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gore

[gawr, gohr] / gɔr, goʊr /
NOUN
bloodshed
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But Ali rejects the notion that audiences only want blood and gore.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

This is Hollywood's latest horror film - Backrooms - and it knows its audience: one more drawn to whispered horror than A-list names, monsters and gore.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

In horror, more is more — more gore, more jump scares, more shadowed silhouettes; all in service of scaring the viewer.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

On this tour, it’s a really good mixture: Full of Hell’s grindcore, Fulci is guttural gore death metal, Municipal Waste is crossover, and we’re old-school death metal.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

When I checked the window, T. Ray was coming out of the orchard toward the house, fists balled, head plowed forward like a bull wanting to gore something.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd




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