Fright
Fright noun - Something unpleasant to look at.
Usage example: people in our neighborhood think that that orange and green office building is a hideous fright
Horror is a synonym for fright in fear topic. In some cases you can use "Horror" instead a noun "Fright", when it comes to topics like feeling, dread, apprehension, ugly sight. popular alternative
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The title female character is utterly unfazed by the horror movie she's watching while everyone else runs away screaming and weeping tears of fright.
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He revealed during his Resident Evil 2 playthrough that he thrived on horror games when he was young and that the shift of horror from survival-horror into action-horror just makes for less fright.
Source: Lets Play / S So HPKC -
Fright Camp is also another example of this, as it turns out all the supernatural elements are staged since it's set at a fantasy summer camp run by a famous horror movie director.
Source: Literature / Goosebumps
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