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"Are you eatin' it...or is ''it'' eatin' ''you''?" --''[[The Stuff]]'' "Are you eatin' it...or is ''it'' eatin' ''you''?" --''[[The Stuff]]''
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 +"''[[The Thing (1982 film)|The Thing]]'' (1982) took to its logical limit the [[body horror|Body-horror]] that was initiated in ''[[Alien (film) |Alien]]'' (1979) with that infamous scene where the alien bursts out of a crew member's stomach." -- "[[Horrality: The Textuality of the Contemporary Horror Film]]" (1983) by Philip Brophy
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The term is 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]]. The term is 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]].
-In horror literature, body horror can be found in many of the works of [[Clive Barker]] and [[William S Burroughs]]. 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]]''.+In horror literature, body horror can be found in many of the works of [[Franz Kafka]]'' (''[[Metamorphosis]]'') [[Clive Barker]], [[William S Burroughs]] and [[Roland Topor]]'' (''[[Joko's Anniversary]]''). 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 with films in the 1970s such as ''[[Shivers]]'' (1975), ''[[Rabid (film)|Rabid]]'' (1977) and ''[[The Brood]]'' (1979). 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]]''.
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. 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.
-==In art==+==Films==
 +*''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'' and its remakes (1956, [[Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film)|1978]], [[Body Snatchers (1993 film)|1993]])
 +*''[[Shivers]]'' (1975)
 +*''[[Eraserhead]]'' (1977)
 +*''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' (1979)
 +*''[[Altered States]] (1980)
 +*''[[The Brood]]'' (1979)
 +*''[[Scanners]]'' and its sequels (1981)
 +*''[[The Thing (film)|The Thing]]'' (1982)
 +*''[[Re-Animator]]'' (1985)
 +*''[[The Fly (1986 film)|The Fly]]'' (1986)
 +*''[[Tetsuo: The Iron Man]]'' and its sequels (1989)
 +*''[[Taxidermia]]'' (2006)
 +*''[[District 9]]'' (2009)
 +*[[Black Swan (film)|''Black Swan'' (film)]], 2010 psychological thriller directed by Darren Aronofsky
 +*''[[Gräns]]'' (2018) by
 +*''[[The Lobster]]''
 +*''[[Raw (film)|Raw]]'' by [[Julia Ducournau]]
 +*''[[Teeth (2007 film)|Teeth]]''
 + 
 +==In the visual arts==
* [[Heliades' metamorphosis into a tree from Tableaux du temple des muses|Heliades]]' metamorphosis into a [[tree]], metamorphosis is a common horror trope * [[Heliades' metamorphosis into a tree from Tableaux du temple des muses|Heliades]]' metamorphosis into a [[tree]], metamorphosis is a common horror trope
 +* [[Auricular style]]
 +== Etymology ==
- +The term "[[body horror]]" was first used by [[Philip Brophy]] in his 1983 article "[[Horrality: The Textuality of the Contemporary Horror Film]]."
-== Notable persons ==+
-*[[David Cronenberg]]'', several works+
-*[[John Carpenter]]''+
-*[[Takashi Miike]]''+
-*[[Shinya Tsukamoto]]''+
-*[[Clive Barker]]''+
-*[[William S Burroughs]]'', several works+
-*[[Peter Chung]]''+
-*[[Franz Kafka]]'', ''[[Metamorphosis]]''+
-*[[Roland Topor]]'', ''[[Joko's Anniversary]]''+
==See also== ==See also==
-* [[Cyborg]]+* [[Biomorphism]]
* [[Cyborg]] * [[Cyborg]]
* [[Corporeality]] * [[Corporeality]]
-*[[Horticultural horror ]]+* [[Grotesque body]]
 +* [[Horticultural horror ]]
* [[Morphological freedom]] * [[Morphological freedom]]
* [[Pod]] * [[Pod]]
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== References == == References ==
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*''[[The Biology of Horror]]'' (2002) Jack Morgan *''[[The Biology of Horror]]'' (2002) Jack Morgan
*"[[Horror and the Monstrous Feminine: An Imaginary Abjection]]" (1986), an essay by Barbara Creed *"[[Horror and the Monstrous Feminine: An Imaginary Abjection]]" (1986), an essay by Barbara Creed
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"Are you eatin' it...or is it eatin' you?" --The Stuff

"The Thing (1982) took to its logical limit the Body-horror that was initiated in Alien (1979) with that infamous scene where the alien bursts out of a crew member's stomach." -- "Horrality: The Textuality of the Contemporary Horror Film" (1983) by Philip Brophy

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Body horror, biological horror, organic horror or venereal horror is horror fiction in which the horror is principally derived from the graphic destruction or degeneration of the body.

The term is 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 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 shocking imagery. Frequently body horror is allegorical. 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 certainly draws from fears of rape and birth defects.

In horror literature, body horror can be found in many of the works of Franz Kafka (Metamorphosis) Clive Barker, William S Burroughs and Roland Topor (Joko's Anniversary). Comic books and graphic novels are no strangers to body horror either, with one of the best examples being Black Hole. In the horror films, David Cronenberg is largely attributed as introducing the concept to mainstream audiences with films in the 1970s such as Shivers (1975), Rabid (1977) and The Brood (1979). Other seminal examples of body horror movies include John Carpenter's The Thing, several films of Shinya Tsukamoto including Tetsuo: The Iron Man, and the movie Alien.

The animated television series Æon Flux by Peter Chung frequently makes use of body horror elements as 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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