Examples Of Body Horror In The Exorcist

Body horror, biological horror, organic horror or visceral horror is classified as ‘horror fiction’ — in which the horror is principally derived from graphic displays of the human body. Other types of body horror may include unnatural movements, such as the ‘spider-walk’ sequence which was excluded from the original cut of ‘The Exorcist’, in which Regan MacNeil is able to run down the stairs of her family home in a ‘spider-walk’ position due to her possession. Again from ‘The Exorcist’, perhaps one of the most famous scenes in horror movies history — the full head rotation made by Regan’s possessed body during her exorcism.

Body horror has been used over the years as a central ‘trope’ for several franchises — from the infamous Saw series,