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This category has the following 31 subcategories, out of 31 total. American splatter films (6 C, 424 P) Argentine splatter films (5 P) Australian splatter films (16 P) Austrian splatter films (2 P) Belgian splatter films (3 P) Brazilian splatter films (3 P) British splatter films (35 P) Canadian splatter films (1 C, 57 P)
Best Splatter Movies. by misterlol • Created 7 years ago • Modified 7 years ago. List activity. 9.1K views. 3 this week. Create a new list. List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 21 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Dead Alive. 1992 1h 44m R. 7.5 (104K) Rate. 54 Metascore. A young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey.
May 2, 2024 · Splatter films explore the darkest aspects of humanity, delving into the depths of depravity and fear and force audiences to witness things they have only seen in their nightmares. These best splatter movies serve up a potent mix of terror, gore, and twisted storytelling.
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31 titles. Sort by List order. 1. The Midnight Meat Train. 2008 1h 40m R. 6.0 (71K) Rate. 58 Metascore. A photographer's obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer who stalks late night commuters, ultimately butchering them in the most gruesome ways.
A splatter film is a subgenre of horror films that deliberately focuses on graphic portrayals of gore and graphic violence. These films, usually through the use of special effects , display a fascination with the vulnerability of the human body and the theatricality of its mutilation.
- The Splatter Movies in The 50s and 60s
- Intolerance
- Psycho
- Jigoku
- The Curse of Frankenstein
- Blood Feast
- 2000 Maniacs!
- Color Me Blood Red
- The Wizard of Gore
- Magnum Force
In the early 1960s and late 1950s, the general public again encountered the splatter from groundbreaking films such as Psycho byAlfred Hitchcock(1960) and such Hammer Film productions as The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Horror of Dracula (1958). Probably one of the most clearly gory films of this period was Nobuo Nakagawa’s Jigoku (1960), which...
“Intolerance” is a Historical film of 1916 directed by D. W. Griffith. In it we can find the first elements and the first scenes of what would be called splatter cinema many years later. It is considered one of the masterpieces of silent cinema and an example of innovative cinematographic technique. It’s aepic movietells four stories set at differe...
“Psycho” is a 1960 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It contains the first explicit scenes of splatter cinema. It is considered one of the masterpieces ofthriller genreand has influenced many other films in the history of cinema. The plot follows Marion Crane, who steals money and flees to a motel run by Norman Bates. But he soon discovers that Ba...
Jigoku (地獄, “Hell”) is a 1960 Japanese horror splatter film directed by Nobuo Nakagawaand produced by Shintoho. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Kaneko Yōichirō and tells the story of a young man who commits sins and is condemned to hell. The film is considered a classic of the Japanese horror genre and has been praised for its st...
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) is a British horror film directed by Terence Fisherand starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. It is an adaptation of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein and the first film in the Hammer Films’ Frankenstein horror series. Plot The story begins with Dr. Victor Frankenstein, who is in prison awaiting execution ...
Blood Feast (1963) is an American splatter horror film directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis. It’s one of the first splatter films ever made, and it helped define the genre. Plot The film opens with Fuad Ramses, an Egyptian butcher working in a small shop in Miami. Ramses is obsessed with an ancient Egyptian ritual that requires the sacrifice of five ...
2000 Maniacs! (1964) is an American horror film directed by Herschell Gordon Lewisand starring Connie Mason, William Kerwin, and Jeffrey Allen. Plot In 1965, two rednecks named Rufus and Lester use road signs to lure six young tourists to their small rural town of Pleasant Valley, Georgia. Upon arrival, they are warmly welcomed by the townspeople, ...
Color Me Blood Red (1965) is an American splatter film directed by Herschell Gordon Lewisand starring Gordon Oas-Heim, Candi Conder, and Elyn Warner. It is the third and final film in Lewis’s “Blood Trilogy”, following Blood Feast (1963) and Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964). Plot Adam Leroy is a struggling artist living in a small town in the Midwest. ...
The Wizard of Gore (1970) is an American splatter film directed by Herschell Gordon Lewisand starring Ray Sager, Judy Cler, and Wayne Ratay. The film tells the story of Montag the Magnificent, a stage magician who uses his hypnotic powers to control the minds of his audience members and force them to perform dangerous and gruesome illusions. The fi...
Magnum Force (1973) is a crime film with some scenes considered splatter from 1976 directed by Don Siegeland starring Clint Eastwood as Inspector Harry Callahan. Plot The story begins with the murder of a mobster, Frank Stiletto. The murder is committed by a man armed with a .44 Magnum, who leaves a note with the words “The Enforcers.” Inspector Ca...
1. The Strangers. 2008 1h 26m R. 6.1 (145K) Rate. 47 Metascore. A young couple staying in an isolated vacation home are terrorized by three unknown assailants. Director Bryan Bertino Stars Scott Speedman Liv Tyler Gemma Ward. 2. The House of the Devil. 2009 1h 35m R. 6.3 (51K) Rate. 73 Metascore.
