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Flesh, Beauty, and Bloody Becoming

A run of films where a woman's body turns monstrous under the pressure of being perfect, desired, or 'normal'. They rhyme on surgery, hunger, puberty and performance as kinds of transformation horror.

These are the modern touchstones of feminine body horror. Two buzzy crowd favourites open the door to a vein of beloved cult objects and festival shockers. They're not slow, but they are graphic and squirm-inducing, so watch them with a strong stomach rather than a big group.