Body Horror is one of those sub-genres that can be a bit tricky to define, though one that sometimes gets conflated with anything gory. There has to be a human body (preferably several) facing any ...

Ed Gein wasn’t actually a serial killer—he only admitted to killing two women. Rather, he was a body snatcher who had an obsession with his deceased mother, Augusta. Yet, Gein’s horrific crimes have ...

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 ...

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.

As “The Substance” hits theaters, here’s a look at eight other films in the goopy subgenre of body horror. By Kellina Moore In some scary movies, the sources of horror are closer than in your town or ...