dark fantasy
Also known as horror fantasy
subgenre of fantasy
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The cover of The Gunslinger, the first volume of The Dark Tower series by Stephen King
Dark fantasy or fantasy horror is a subgenre of literary, artistic, and cinematic fantasy works that incorporates disturbing and frightening themes. The term is ambiguously used to describe stories that combine horror elements with one or other of the standard formulas of fantasy.