Mutations and Metamorphoses: Body Horror is Biological Horror

Body horror, a genre trope that showcases often graphic violations of the human body, is also justifiably called biological horror. The true biological nature of the horror elicited by these films is here discussed in light of hybrids, metamorphoses, mutations, aberrant sex, and zombification.

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Main Author: Cruz, Ronald Allan L
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2012
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Online Access:https://archium.ateneo.edu/biology-faculty-pubs/55
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01956051.2012.654521
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.biology-faculty-pubs-10572020-06-16T08:06:04Z Mutations and Metamorphoses: Body Horror is Biological Horror Cruz, Ronald Allan L Body horror, a genre trope that showcases often graphic violations of the human body, is also justifiably called biological horror. The true biological nature of the horror elicited by these films is here discussed in light of hybrids, metamorphoses, mutations, aberrant sex, and zombification. 2012-01-01T08:00:00Z text https://archium.ateneo.edu/biology-faculty-pubs/55 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01956051.2012.654521 Biology Faculty Publications Archīum Ateneo biological horror body horror evolution hybrids metamorphosis mutation zombies Biology Film and Media Studies Science and Mathematics Education
institution Ateneo De Manila University
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topic biological horror
body horror
evolution
hybrids
metamorphosis
mutation
zombies
Biology
Film and Media Studies
Science and Mathematics Education
spellingShingle biological horror
body horror
evolution
hybrids
metamorphosis
mutation
zombies
Biology
Film and Media Studies
Science and Mathematics Education
Cruz, Ronald Allan L
Mutations and Metamorphoses: Body Horror is Biological Horror
description Body horror, a genre trope that showcases often graphic violations of the human body, is also justifiably called biological horror. The true biological nature of the horror elicited by these films is here discussed in light of hybrids, metamorphoses, mutations, aberrant sex, and zombification.
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author Cruz, Ronald Allan L
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title Mutations and Metamorphoses: Body Horror is Biological Horror
title_short Mutations and Metamorphoses: Body Horror is Biological Horror
title_full Mutations and Metamorphoses: Body Horror is Biological Horror
title_fullStr Mutations and Metamorphoses: Body Horror is Biological Horror
title_full_unstemmed Mutations and Metamorphoses: Body Horror is Biological Horror
title_sort mutations and metamorphoses: body horror is biological horror
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2012
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/biology-faculty-pubs/55
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01956051.2012.654521
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