exsanguination as eroticism b/w torture porn

exsanguination as eroticism b/w torture porn is a queer exploration of two different genres in horror: vampirism, and the erotic appeal vampires are often presented with, and torture porn, the derogatory label for films focusing on intense bodily harm presented in extremely graphic manners. both genres, while differing in traditional presentation (vampirism depicted as an elegant, yet animalistic desire for power over a victim, and torture porn depicted as a sadistic, dehumanizing display of abuse, with more exploitative examples operating from places of misogyny), resonate heavily within the transgender community, as these genres of horror depict very physical (and almost always painful) transformations of one’s body to be ‘reborn’, whether as an immortal, blood-sucking deity, or as a mutilated, somehow-still-living creature.