Read the passage below and answer the question. The corpse, already greatly decayed and clotted with gore, stood erect before the eyes of the spectators.
Upon its head, with red extended mouth and solitary eye of fire, sat the hideous beast whose craft had
seduced me into murder, and whose Informing voice had consigned me to the hangman.
What is the mood of this passage from "The Black Cat"?
horrifying
disbelieving
depressing
thrilling