"Horror culture" in artistic practice of modernism epoch
It is considered fundamental for the mankind problem of horror, how horror phenomenon is conceptualized in the artistic culture of the XIX-XX centuries. The indefiniteness problem of death and irrationalism creates a special "culture of horror" that most clearly demonstrates itself in such genres as a gothic novel, horror film and anti-utopia. Aestheticization of "the horror" is a special cultural mechanism to overcome the fear of death and nothingness. General sociocultural crisis in the modern era and the accompanying process of secularization become fertile ground for the emergence and development of various kinds of artistic means of relief-experiencing of the fundamental human fears within the elite and mass culture.