The 2020s have delivered a fresh wave of grotesque transformations, innovative practical effects, and bold storytelling.

The past five years really have been wonderful ones for horror fans. Beyond casual reboots of franchise flicks or shrug-worthy sequels, so-called “elevated horror” is having its time in the sun: ...

The body horror in this film is pretty grotesque but almost in a funny way where you feel yourself laughing while also struggling not to vomit up your dinner.

Out of the myriad sub-genres in cinema, body horror may be one of the most hardcore. While its origins can be traced all the way back to early 19th-century gothic fiction like Mary Shelley’s ...

With body horror film 'The Substance' shaking up this year's Oscar nominations, the spotlight is on the subgenre that explores the unpredictability of the human body.

In some scary movies, the sources of horror are closer than in your town or even in your house — they’re in your very own skin. These films belong to a subgenre called body horror: movies that ...

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In body horror, there is no return from being transformed; the damage is done. And although not every transformed body horror character dies, many do.

Body horror suggests that, nonetheless, we might be smart to just let the process play out — even if that doesn’t offer the same cinematic jolt as the alternative. More to Read .

On Body Horror and the Female Body "I think that writing about women goes hand in hand with horror writing. The female body is a nexus of pain almost by design, but it is also potentially ...

Horror movies and literature reflect people's anxieties by taking them to gory extremes. Body horror taps into the very human fear of how unpredictable, and even uncontrollable, our bodies can be.