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gore

[gawr, gohr] / gɔr, goʊr /
NOUN
bloodshed
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And now, just shy of his 40th birthday, Coogler is an Oscar winner, for best original screenplay for horror period piece "Sinners," an unlikely mash-up of racial segregation, Southern blues and vampire-fueled gore.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

In horror, more is more — more gore, more jump scares, more shadowed silhouettes; all in service of scaring the viewer.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

She is joined, yet again, by Courteney Cox’s intrusive newscaster, Gale Weathers, who is in all seven films and is meant to serve as a satiric commentary on journalism’s obsession with blood and gore.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

“Don’t Talk About Joe Mac” is much more than a true-crime gore fest that reveals where the bodies are buried.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

When I checked the window, T. Ray was coming out of the orchard toward the house, fists balled, head plowed forward like a bull wanting to gore something.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd