English-French translations for horror story

• histoire d'épouvante
• histoire d'horreur
• horreur
  De fait, le sort des enfants en Roumanie est rapidement devenu, ainsi que M. le commissaire l' a signalé ce matin, un sujet d' horreur dans les médias du monde entier. Indeed, the treatment of children in Romania, as the Commissioner mentioned this morning, rapidly became a global media horror story.
• horreurs

Definition of horror story

• A fictional narrative of distressing events
• A disturbing rumour
• An unpleasant experience

Examples

• The film is based on a horror story by Edgar Allan Poe.
• Weve heard horror stories about people being attacked in the elevator.
• It was more of a horror story than a vacation.

Related words

• horror
• horror-struck
• horror film
• horror movie
• horror vacui
• horror punk
• horror scenario
• survival horror