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UKBody horror
/bˈɒdi hˈɒɹə/
/bˈɑːdi hˈɔːɹɚ/Body horror
[NOUN]1
a type of storytelling that focuses on showing disturbing and unsettling changes or deformities in the human body
synonyms : biological horror
Examples
1. Their thumbs are pure body horror.
2. Scanners David Cronenberg is the king of body horror, and his disturbing powers are on full display in Scanners.
3. If body horror isn't your cup of tea, meet Saint Simeon Stylites the elder.
4. Director Eli Roth burst onto the scene in 2002 with his feature debut Cabin Fever, a gory body horror film inspired by both 80s horror flicks and a skin infection that Roth himself contracted while horseback riding in Iceland.
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