| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| FEAR | Horror | |
| REVULSION | Horror | |
| DREAD | Horror | |
| NIGHTMARES | Horror (situations) | |
| GRUESOME | Causing horror | |
| SPINECHILLER | Horror story | |
| HORROR-STRUCK | Horror-stricken; horrified. | |
| DREADED | Awaited with horror | |
| STEPHEN | Horror’s ... King | |
| DREADS | Awaits with horror | |
| AGHAST | Stupefied with horror | |
| CHIMERA | An imagined horror | |
| DIRENESS | Terribleness; horror; woefulness. | |
| HORRIFIC | Causing horror; frightful. | |
| GENRE | Horror or romance, say | |
| HORRIFICATION | That which causes horror. | |
| HORROR-STICKEN | Struck with horror; horrified. | |
| PSYHOANALYST | Horror film expert to see shrink | |
| PHOBIA | Paranoid horror of being in acronym | |
| POBIA | Paranoid horror Of being in acronym | |
| LOOKER | Paranoid horror Of being in acronym | |
| ABHOR | To fill with horror or disgust. | |
| PSYCHO | PS Why choose half a horror film? | |
| WEREWOLF | We return flower to beast in horror films | |
| DRINKING | Doctor and trendy horror writer are sampling ales | |