and the unknowable more than gore or other elements of shock.
- Zombie Horror: These tales involve zombies, undead creatures, usually in an apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic world.
- Body Horror: This subgenre focuses on the graphic destruction or degeneration of the body.
- Splatterpunk: A movement within horror literature that aims to emphasize the gory, visceral, and often extreme nature of horror.
- Supernatural Horror: This subgenre includes stories that have elements beyond scientific understanding, often involving gods, demons, or ghosts.
- Sci-Fi Horror: This subgenre combines elements of horror with the settings and technology typically found in science fiction.
- Occult Horror: This subgenre deals with the occult, involving witches, satanism, and demonic possession.
- Vampire Horror: This subgenre centers around the myth and lore of vampires.
- Ghost Horror: These stories involve spirits or ghosts causing terrifying events.
- Werewolf Horror: This subgenre focuses on stories revolving around the lore of werewolves.
- Survival Horror: These stories often involve protagonists trying to survive in hostile environments.
- Haunted House: This subgenre involves stories of haunted houses or other locations where the setting itself is tied to the horror.
- Monster Horror: These stories often revolve around monsters, creating fear through their appearance or actions.
- Eco-Horror: This subgenre involves stories where the horror is derived from nature or the environment.
- Erotic Horror: This subgenre blends elements of horror and erotica, using sexual themes to elicit fear and dread.
- Techno Horror: This subgenre uses elements of technology to create fear, often involving computers, robots, or other forms of advanced technology.
- Comedy Horror: This subgenre often combines horror themes with comedic elements, using humor to lighten the horror.
- Cthulhu Mythos: A shared fictional universe, based on the work of American writer H. P. Lovecraft.
- Witch Horror: This subgenre includes stories that involve witches or witchcraft.
- Quiet Horror: This subgenre focuses on creating a sense of dread and the uncanny through subtle and often psychological means, rather than relying on graphic violence.
- Weird Fiction: A subgenre that focuses on the weird, blending elements of horror, fantasy, and speculative fiction.
- Crime Horror: This subgenre combines elements of horror and crime fiction, often involving serial killers or violent criminals.
- Extreme Horror: This subgenre is characterized by the depiction of extreme acts, such as gratuitous violence, gore, and taboo subjects.
- Dark Fantasy: This subgenre combines elements of fantasy with horror, creating a dark and often gloomy supernatural world.
- Post-Apocalyptic Horror: This subgenre deals with stories set in a world devastated by an apocalyptic event.
- Historical Horror: This subgenre uses historical settings or elements to heighten the horror.
- Pulp Horror: This subgenre emulates the style of classic pulp fiction, often involving fast-paced plots and lurid themes.
- Teen Horror: This subgenre focuses on horror stories aimed at a teenage audience.
- Southern Gothic: This subgenre employs the use of macabre, ironic events to examine the values of the American South.
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