These works were often more horrific and violent than the English Gothic novel. This resulted in repeated frontal assaults with horrific casualties. However, sometimes McCurry has witnessed some "horrific" and "distressing" sights. But he also injects some moments that are so horrific and squirm-inducing, they're downright Cronenbergian. She became collateral damage in an already horrific story. The stories could range from the humorous to the truly horrific. He also apologised for the horrific accident. On the way he meets with a horrific accident. The Putumayo was a particularly horrific case. At this extreme, the most horrific events occur. Inside is a book about horrific demons called Vampyrs. He begged doctors to remove it as he claimed it whispered horrific things to him. She begins drinking again and after drinking all weekend wakes up with a horrific hangover. It was too dark, too subterranean, and much too horrific. Bierce's short stories were in the horrific and pessimistic tradition of Poe.