macabre

adj. terrifying, dark, gruesome, grim, horrible

Macabre is a term applied to a type of artistic or literary works, characterized by a grim or atmosphere. In these works, there is an emphasis on the details and symbols of death. Macabre themes are often preoccupations in the Goth subculture. Themes are usually deliberate.
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Adjective
1. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
(synonym) ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome
(similar) alarming

adj. macabre, gruesome, ghoulish, grim, grisly

adj. macabre, gruesome, grisly, sick