body horror

body horror
A genre of horror fiction based around the graphic destruction or alteration of the body.

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  • Body horror — Body horror, or biological horror, is horror fiction in which the horror is principally derived from a sense of physical wrongness with the body.Fact|date=September 2008 Notable films * Alien (1979)http://www.horrorfilmhistory.com/index.php?pageID… …   Wikipedia

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  • Horror fiction — is, broadly, fiction in any medium intended to scare, unsettle, or horrify the audience. Historically, the cause of the horror experience has often been the intrusion of a supernatural element into everyday human experience. Since the 1960s, any… …   Wikipedia

  • Horror —    As a genre, horror never achieved much appreciation until the 1970s. Of the great studios in the Golden Age, only Universal concentrated on horror films in the classical period, but this was because as a second string major it was, ideally, an …   Guide to cinema

  • Horror —    As a genre, horror never achieved much appreciation until the 1970s. Of the great studios in the Golden Age, only Universal concentrated on horror films in the classical period, but this was because as a second string major it was, ideally, an …   Historical dictionary of Spanish cinema

  • Horror comics — is a comic book genre that flourished briefly in America during the middle 1940s and early 1950s. The genre was infamous for its gruesomely illustrated tales of ghosts and ghouls, zombies and vampires, haunted houses and graveyards, sexual… …   Wikipedia

  • Horror host — Horror hosts are a particular type of television presenter, often tasked with presenting low grade films to television audiences.In the early days of television, stations needed programming, and local stations frequently produced their own shows… …   Wikipedia

  • Horror-fi — is a film sub genre that combines elements of the science fiction film and the horror film. The term Horror Fi can also apply to films that feature a horror premise along with the physical and visual trappings of science fiction film.… …   Wikipedia

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  • Horror (GARO) — are fictional monsters in the Tokusatsu series GARO . Originally from a demon world, the Horrors appear in the human world, attracted by the darkness inside human beings that they feed on. The Horrors come in many forms; they usually come in a… …   Wikipedia

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