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splatterpunk

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splatterpunk [ˈsplætəˌpʌŋk]
n
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a literary genre characterized by graphically described scenes of an extremely gory nature
[from splatter + punk1]


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Splatterpunk Eli Roth will give us Trailer Trash, comprised of reportedly insane fake film adverts, while Godfather of gore George A Romero returns in March with Diary Of The Dead.
Demonic possession and Satanism, scientific and biomedical terror, psychological horror, and the newest development, splatterpunk (an extreme and explicit version), round out the list: Each chapter includes a short precis and a list of representative authors.
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