Definitions of lurid:

• adjective:   glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism

  Example: "Lurid details of the accident"

• adjective:   horrible in fierceness or savagery

  Example: "Lurid crimes"

• adjective:   shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke

  Example: "A lurid sunset"

• adjective:   ghastly pale

  Example: "Moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence"