horrorist

English

Etymology

From horror +‎ -ist.

Noun

horrorist (plural horrorists)

1. A writer of horror.
   • 1974, The Eighteenth Century, volumes 16-17, page 250:

     […] English literature between Milton and Wordsworth: the side that has recently been illuminated, the so-called impressionistic, sentimental, and even Gothic strain celebrating Milton, Thomson, Young, Gray, and some of the Gothic horrorists.