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{{trope}}
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Someone is about to [[Baleful Polymorph|turn into a monster]]. Or they have ''something'' inside them that is definitely not supposed to be there. Or they wake up to find that they are missing some bits. Or they learn, too late, that they are a character in an [[Mister Seahorse|MPreg]] fanfiction...
Welcome to the lovely land of '''Body Horror'''. Simply put, this is any form of [[Horror]] that is based primarily on the body visibly mutating and developing in out-of-control, hideous ways. Instead of a clean, smooth, shiny (and often quick) change from one form to another, as with many [[Transformation Sequence
For maximum nightmare points, [[Virus Victim Symptoms|the transformation should be slow]], seemingly irreversible, and [[Loss of Identity|force major personality changes]]. [[Nightmare Face|Emphasis must be placed on disfiguring and distorting the victim's face.]] Slow transformations draw out the anguish. Being [[Tragic Monster|near irreversible]] raises the stakes still further. Unsought personality changes mean the victim is [[The Mind Is
Sometimes, this implies an [[Orifice Invasion]] or getting your [[Face Full of Alien Wingwong]], or even a [[Chest Burster]]. Sometimes parasites, [[Puppeteer Parasite]], or a [[Viral Transformation]] are the cause, but in that case the suspense comes from the implanted alien ''slowly'' [[The Virus|taking over.]]
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Naturally, there's quite a bit of crossover with [[Painful Transformation]], [[Emergency Transformation]], [[Lovecraftian Superpower]], [[Shapeshifter Swan Song]], [[Came Back Wrong]], and [[Vagina Dentata]]. See also [[Your Head Asplode]], [[Appendage Assimilation]], [[Squick]], and [[Nausea Fuel]]. For a character or [[Mooks]] who has this as their back story, see [[Was Once a Man]] and/or [[Tragic Monster]] and [[The Grotesque]]. If the transformation is played for sympathy, it can be used to explore the issue of [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]. The transformation may result in [[Our Monsters Are Weird]] of the most horrific kind. See [[One-Winged Angel]] and [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] for a different kind of scary transformation. Contrast [[Alien Kudzu]] and [[Meat Moss]] for the architectural/environmental variants.
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