as in bloody
smeared or stained with blood
doesn't watch too many movies that feature gory violence
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Complementing the costumes were grungy makeup and greasy hair, as well as inventive prosthetics to achieve the gorier moments.
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Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Popular on Variety The other shoe drops when realizing that Leone’s positivity is in service of one of the goriest horror movies ever made.
—William Earl, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
Which makes the Irish designer’s work a particularly apposite choice for Demi Moore, star of The Substance, in which a younger version of her character, Elisabeth Sparkle, literally bursts forth from her flesh in scenes gorier than any wildlife documentary.
—Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2025
But based on recent archeological research, at least some Magdalenian groups also engaged in a gorier pastime: cannibalism.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Feb. 2025
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Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Popular on Variety The other shoe drops when realizing that Leone’s positivity is in service of one of the goriest horror movies ever made.
—William Earl, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
Which makes the Irish designer’s work a particularly apposite choice for Demi Moore, star of The Substance, in which a younger version of her character, Elisabeth Sparkle, literally bursts forth from her flesh in scenes gorier than any wildlife documentary.
—Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2025
But based on recent archeological research, at least some Magdalenian groups also engaged in a gorier pastime: cannibalism.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Feb. 2025
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