If The Exorcist established the body as the site of horror, the horror film through the 1970s became increasingly focused on the body, and specifically on two interconnected aspects of the body: its excretions (products of the body beyond our control), and as a corollary of this, lack of control (the automatic ...
Suspense can be created with these literary devices: Dramatic irony (the reader knows something the character doesn't)Pace (fast or slow action)Foreshadowing (hints about what is to come)
a state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement, as in awaiting a decision or outcome, usually accompanied by a degree of apprehension or anxiety. a state of mental indecision.