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horror film

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Summary

horror film is a film genre[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,436 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: art genre by arts form[3]
  • Subclass of: horror fiction[4]
  • Commons category: Horror films[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Horror films[6]
  • Topic has template: Template:Horror film[7]
  • Short name: горор[8], Horror[9]
  • Has list: list of horror films[10]

Why It Matters

horror film has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0204276-filmove-horory
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0204276-filmove-horory, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 7966, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  3. 22w ago · Sofie Geneea · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → —
    Iab code → 336
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Iab code: 336"
  4. 22w ago · Shahf14 · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has part(s): slasher film"
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