Terror
Encyclopedia
Terror may refer to:
- FearFearFear is a distressing negative sensation induced by a perceived threat. It is a basic survival mechanism occurring in response to a specific stimulus, such as pain or the threat of danger...
, an emotional response to threats and danger - TerrorTerrorTerror may refer to:*Fear, an emotional response to threats and danger*Terror, a political strategy of the asymmetrical use of threats and violence against enemies using means that fall outside the routine forms of political struggle operating within some current regime*Terrorism, the fact of...
, a political strategy of the asymmetrical use of threats and violence against enemies using means that fall outside the routine forms of political struggle operating within some current regime - TerrorismTerrorismTerrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...
, the fact of performing acts of terror, as defined above. - Horror and terror, literary and psychological concepts, especially as applied to Gothic literature
- The TerrorReign of TerrorThe Reign of Terror , also known simply as The Terror , was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of...
or Reign of Terror (1793–1794), a period of violence after the onset of the French Revolution
Comics
- Terror (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character of the 1940s
- Terror (New England Comics), a supervillain from The Tick media
Film and television
- The Terror (1928 film)The Terror (1928 film)The Terror is a 1928 "mystery melodrama" written by Harvey Gates and directed by Roy Del Ruth, based on a play by Edgar Wallace. It was the second "all-talking" motion picture released by Warner Bros...
, a horror film by Roy Del Ruth - The Terror (1938 film)The Terror (1938 film)The Terror is a 1938 British crime film directed by Richard Bird and starring Wilfrid Lawson, Linden Travers and Bernard Lee. It was based on a play by Edgar Wallace.The film is also known as Edgar Wallace's The Terror ....
, a film by Richard Bird - The Terror (1963 film)The Terror (1963 film)The Terror is an American horror film produced by Roger Corman, and famous for being filmed on leftover film sets from other AIP productions, including The Haunted Palace...
, a horror film by Roger Corman - Terror (1977 film), a Danish film
- "Terror" (Bottom episode)Terror (Bottom episode)Terror is the second episode of the third series of British television sitcom, Bottom. It was first broadcast on 13 January 1995.-Synopsis:One night, Eddie answers the door, and is greeted by a group of children playing Trick or Treat. When he fails to give them any sweets, they "trick" him by...
- Terror (1978 film), a UK film by Norman J. WarrenNorman J. WarrenNorman John Warren, born 25 June 1942 in London, is a British film director best known for such 1970s horror films as Satan’s Slave , Prey and Terror...
- The Terror (1920 film), a film by Jacques Jaccard filmed in Sonora, California
Music
- Terror (band)Terror (band)Terror is a hardcore punk band from Los Angeles, California. Their second album One with the Underdogs sold over 40,000 copies. They have also been on tours throughout Europe , Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Mexico and South America...
, a band from California - "Terror", a song by My Ruin from Speak and Destroy
- Terror (rapper), a rapper featured on a track from My World, My WayMy World, My Way (album)My World, My Way is the fourth studio album by rapper Silkk the Shocker. It was released on February 27, 2001 for No Limit Records and due to the departure of Beats By the Pound, was produced by a variety of producers...
- Terror (demo)Terror (demo)Terror is an independently-released EP cassette by Evildead. It contains demos that Evildead recorded in 1994 for the album that was intended to follow 1991's The Underworld. However, the new album was unfinished and never released as Evildead decided to call it quits...
, a 1994 demo tape by thrash metal band EvildeadEvildeadEvildead is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1987. The band was originally composed of members of two former bands, Agent Steel and Abattoir, including guitarist Juan Garcia, who is their only permanent member member... - Terror (music genre), a darker, yet more melodic sub-genre of SpeedcoreSpeedcoreSpeedcore is a form of hardcore techno that is characterized by a high rate of beats per minute and aggressive themes. The name originates from the high BPM rate, which rarely drops below 300 BPM. Earlier Speedcore tracks averaged at about 250 BPM, whereas more recent tracks sometimes exceed 1000 BPM...
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Ships
- Spanish destroyer TerrorSpanish destroyer TerrorTerror was a Furor-class destroyer of the Spanish Navy that fought at San Juan, Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War.-Technical Characteristics:...
, a ship that fought in the Spanish–American War - HMS TerrorHMS TerrorNine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Terror:*HMS Terror was a 4-gun bomb vessel launched in 1696, and captured and burnt by the French in 1704.*HMS Terror was a 14-gun bomb vessel launched in 1741 and sold in 1754....
, several ships of the Royal Navy- Most famously HMS Terror (1813)HMS Terror (1813)HMS Terror was a bomb vessel designed by Sir Henry Peake and constructed by the Royal Navy in the Davy shipyard in Topsham, Devon. The ship, variously listed as being of either 326 or 340 tons, carried two mortars, one and one .-War service:...
sister ship of HMS Erebus and involved in Captain Sir John Franklin's lost expedition through the Arctic.
- Most famously HMS Terror (1813)
- USS TerrorUSS TerrorUSS Terror may refer to:* Terror, a screw tug built in 1861 at St. Louis, Missouri; transferred to the U.S. Navy on 30 September 1862 and renamed , a Miantonomah-class monitor originally commissioned as Agamenticus, 5 May 1864; broken up 1874, an Amphitrite-class monitor; commissioned 15 April...
, several ships of the United States Navy
Other uses
- The Terror (novel)The Terror (novel)The Terror is the name of a 2007 novel by American author Dan Simmons. The novel is a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin's lost expedition of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror to the Arctic to force the Northwest Passage in 1845 - 1848...
, a 2007 novel by Dan Simmons - Mount Terror (disambiguation), two mountains
See also
- Terrorist (disambiguation)Terrorist (disambiguation)A terrorist is one who participates in terrorism.Terrorist or The Terrorist may also refer to:In film:* The Terrorist , a 1998 Indian film* Terrorists: The Kids They Sentenced, a 2003 Swedish documentary...
- Reign of TerrorReign of TerrorThe Reign of Terror , also known simply as The Terror , was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of...
- Red Terror (disambiguation)Red Terror (disambiguation)The Red Terror was a campaign of mass arrests and executions conducted by the Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia in 1918–1922.Red Terror may also refer to:*Communist terrorism*Revolutionary terror...
- White Terror (disambiguation)White Terror (disambiguation)White Terror refers to acts of violence by reactionary groups as part of a counter-revolution.Specifically, White Terror may refer to:*White Terror , two similar movements against the French Revolution:** First White Terror...
- Terror IllustratedTerror IllustratedTerror Illustrated was a black-and-white magazine published by EC Comics in late 1955 and early 1956. Part of EC's Picto-Fiction line, each magazine featured three to five stories. The format alternated blocks of text with several illustrations per page....
, a 1950s black-and-white magazine published by EC Comics - Terror Inc.Terror Inc.Terror Inc. was an American comic-book horror series from Marvel Comics starring the antihero Terror. Terror is an eternal entity that absorbs the talents of others through their dismembered limbs. He was created by writers Dan Chichester and Margaret Clark and artist Klaus Janson as the villain...
, a 1992 Marvel Comics series - TerroirTerroirTerroir comes from the word terre "land". It was originally a French term in wine, coffee and tea used to denote the special characteristics that the geography, geology and climate of a certain place bestowed upon particular varieties...
, the influence of local growing conditions on the taste of wine or other food or drink