- Splatterpunk
Splatterpunk is a term that David J. Schow coined in the mid-1980s at the
World Fantasy Convention in Providence, refers to a movement withinhorror fiction distinguished by its graphic, often gory, depiction of violence and "hyperintensive horror with no limits." [cite web |author=Carroll, David|title=Splatterpunk |date=1995 |work=Tabula Rasa #6 |url=http://www.tabula-rasa.info/Horror/Splatterpunk.html |accessdate=2008-10-10 ] http://www.readersadvice.com/readadv/000407.html] It is regarded as a revolt against the "traditional, meekly suggestive horror story".cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE6D8143EF937A15750C0A967958260|title=The Splatterpunk Trend, And Welcome to It |last=Tucker|first=Ken|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=2008-09-02]Though the term gained some prominence in the 1980s and 1990s, and as a movement attracted a cult following, the term "splatterpunk" has since been replaced by other synonymous terms for the genre. [cite web |url=http://diewachen.com/2007/07/types-of-horror_24.html |title=Types of Horror/All Sorts of Punk |accessdate=2008-10-10 |author=Remy, J.E. |date=2007-07-24 |work=Die Wachen]
Writers known for writing in this genre include
Clive Barker , [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/paul-m-sammon/splatterpunks-ii.htm]Poppy Z. Brite ,Jack Ketchum , Joe Lansdale,Richard Laymon ,Richard Christian Matheson ,Robert McCammon ,David J. Schow ,John Skipp , andCraig Spector .Critical bibliography
* "Inside the New Horror" —
Philip Nutman , "The Twilight Zone", October 1988
* "The Splatterpunks: The Young Turks at Horror's Cutting Edge" —Lawrence Person , "Nova Express", Summer 1988
* "Splatterpunks: Extreme Horror" —Paul M. Sammon , St. Martins, 1990 ISBN 0-312-04581-6
* "Splatterpunks II: Over the Edge" —Paul M. Sammon , Tor Books, 1995 ISBN 0-312-85786-1
* [http://www.amazon.com/splatterpunk/lm/R2F630HUXUW991/ref=cm_srch_res_rpli_alt_1/ Splatterpunk Sampler]References
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