splatterpunk

Meaning

Noun

A movement within horror fiction distinguished by its graphic, often gory, depictions of violence.
A fan of splatterpunk fiction.

Origin

splatter + -punk, coined in 1986 by David J. Schow at the Twelfth World Fantasy Convention in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

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