8 Best Body Horror Movies of All Time

By Vlad Zakh · February 9, 2026

Body horror finds its terror in the flesh itself. Infinity Pool has resort tourists escaping punishment through a disturbing loophole, Titane has a woman with a metal plate in her skull on a violent, transformative journey, and Possessor has an assassin who controls other people’s bodies losing her own sense of self. Tetsuo: The Iron Man fuses a man with scrap metal, and Society, The Fly, Videodrome and The Thing complete eight of the genre’s landmarks.

Infinity Pool (2023)

TMDB ★ 5.9

Tourists at a resort discover a disturbing loophole that lets them escape punishment for their crimes.

Directed by Brandon Cronenberg · 1h 58m · Rated R

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Titane (2021)

TMDB ★ 6.6

A woman with a metal plate in her skull embarks on a violent, transformative journey of identity.

Directed by Julia Ducournau · 1h 48m · Rated R

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home

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Possessor (2020)

TMDB ★ 6.5

An assassin who takes control of other people's bodies to commit murders begins losing her own sense of self.

Directed by Brandon Cronenberg · 1h 43m · Rated R

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)

TMDB ★ 7.0

After a hit-and-run, a man's body slowly and violently fuses with scrap metal.

Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto · 1h 07m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Night Flight Plus, AsianCrush, Midnight Pulp, ARROW · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Society (1989)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 85% Metacritic 79

A wealthy teenager discovers his family and their elite social circle harbour a monstrous secret.

Directed by Peter Weir · 2h 09m · Rated PG

Won 1 Oscar20 wins & 19 nominations

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Fly (1986)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A scientist's teleportation experiment slowly merges his DNA with a common housefly.

Directed by David Cronenberg · 1h 36m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Hulu, Peacock Premium, Philo, AMC, Peacock Premium Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Videodrome (1983)

TMDB ★ 7.1

A cable TV programmer's exposure to a mysterious broadcast signal triggers grotesque hallucinatory transformations.

Directed by David Cronenberg · 1h 28m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Thing (1982)

IMDb ★ 8.2 RT 85% Metacritic 57

A shapeshifting alien picks off an Antarctic research team one paranoid reveal at a time.

Directed by John Carpenter · 1h 49m · Rated R

1 win & 5 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

8 Best Body Horror Movies of All Time

Infinity Pool (2023)

Titane (2021)

Possessor (2020)

Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)

Society (1989)

The Fly (1986)

Videodrome (1983)

The Thing (1982)

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