Iannucci shows something that few people understand about Stalin's reign and its aftermath: that it was both terrifying and ridiculous, and terrifying in its ridiculousness.
At their best, these stories are both terrifying and unexpectedly thrilling.
Realising that I could no longer live as a trans man was both terrifying and freeing.
In this fine translation by Paul Olchvary, "Azarel" is both terrifying and beautiful.
But even below ground there was no containing this band, whose brief bursts of hardcore were both terrifying and humane.
Ms. Youn's performance is a tour de force of pride, rage and cunning, and Baek Geom-ok's transformation is both terrifying and persuasive.
This past week, Congress, having gotten into the Halloween spirit a little early, kept us all on edge with a crisis that was both terrifying and silly.
Mynn asked for a few minutes to say his prayers: surgery in 1836 was carried out without anaesthetic and was both terrifying and deadly.
HAL is both terrifying and pathetic: a Nietzschean abyss, a reflection of the human self and something terrible and unique, all at once.
The malicious chuckle that Danson unfurls when Eleanor figures it out is both terrifying and hilarious, like a clap of thunder on a sunny day.
