gore or Splatter it is a cinematic subgenre of horror movies, which is characterized by the presence of extremely violent scenes, with a lot of blood, viscera and human or animal remains.
The purpose of genre productions gore – which also belong to literature, music, electronic games and plastic arts, for example – is to horrify and shock the viewer, awakening feelings of despair, anxiety and fear.
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The word gore belongs to the vocabulary of the English language and can be literally translated as "clotted blood", "blood spilled" or "sanguinolência" (excess blood) for Portuguese.
Film productions of the genre gore they appeal to visual effects to simulate scenes of mutilations of the human body, as well as representations of extremely disturbing physical tortures.
Also known as "cinema splatter", the description of this genre would have emerged from the movie "Zombie - The Awakening of the Dead" (1978) by George A. Romero, one of the main cinematographic authors of the horror and horror genre.
In the musical field, the style known as Goregrind is the one that uses themes gore in the lyrics of your songs. The bands and singers who explore this musical genre use allegories, art (for album covers, for example) and costumes that evoke the extreme and visceral violence seen in films gore.
Various contents classified as belonging to the genre gore are easily found in deep web, a sub-zone of the internet where illegal, immoral and disturbing topics are often discussed.
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Gore can still refer to the last name of the former vice president of the United States, al gore (Albert Arnold Gore Jr), during the term of former President Bill Clinton (1993 – 2001).