In contemporary illustration art, the "grotesque" figures, in the ordinary conversational sense, commonly appear in the genre grotesque art, also known as fantastic art.

GROTESQUE definition: 1. strange and unpleasant, especially in a silly or slightly frightening way: 2. wrong or unfair…. Learn more.

The adjective form of grotesque was first used in the early 17th century to describe the decorative art but is now used to describe anything bizarre, incongruous, or unusual.

Grotesque: Directed by Kôji Shiraishi. With Kotoha Hiroyama, Hiroaki Kawatsure, Shigeo Ôsako, Tsugumi Nagasawa. A doctor kidnaps a young couple and forces them into a game of torment that slowly extinguishes their hopes for survival.

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Grotesque (Japanese: グロテスク, Hepburn: Gurotesuku) is a 2009 Japanese exploitation horror film written and directed by Kōji Shiraishi. It gained notoriety for its graphic violence, [1] and follows a sadistic doctor who abducts a young couple and tortures them.

Grotesque, 1988 yılında Joe Tornatore tarafından yönetilen bir korku filmi. Daha önce The Exorcist'te rol alan Linda Blair filmde rol aldı ve yapımcı oldu.

uk / ɡrəʊˈtesk / us very strange and unpleasant, especially in a ridiculous or slightly frightening way: a grotesque image

GROTESQUE definition: odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre. See examples of grotesque used in a sentence.

While all three words mean "conceived, made, or carried out without adherence to truth or reality," grotesque may apply to what is conventionally ugly but artistically effective or it may connote ludicrous awkwardness or incongruity often with sinister or tragic overtones.