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The 10 Greatest Scenes in the History of Gore

From Alien to Zombie.

By |Posted Friday, July 8, 2011, at 6:58 AM

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And be sure to read Jason Zinoman's series from this week on "How To Fix Horror."

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Jason Zinoman writes about theater for the New York Times. He is the author of Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.