44 Body Horror Movies To Kill Your Appetite (original) (raw)

Because nothing says "Thanksgiving" like being too grossed-out to eat. WARNING: Major gore ahead. Also, spoilers! Proceed at your own risk.

Body horror is defined as "a horror film genre in which the main feature is the graphically depicted destruction or degeneration of a human body or bodies." It is best enjoyed on an empty stomach. With that in mind, here are some of the finest, most cringe-inducing body horror films of all time — definitely not for the faint of heart.

1. Eraserhead (1977)

2. Rabid (1977)

3. The Incredible Melting Man (1977)

4. Alien (1979)

5. The Brood (1979)

6. Altered States (1980)

7. An American Werewolf in London (1981)

8. Scanners (1981)

9. Possession (1981)

10. The Thing (1982)

11. The Beast Within (1982)

12. Basket Case (1982)

13. Videodrome (1983)

14. Re-Animator (1985)

15. The Stuff (1985)

16. From Beyond (1986)

17. The Fly (1986)

18. Hellraiser (1987)

19. Street Trash (1987)

20. The Blob (1988)

21. Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)

22. Society (1989)

23. Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)

24. Naked Lunch (1991)

25. Dead Alive (1992)

26. Body Melt (1993)

27. Thinner (1996)

28. Cabin Fever (2002)

29. May (2002)

30. Taxidermia (2006)

31. Slither (2006)

32. Teeth (2007)

33. Exte: Hair Extensions (2007)

34. The Ruins (2008)

35. Tokyo Gore Police (2008)

36. Splinter (2008)

37. The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)

38. Splice (2009)

39. Black Swan (2010)

40. The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) (2011)

41. Antiviral (2012)

42. American Mary (2012)

43. Under the Skin (2013)

44. Tusk (2014)