splatterpunk

[ splat-er-puhngk ]

noun

1. a form of fiction featuring extremely graphic violence.

splatterpunk

/ ˈsplætəˌpʌŋk /

noun

1. a literary genre characterized by graphically described scenes of an extremely gory nature

Word History and Origins

Origin of splatterpunk¹

First recorded in 1985–90

Word History and Origins

Origin of splatterpunk¹

C20: from splatter + punk ¹

Example Sentences

It’s got all the trappings of splatterpunk body horror: skeletal machines split skin like ripe fruit; facial features grow where they shouldn’t; and characters are aroused by bloody, yonic wounds.

From The Verge

Hendrix takes us from the quiet ghost stories of the 1960s — which seemed “trapped in the past” — through the aptly-named Splatterpunk craze in the late ’80s, with Clive Barker’s “Books of Blood” in the vanguard.

From Washington Post

If a game like Techland’s upcoming Dying Light is intended to be a “AAA” zombie experience – something akin to World War Z - State of Decay is probably the closest approximation to the classic George Romero splatterpunk experience, iffy production values and all.

From Forbes

He didn’t climb the tank to spray the Red Army with a machine gun in each hand, like a character in a Hollywood action flick or a splatterpunk video game.

From Salon

Reference to a SimDisney theme-park ride and before that a 1990s splatterpunk thriller, I realize.

From Salon