body horror

subgenre of horror that showcases graphic or psychologically disturbing violations of the human body

Class type of: horror fiction Q3641550

Facts

5 properties

Instance of: horror genre
Subclass of: horror fiction
Different from: biopunk^[6]
Has list: list of body horror media^[7]
Has part(s): body horror literature, body horror film, body horror television series^[3]^[4]^[5]

🏷️ Also known as

en Körperhorror en visceral horror en organic horror en biological horror en body horror en body horror fiction ar رعب جسدي da organisk horror da biologisk horror es horror biológico es terror biológico es terror orgánico es terror visceral fa وحشت جسمی he אלימות גופנית-ביולוגית id Horor tubuh it Horror biologico ja バイオホラー ja ボディホラー ja 身体変貌ホラー

🔖 Identifiers · 10

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Great Soft Jelly Thing (IHNMAIMS).png ↗
Google Knowledge Graph ID: /g/11ggr7s5tx
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID: bodi-khorror-cbd075
IMDb keyword: body-horror
Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms ID: gf2021026047
Postimees topic ID: 667464
Quora topic ID: Body-Horror
TV Tropes ID: Main/BodyHorror
Topic's main category: Category:Body horror
Yle topic ID: 18-345424

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🔗 Connections

← Genre 5

The Substance, Uzumaki, Together, The Hellbound Heart, Ōsama Game

Different from 1

biopunk

Subclass of 1

horror fiction

Topic's main category 1

Category:Body horror

← Category combines topics 1

Category:Body horror films

← Category's main topic 1

Category:Body horror

← Depicts 1

Star Trek: First Contact

← Different from 1

biopunk

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Summary

body horror is a horror genre^[1]. It is a type of horror fiction^[2].

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Class ancestry

[1] ↑ body horror is an instance of horror genre (Q116374620) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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24w ago · Dronebogus · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Has part(s) → body horror literature, body horror film, body horror television series

Instance of → horror genre

Subclass of → horror fiction

Different from → biopunk

+ 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)

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