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{{quote|''"[[Blood Lust|If you want blood]]... [[Overdrawn At the Blood Bank|you've got it!]]"''
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Extreme and sadistic violence, to the point of prurience. A [[Portmanteau]] of "gore" and "porn". The term can refer to just an extremely graphic scene of bloodshed, or the entire sub-genre of torture films in the spirit of ''[[Saw]]''.
Gorn shows gore and blood, not to frighten or upset, but to excite and thrill. Like pornography in which a flimsy plot about [[Pizza Boy Special Delivery|a pizza delivery boy]] and a spaceship's randy, all-female crew is simply a device to get people to take their clothes off and have some sex already, the gorn genre is also all about "getting to the good stuff"... though that isn't to say that all gorn is mindless drivel. [[Porn
Certainly, horror relies on placing its characters in terrible situations so that the audience can experience the shock, even the thrill, of their peril. However, ''gorn'' isn't about the audience enjoying a good scare. Gorn isn't concerned with the protagonist's struggle to survive. Gorn exists simply for the sheer enjoyment of a plain old bloodbath.
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The environment version of this trope is [[Scenery Gorn]].
Compare [[Bloodier and Gorier]], [[Bloody Hilarious]], [[Ludicrous Gibs]], [[Exploitation Film]], and [[Torture Porn]]. Contrast [[Gory Discretion Shot]], where the work makes a point of ''not'' showing you the really gruesome stuff. [[Snuff Film]]s, if they existed in Real Life, would be Gorn turned [[Up to Eleven]].▼
Not to be confused with the ''[[Star Trek]]'' reptilian alien race the [
▲Compare [[Bloodier and Gorier]], [[Bloody Hilarious]], [[Ludicrous Gibs]], [[Exploitation Film]]. Contrast [[Gory Discretion Shot]], where the work makes a point of ''not'' showing you the really gruesome stuff.
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▲Not to be confused with the ''[[Star Trek]]'' reptilian alien race the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorn Gorn Hegemony], or the ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gwXJsWHupg sketch].
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