Russian Terror (genre)

террор (Russian, lit. 'Terror') is a Russian term that is commonly associated with media involving quiet horror. A subgenre of horror, it was created in the aftermath of the Allied atomic bombings of the western flank of the former Soviet Union. The term can also refer to entities that appear in this genre themselves, which are usually depicted as terrorizing ordinary people. 
The first Russian Terror film is generally regarded as the 1955 film Baba Yaga. террор characters are often somewhat metaphorical in nature; Baba Yaga, for example, serves as a metaphor for the aftermath of nuclear weapons, reflecting the fears of post-war Russia following the atomic bombings of several cities on the western front. Other notable examples of террор characters include The Entity, The Stranger, and The Nightwatcher. 
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