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.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Horror movies have long been fascinated with the human body. Over the decades, Hollywood has categorized ...

With the blockbuster season in the rearview, some moviegoers may find themselves in the unctuous embrace of "body horror fall." The corporeally fixated subgenre, known for its graphic depictions of ...

David Heath is a List Writer from the UK specializing in video games, movies, TV shows, and the occasional anime. Horror is full of monsters, murderers, and other malignant entities. But there’s ...

S.K. Sapiano is a UK-based TV and movie writer for Collider. S.K. has a background in academia, earning a Bachelors in Film Production and a Masters in Religious Studies. Experienced in sound design, ...

Warning: Gross imagery and descriptions follow. Obviously! The human body is a mystery. A mass of tissue, muscles, vascular systems, and 70% water? Are we just walking flesh balloons filled with ...

Following in the bloody footsteps of Coralie Fargeat’s 'The Substance,' a new wave of female filmmakers is reinventing body horror, melding grotesque transformations with sharp critiques of beauty ...

S.K. Sapiano is a UK-based TV and movie writer for Collider. S.K. has a background in academia, earning a Bachelors in Film Production and a Masters in Religious Studies. Experienced in sound design, ...

Horror is arguably the most versatile movie genre because there’s no shortage of things to be afraid of. Scared of the ocean? Great—there’s an entire subgenre of shark attack films. Believe in the ...

Eduardo Ariedo is a video game journalist known among friends for leading Bohemians, an Irish football club, to a Champions League title in Football Manager—just mention the game, and his eyes light ...