The phrase "a general horror" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a broad or widespread feeling of fear or dread about something.
Example: "The film was filled with a general horror that left the audience on the edge of their seats."
Alternatives: "a widespread fear" or "a common dread".
But if it isn't possible to bemoan the general horror at the same time as respecting a particular legal process, we are in a terrible mess.
They look anxiously at what has happened in Iraq, where the overthrow of a tyrant does not seem to have helped women.Though women suffered under the general horror of Saddam Hussein's rule, they were free to work, to walk the streets unveiled, and to go to school.
She fled from the general horror inflicted on India's poor young women, in search of a better life.
We were reduced to the point of insanity from the general horror and fear of... war.
The slave leader's death became the subject of general horror and indignation throughout liberal Europe.
Not even the audience's appreciation of Sheen's skills, nor their indulgence of Frostie's advanced years, could conceal the general horror at this navel-gazing.
"There is general horror at the idea," says Cathy Dean, international director of the UK-based charity Save the Rhino, which earlier this month issued a joint statement with the International Rhino Foundation opposing the synthetic horn.
But in 1971 it dissolved, to general horror, in the middle of blue-sky prosperity and eager international cooperation.
A key to Halloween's success (along with remembering that Laurie Strode was as much of a draw as Michael Myers) was that it was so cheap (around $10 million) that it didn't have to play beyond fans of the franchise and general horror junkies.
Positive reactions were given to the general horror and atmosphere of the game, including "truly horrifying sections," it "packs some genuine scares" and "the feeling of eeriness and doom is almost overwhelming".
