horrors

“In the paintings and drawings of this chamber of horrors, there is no telling what was in the sick brains of those who wielded the brush or the pencil,” the catalog explained.

"We've got to always remember the horrors that the Jewish community have suffered over centuries," she told me at her chambers in London.

These days, the horrors pile up so fast that it’s hard to keep track of them.

It’s the first great film to grapple with the brainsick mental strain of enjoying a lovely day — the sun is out, the booze is flowing — while your phone dings with headlines of horrors happening elsewhere.

Were the horrors too extreme, the subject matter too unremittingly grim or simply too uncomfortable to contemplate?