User blog comment:Shmacabre203/Is Gore Art?/@comment-25052433-20150408230410

Gore is a lot like super glue, a dab will do ya! Many writers will fall back on gore to as a plot device, which usually results in a poor story. Gore can be a great plot enhancer, but in my opinion, should never be a driving force in the story telling.

As far as gore art, well, if you're telling the story about a guy that dismembers people and creates some form of expression, then I suppose gore would have its place, but we've all seen Red Dragon and The Cell, so I think most can agree that over doing the gore can simply make a scene come across as almost campy, instead of getting the actual result of fear or disgust.