The text examines the appearance and function of horror figures in representative texts in the south Slavic expressionist discourse, within the poetry appearances of Miroslav Krleza ("Pjesme" - I, II and III), Milos Crnjanski ("Lyrics of Ithaca" - "Vidovdanske Pesme") and Geo Milev ("Hell", "September", and "The Cruel Ring"). By interpretations of the current period philosophical and psychological views...