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Body horror, or, alternatively, biological horror, is horror fiction in which the horror is principally derived from a sense of physical "wrongness" with the body. Horror fiction is broadly Fiction in any medium intended to scare unsettle or horrify the audience 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. Shapeshifting is a common theme in Mythology and Folklore, as well as in Science fiction and Fantasy. Works of body horror integrate the psychological horror of one's body undergoing disturbing and irreversible changes with grotesque and shocking imagery. "Psychological horror" is a subgenre of Horror fiction that relies on character fears guilt beliefs and emotional instability to build tension and further the plot Shock value is the potential of an image text or other form of communication to provoke a reaction of Disgust, shock, Anger, Fear, An image (from Latin imago) or picture is an artifact usually two-dimensional that has a similar appearance to some subject &mdashusually 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. The Fly is a 1986 Science fiction / Horror film produced by Brooksfilms and 20th Century Fox, directed by David Cronenberg Alien as an allegory for birth. Alien is a 1979 science fiction / Horror film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Sigourney Weaver. Rosemary's Baby certainly draws from fears of rape and birth defects. Rosemary's Baby is a 1968 American horror / thriller Film written and directed by Roman Polanski. A congenital disorder is a disease or disorder that is present at birth

In literature, body horror can be found in many of the works of Clive Barker and William S. Burroughs. Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English author film director and visual artist William Seward Burroughs II ( – ˈbʌroʊz was an American Novelist, Essayist, Social critic, painter and Spoken word Classic literary examples include Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis and Eugène Ionesco's Rhinocéros. The Metamorphosis (Die Verwandlung is a Novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915 Eugène Ionesco, born Eugen Ionescu ( November 26, 1909 – March 28, 1994 Rhinoceros ( French original title Rhinocéros) is a play by Eugène Ionesco, written in 1959. Comic books and graphic novels are no strangers to body horror either; Black Hole and Yummy Fur being two of the best examples. Black Hole is a Limited series written and illustrated by Charles Burns. In horror films, David Cronenberg is largely attributed as introducing the concept to mainstream audiences. Horror films are Movies that strive to elicit Fear, Horror and terror responses from viewers David Paul Cronenberg OC, FRSC (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian Film director and occasional Actor. 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. John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American Film director, Screenwriter, producer, film score The Thing is a 1982 science fiction and Horror film directed by John Carpenter, written by Bill Lancaster and starring is a Japanese Film director and Actor with a considerable cult following both domestically and abroad Tetsuo The Iron Man (鉄男 Tetsuo) is a 1989 Japanese Cyberpunk film by cult-film director Shinya Tsukamoto. Alien is a 1979 science fiction / Horror film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Sigourney Weaver.

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The Invisible Man is a 1933 Horror film based on H G Wells ' Science fiction novel The Invisible Man, published The Quatermass Xperiment ( The Creeping Unknown in the United States) is a 1955 British science-fiction / Horror The Fly ( 1958) is an American science-fiction / Horror film, directed by Kurt Neumann. is a Tokusatsu Film produced and released by Toho Studios in 1958 The Human Vapor, known in Japan as, is a Tokusatsu Film produced and released by Toho Studios in 1960 The Brain That Wouldn't Die, also known as The Head That Wouldn't Die, is a 1962 science-fiction / Horror film directed also known as Matango Fungus of Terror and Attack of the Mushroom People, is a 1963 Tokusatsu Eiga (Japanese "special Rosemary's Baby is a 1968 American horror / thriller Film written and directed by Roman Polanski. Stereo is a 1969 Canadian film written, shot, edited and directed by David Cronenberg. Crimes of the Future is a 1970 Canadian film written, shot, edited and directed by David Cronenberg It's Alive was a 1974 Horror film written produced and directed by Larry Cohen. Shivers (filmed as Orgy of the Blood Parasites; alternate titles The Parasite Murders, They Came from Within Eraserhead is a 1977 Surrealist Horror film written and directed by David Lynch. Rabid is a 1977 Horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg. This article is about the 1979 film For the Professional wrestling stable see The Brood (professional wrestling. The Alien film series is a science fiction horror film franchise, focusing on Lieutenant Ellen Ripley (played by Sigourney Altered States is a 1980 Science fiction Film adaptation of a novel by the same name by playwright and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky The Beast Within is a 1982 Horror film directed by Philippe Mora. Movie Plot The story tells of a young woman who left her family for unknown reasons Scanners is a 1981 action / Science fiction / Horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg. Basket Case is a 1982 Horror comedy Film written and directed by Frank Henenlotter. Tagline General information Stephen King's Creepshow is a 1982 anthology Horror movie directed by George A The Thing is a 1982 science fiction and Horror film directed by John Carpenter, written by Bill Lancaster and starring Videodrome is a 1983 sci-fi horror Canadian Film directed by David Cronenberg. The Dead Zone is a 1983 Science fiction - Thriller film based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. The are a series of 1980s Japanese horror films with extremely detailed Special effects of gruesome crimes against people Re-Animator is a 1985 Horror film directed by Stuart Gordon and based on the H Breeders is a 1986 Science-fiction Horror film about an alien creature which comes to earth and impregnates young virgins. The Fly is a 1986 Science fiction / Horror film produced by Brooksfilms and 20th Century Fox, directed by David Cronenberg From Beyond is a horror film directed by Stuart Gordon and released in 1986 Hellraiser is a 1987 British Horror film exploring the themes of Sadomasochism, pain as a source of pleasure and morality under duress and fear Street Trash is a 1987 horror - Comedy film directed by J Michael Muro (credited as Jim Muro Brain Damage is a 1988 American horror Comedy film directed by Frank Henenlotter ( Basket Case Dead Ringers is a 1988 psychological Horror film starring Jeremy Irons in a dual role as Identical twin gynecologists Tetsuo The Iron Man (鉄男 Tetsuo) is a 1989 Japanese Cyberpunk film by cult-film director Shinya Tsukamoto. Society is an American Horror film released in 1992. It was finished in 1989 but not released in the US until 1992 John Carpenter Presents Body Bags is a 1993 horror / thriller TV movie directed by John Carpenter and Tobe Body Melt ( 1993) is a satirical Australian Horror film directed by Philip Brophy, influenced by " Splatstick Crash is a 1996 film written and directed by David Cronenberg based on the J eXistenZ is a 1999 Psychological thriller / Science fiction film by Canadian director David Cronenberg. is a Japanese horror movie directed by Higuchinsky. Uzumaki, released in 2000, is based on Junji Ito 's episodic Manga Imprint is the twelfth episode of the first season of Masters of Horror. " Pro-Life " (also known as " John Carpenter's Pro-Life " is the fifth episode of the second season of Masters of Horror. Slither is a 2006 horror - Comedy film by Universal, written and directed by James Gunn, and starring Nathan Fillion Planet Terror is a 2007 film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez, about a group of people attempting to survive an onslaught of zombie-like creatures Teeth is a Black comedy film written and directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein, about a girl who has teeth in her vagina. The Ruins is a 2008 horror film directed by Carter Smith and starring Jonathan Tucker, Shawn Ashmore, Jena Malone, Bad Biology is an upcoming dark Horror comedy film directed and produced by cult filmmakers Frank Henenlotter and undergound rap legend R David Paul Cronenberg OC, FRSC (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian Film director and occasional Actor. John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American Film director, Screenwriter, producer, film score (born August 24, 1960) is a highly prolific and controversial Japanese Filmmaker. is a Japanese Film director and Actor with a considerable cult following both domestically and abroad Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English author film director and visual artist Ishirō Honda (本多 猪四郎 Honda Ishirō) sometimes miscredited in foreign releases as "Inoshiro Honda" ( May 7 1911 in Yamagata Prefecture This article is about the English horror writer for the American music video director see James Herbert (director. Brian Yuzna (born in the Philippines in 1949 is a director, writer and producer of Films Yuzna grew up in Nicaragua, David Keith Lynch (born January 20 1946 is an American director, Screenwriter, producer, painter, Cartoonist, Composer William Seward Burroughs II ( – ˈbʌroʊz was an American Novelist, Essayist, Social critic, painter and Spoken word Peter Kunshik Chung (born April 19, 1961 in Seoul, South Korea, as 정근식 (Chung Geun-sik or alternative spelling Jeong Geun-Sik or Chung is a Japanese Exploitation film director. He has worked prolifically in the Pinku eiga genre Junji Ito (伊藤潤二 Itō Junji, July 1963 -) is an author of Japanese horror Manga. Chester Brown (born May 16, 1960) is a Canadian independent Cartoonist. A cyborg is a Cybernetic Organism ( ie, an organism that has both artificial and natural systems The uncanny valley is a hypothesis that when Robots and other facsimiles of humans look and act almost like actual humans it causes a response of revulsion among human observers Body modification (or body alteration) is the permanent or semi-permanent deliberate altering of the human body for non-medical reasons such as sexual enhancement Morphological freedom designates a proposed Civil right of a Person to either maintain or modify his or her own body, on his or her own terms through Biopunk (a Portmanteau word combining " Biotech " and " punk " is a term used to describe A Hobbyist who experiments A deformity, dysmorphism, or dysmorphic feature is a major difference in the shape of the body a body part or a body organ (internal or external compared to In biology mutations are changes to the Nucleotide sequence of the Genetic material of an organism Horror fiction is broadly Fiction in any medium intended to scare unsettle or horrify the audience "Psychological horror" is a subgenre of Horror fiction that relies on character fears guilt beliefs and emotional instability to build tension and further the plot
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