Observe, Dismember, Overcome: "Resident Evil 4" (2005; 2023) and "Dead Space" (2008; 2023) as Video Game Extensions of the Body Horror Subgenre

Body horror, which is very often defined as a cinematic subgenre (Cherry 2009, Weismann 2021), utilizes themes of mutation, infection etc. to play on resentment towards human form. Emerging prominently in the 1970s and 1980s and shaped by new filmmaking technologies and sociopolitical upheavals, bo...

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Main Author: Paweł Baran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe 2025-07-01
Series:Zagadnienia Rodzajów Literackich
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Online Access:https://ojsltn.uni.lodz.pl/Zagadnienia-Rodzajow-Literackich/article/view/2805
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