Throughout the history of art and philosophy, and later aesthetics, there have been polemics about the characterization of beauty and the role of art as an educational tool that helps (or should help) instill moral values. Among others, ideas and theories were developed that disputed the possibility of experiencing beauty through works that stimulate feelings of fear, anxiety and horror in humans. According to the basic definitions offered by thinkers studying beauty, it was often equated with virtue, harmony of nature, symmetry or bliss, however the questions that are the focus of this paper are: can the pleasure of beauty be found in the artistic imitation of situations that we normally avoid at all costs? If something evokes in us a primal sense of concern for our own survival, how is it possible that we are drawn to it with an almost shameful urge? Is there an aesthetic value in "horrible" artistic expressions and if so, what is the purpose of evoking such feelings? This paper will provide an overview of the possible aesthetic aspects of artistic expressions created with the intention of evoking a sense of horror in the consumer, where the problem of classifying the horrific within the aesthetic framework will be presented.