Their trial was sensationalized, with lurid tales of sexual perversity. Depictions of "excessive violence" were forbidden, as were "lurid, unsavory, gruesome illustrations". The Tousey stories were generally the more lurid and sensational of the two. Japanese garage kits are often female anime figures, sometimes in lurid or even pornographic poses. He noted the film is objective without any "lurid sensationalism". The more lurid or distasteful the art the better Mature comes across. Lurid newspaper stories blamed Carrington for the Fetterman disaster. Poets in English were not far behind in this lurid portrayal. Wells, however, despised the movie for its lurid excesses. He said Brooker examines what he calls the "lurid media frenzy" trend. She describes this fiction novel as "lurid" and containing "many inaccuracies". Cooper's account of the attack and aftermath is lurid and somewhat inaccurate. Newspapers printed increasingly lurid accounts of the Fund and its beneficiary. On the character of these earliest gentlemen the records throw a lurid light. During 1589, Stumpp had one of the most lurid and famous werewolf trials of history.