bloody handprints

Gory hand impressions

Bloody handprints are marks left when hands covered in blood press against a surface.

The image is strongly associated with crime scenes, horror films, and violent struggle—evidence that someone wounded or dying touched a wall, window, or floor.

Figuratively, bloody handprints suggest guilt or complicity in violence: The administration's bloody handprints are all over this war.

Related

horror · horror movie · fingerprints · walls · crime scene · victim · struggle · stained · gore · forensic · palm · dried · fresh · slasher · final girl · escape · escape room · desperate

Categories
Opposites
evidence of violence vs. evidence of peace/innocence

bloody handprintsclean hands

Freedom from wrongdoing

white gloves · healing touch · helping hands · open palms · handshake

contamination/stain vs. cleanliness

bloody handprintsclean slate

Record wiped clear

sterile environment · blank canvas

incriminating evidence vs. exonerating evidence

bloody handprintsalibi

Defense of location

clean record · exculpatory evidence · wiped clean

Family

bloody, blood, bloods, bloodied, bloodier, bloodiest, bloodily, bloodiness, bleeding

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13