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-	[[Image:Heliades's metamorphosis into a tree.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Heliades]]' metamorphosis into a [[tree]]. [[Metamorphosis]] is a common [[horror|horror trope]].]]	+	#redirect [[Birth defect]]
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-	'''Body horror''', or, alternatively, [[biological horror]], is a term applied to works of [[horror fiction]] in which the horror is principally derived from a sense of physical "wrongness" with the body. Body horror mainly focuses upon radical [[shapeshifting|physical transformations]], bodily degeneration, mutant births, and the invasion/violation of the body by a disease or foreign organisms. Works of body horror integrate the [[psychological horror]] of one's body undergoing disturbing and irreversible changes with grotesque and [[shock value|shocking]] [[image]]ry. Frequently body horror is allegorical. ''[[The Fly (1986)|The Fly]]'' has been said to have been a metaphor for debilitating disease and the ravages of old age upon the mind and body. ''[[Rosemary's Baby (film)|Rosemary's Baby]]'' certainly draws from fears of rape and [[birth defects]].	+
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-	In horror literature, body horror can be found in many of the works of [[Clive Barker]], [[William S Burroughs]] and [[Mike Philbin]]. Comic books and graphic novels are no strangers to body horror either, with one of the best examples being ''[[Black Hole (comics)|Black Hole]]''. In the [[horror film]]s, [[David Cronenberg]] is largely attributed as introducing the concept to mainstream audiences. Other seminal examples of body horror movies include [[John Carpenter]]'s ''[[The Thing (film)|The Thing]]'', several films of [[Shinya Tsukamoto]] including ''[[Tetsuo: The Iron Man]]'', and the movie ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]''.	+
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-	The animated television series ''[[Æon Flux]]'' by [[Peter Chung]] frequently makes use of body horror elements as [[plot device|plot devices]], particularly [[amputation]] and disease. [[Amputation]], body modification and loss of identity are key elements in the semi-cybernetic [[Borg]] from various [[Star Trek]] franchises.	+
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-	== Notable films ==	+
-	*''[[The Quatermass Xperiment]]'' (1955)	+
-	*''[[Rosemary's Baby (film)|Rosemary's Baby]]'' (1968)	+
-	*''[[The Exorcist (film) |The Exorcist]]'' (1973)	+
-	*''[[It's Alive (film)|It's Alive]]'' (1974)	+
-	*''[[Shivers (film)|Shivers]]'' (1975)	+
-	*''[[Eraserhead]]'' (1977)	+
-	*''[[Rabid]]'' (1977)	+
-	*''[[The Brood]]'' (1979)	+
-	*''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' (1979)	+
-	*''[[Altered States]]'' (1980)	+
-	*''[[Basket Case (film)|Basket Case]]'' (1982)	+
-	*''[[John Carpenter's The Thing]]'' (1982)	+
-	*''[[Videodrome]]'' (1983)	+
-	*''[[The Stuff]]'' (1985)	+
-	*''[[The Fly (1986)|The Fly]]'' (1986)	+
-	*''[[From Beyond (film)|From Beyond]]'' (1986)	+
-	*''[[Brain Damage (film)|Brain Damage]]'' (1988)	+
-	*''[[Dead Ringers (film)|Dead Ringers]]'' (1988)	+
-	*''[[Tetsuo: The Iron Man]]'' (1988)	+
-	*''[[Society (film)|Society]]'' (1989)	+
-	*''[[Jacob's Ladder (film)|Jacob's Ladder]]'' (1990)	+
-	*''[[Body Melt]]'' (1993)	+
-	*''[[eXistenZ]]'' (1999)	+
-	*''[[Dreamcatcher (film)|Dreamcatcher]]'' (2003)	+
-	*''[[Doom (film)|Doom]]'' (2005)	+
-	*''[[Slither (film)|Slither]]'' (2006)	+
-	*''[[Bug (2007 film)|Bug]] (2007)	+
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-	== Notable persons ==	+
-	*''[[David Cronenberg]]''	+
-	*''[[John Carpenter]]''	+
-	*''[[Takashi Miike]]''	+
-	*''[[Shinya Tsukamoto]]''	+
-	*''[[Clive Barker]]''	+
-	*''[[William S Burroughs]]''	+
-	*''[[Mike Philbin]]''	+
-	*''[[Peter Chung]]''	+
-	*''[[Franz Kafka]]''	+
-	*''[[Brian Yuzna]]''	+
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-	==See also==	+
-	* [[Cyborg]]	+
-	* [[Body modification]]	+
-	* [[Morphological freedom]]	+
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