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The Eyes of My Mother
The Eyes of My Mother is a 2016 black-and-white psychological horror film, Nicolas Pesce's debut, starring Kika Magalhães as Francisca, a surgeon's daughter turned killer. Premiered at Sundance 2016; 78% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Fly (1986 film)
The Fly (1986) is David Cronenberg's body horror remake of the 1958 film, starring Jeff Goldblum as scientist Seth Brundle, who fuses with a housefly during teleportation. Produced by Brooksfilms, it won the 1987 Oscar for Best Makeup.
The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
The Human Centipede (First Sequence) is Tom Six's 2009 Dutch horror film in which a surgeon stitches three tourists mouth to anus; Metascore 33, Ebert gave zero stars, spawned a trilogy.
The Manitou
The Manitou (1978) is a supernatural horror film directed by William Girdler, adapted from Graham Masterton's novel, starring Tony Curtis, Susan Strasberg, and Michael Ansara; a neck tumor contains the reincarnating 400-year-old medicine man Misquamacus.
The Sadness (哭悲)
The Sadness (哭悲) is a 2021 Taiwanese splatter horror film, Rob Jabbaz's debut, in which a mutating virus turns sentient Taipei residents into sadists; released January 2021 in Taiwan, on Shudder in May 2022, it won Fantasia's Best First Feature.
The Shrouds
The Shrouds (Les Linceuls) is David Cronenberg's 2024 France-Canada body-horror film, premiered in Cannes competition, starring Vincent Cassel as inventor of GraveTech camera shrouds for viewing the dead, written after his wife's 2017 death.
The Substance
The Substance (2024) is a body horror film by Coralie Fargeat starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, and Dennis Quaid; it won Best Screenplay at Cannes 2024 and the 2025 Oscar for Makeup and Hairstyling.
The Ugly Stepsister
The Ugly Stepsister (Den stygge stesøsteren) is a 2025 Norwegian body-horror comedy, Emilie Blichfeldt's debut, retelling Cinderella from stepsister Elvira's view; Sundance premiere, Oscar-nominated makeup, 50,675 Norwegian admissions.
Thinner (film)
Thinner is a 1996 American horror film based on the 1984 novel by Stephen King. It stars Robert John Burke as a lawyer cursed to lose weight uncontrollably.
Titane
Titane is a 2021 French-Belgian body-horror film by Julia Ducournau about Alexia, a car-show dancer with a titanium skull plate who becomes pregnant by a car and poses as a fireman's missing son; it won the Palme d'Or at Cannes 2021, making Ducournau the second woman, after Jane Campion, to win the prize.
Together (2025 film)
Together (2025) is an Australian body horror film, the feature debut of writer-director Michael Shanks, starring real-life married couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie as Tim and Millie, a codependent couple whose bodies fuse after a supernatural cave encounter; sold to Neon at Sundance 2025 for about $17 million and released July 30, 2025.
Tokyo Fist (東京フィスト)
Tokyo Fist (東京フィスト) is a 1995 Japanese film by Shinya Tsukamoto, who writes, directs, photographs, and stars as a salaryman in a violent love triangle with a boxer (his real brother Koji) and his fiancée; it won the 1995 Sundance Film Festival in Tokyo Grand Prix.
Tusk (2014 film)
Tusk is a 2014 American body-horror comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith, in which podcaster Wallace Bryton, played by Justin Long, is victimized in Manitoba by a retired seafarer.
Videodrome
Videodrome (1983) is a Canadian body-horror science fiction film by David Cronenberg, starring James Woods and Deborah Harry, about a torture-show broadcast that physically transforms viewers; also the name of an Atlanta video rental store.
Womb (2025 film)
Womb (2025 film) most commonly denotes the American horror thriller directed by Bridget Smith, written by Mike Walsh, starring Taylor Hanks and Myles Clohessy, released digitally February 11, 2025; the title was also used by 2025 shorts from New Zealand, South Korea, and Czechia.