Gross-out film - Definition and Overview

Gross-out films form a genre of scatological comedy movies in which the producers aim to "gross out" their audience with disgusting and disturbing material, also known as "toilet" humor.

Gross-out films often feature jokes about feces, farting, snot, vomit and other bodily functions.

Some famous gross-out films include American Pie, Freddy Got Fingered, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Dumb and Dumber, Scary Movie and several John Waters films, such as Pink Flamingos.