Splatterpunk is a movement within horror fiction that originated in the 1980s, distinguished by its graphic, often gory depiction of violence, its countercultural stance and what has been called its hyperintensive horror with no limits. The term was coined in 1986 by David J. Schow at the Twelfth World Fantasy Convention in Providence, Rhode Island, and the movement is generally understood as a deliberate revolt against what its practitioners saw as the traditional, meekly suggestive horror story of earlier decades. It has been defined as a literary genre characterized by graphically described scenes of an extremely gory nature, marking a sharp departure from horror fiction's more atmospheric or implicit traditions of terror.
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Place of OriginUnited States; the term was coined in 1986 by David J. Schow at the Twelfth World Fantasy Convention in Providence, Rhode Island. 1 Notable ExampleSplatter-Punks: The Definitive Anthology (1990), edited by Paul M. Sammon, the anthology that gave the movement its defining name in book form. 1 Defining TraitA horror movement distinguished by graphic, often gory depictions of violence, a countercultural stance, and self-described hyperintensive horror with no limits. 1 FAQs
Was splatterpunk a formal school of writers?
Its coiner described it as an era rather than a school of writing.
Not according to the writer who coined the word. David J. Schow, who invented the term in 1986, has said that splatterpunk is more an era than a school of thought or writing. He also notes with some pride that the word has been listed in the Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language since 1996.
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Splatterpunk is a movement within horror fiction originating in the 1980s, distinguished by its graphic, often gory, depiction of violence, countercultural alignment and "hyperintensive horror with no limits."
Further reading list
Paul M. Sammon (1990). Splatter-Punks: The Definitive Anthology. St Martins Press. ISBN 978-0-312-04581-4.
Lead section, second sentence
The term was coined in 1986 by David J. Schow at the Twelfth World Fantasy Convention in Providence, Rhode Island.
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