Phobophage

The term phobophage means "fear-eater", and is used for creatures feeding off emotions of fear.

Phobophages are often spiritual entities. Phobophages often attack people to scare them, and then feed on their fear. To do this they often manifest a physical body to come into and interact with the real world.

Some White Court vampires are also phobophagic, feeding on fear as their preferred emotion, notably the House Malvora.