body horror
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Dave Franco and Alison Brie are married in real life, but in the body horror romance “Together,” they play an engaged couple named Tim and Millie who might be happier breaking up.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
He also noted the body horror, especially in two “monstrous” birth sequences, providing an adequate scare, and there’s a “modicum of well-done fright effects.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025
The supernatural body horror film, written and directed by Australian Michael Shanks, follows a couple who move to the countryside and find themselves encountering a mysterious force that impacts their bodies, lives and relationship.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025
What inspired you to retell “Cinderella” as a body horror comedy?
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025
The Substance is the first body horror to be nominated for best picture, and only the seventh horror overall.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2025
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