fright

The audience’s understanding of fright story rules and stock characters seasons the show’s sinister comedy, as it also draws on the audience’s familiarity with places like its titular town, whether by reputation or experience.

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026

The East Coast parades were raucous affairs with participants including a shock rock band in two-foot fright wigs and neon body paint performing from a flatbed truck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

The rapper and singer will.i.am has played hundreds of shows and sold millions of records, but his latest debut—as a professor of a college class about artificial intelligence—gave him stage fright.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

But the escalations over the weekend, alongside scenes of destruction of energy infrastructure both in Iran and across the Gulf, saw the markets take rapid fright.

From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026

“It’s not the fashion, but it’s becoming, and I can’t afford to make a fright of myself,” she used to say, when advised to frizzle, puff, or braid, as the latest style commanded.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

Eventually, he finds himself inside a barn with anthropomorphized hay and other frights.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

On the field, he has impressed as a young captain and here, not without frights, he came through his toughest test so far.

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026

These spots are sure to give frights and delights.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025

Regrettably, it’s difficult to consistently say the same of Skarsgård’s Orlok, who provides significant frights but feels almost too conventionally scary for a film so keen on being its own creation.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024

Once the boogeyperson is done telling us about a few of her favorite frights, Agent Kozy lets us ask questions.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston