Dark fantasy is basically horror's smarter sister.
By contrast, Dark Fantasy writers try to tell a crackerjack good story with all the trimmings, that only incidentally leaves you with shivers down your spine. Raymond E. Feist tried his hand at dark fantasy once. Phil Hastings, a successful movie screenwriter, finds and buys the house of his dreams for his family. The Faerie of the old Irish legends are powerful beings who cared little for humankind. Tim Powers specializes in dark fantasy, and does so as well as anyone alive.