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Splatter film

For the film in production called Splatter, see Splatter (film). A splatter film or gore film is a sub-genre of horror film that deliberately focuses on graphic portrayals of gore and graphic violence. These films, through the use of special effects and excessive blood and guts, tend to display an...
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The Evil Dead

The Evil Dead (also known as: Evil Dead, The Book of the Dead, Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead and The Evil Dead, the Ultimate Experience in Grueling Horror) is a 1981 U.S. horror film written and directed by Sam Raimi, starring Bruce Campbell, Ellen...

Initial release date:

  • 1982

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Runtime:

  • 85 min (51 hs )

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Evil Dead II

Evil Dead II (also known as Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn) is a 1987 American cult comedy horror film. Standing as a sequel to 1981's The Evil Dead, the film was directed by Sam Raimi, written by Raimi and Scott Spiegel, produced by Rob Tapert and...

Initial release date:

  • Mar 13, 1987

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 85 min (51 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 3,500,000 (US$)

Night of the Living Dead

Night of the Living Dead is a 1968 independent black-and-white zombie film directed by George A. Romero. Ben (Duane Jones) and Barbra (Judith O'Dea) are the protagonists of a story about the mysterious reanimation of the recently dead, and their...

Initial release date:

  • 1968

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Runtime:

  • 96 min (58 hs )

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Dawn of the Dead

Dawn of the Dead (also known as Zombi internationally) is a 1978 zombie film, written and directed by George A. Romero. It was the second film made in Romero's Living Dead series, but contains no characters or settings from its predecessor, and...

Initial release date:

  • 1978

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R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 126 min (75.6 hs )

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Braindead

Braindead (New Zealand 1992), released as Dead Alive in North America, is a zombie comedy splatstick horror film directed by Peter Jackson. Braindead is in the same vein as Jackson's earlier works Bad Taste and Meet the Feebles, but is more polished...

Initial release date:

  • Feb 12, 1993

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Runtime:

  • 104 min (62.4 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 3,000,000 (US$)

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Bad Taste

Bad Taste, released in 1987, is a cult action comedy/sci-fi splatter film. Produced on a low budget, it is the second film directed by Peter Jackson. The film features Jackson and his friends taking a number of key roles, both on and off-screen. The...

Initial release date:

  • 1987

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Runtime:

  • 91 min (55 hs )

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Blood Feast

Blood Feast (also known as Egyptian Blood Feast and Feast of Flesh) is a 1963 American horror film directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis, often considered the first "splatter film". It was produced by David F. Friedman. This movie today would receive...

Initial release date:

  • Jul 6, 1963

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Runtime:

  • 67 min (40 hs )

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Land of the Dead

Land of the Dead (also known as George A. Romero's Land of the Dead) is a horror film by director George A. Romero, the fourth of Romero's six Living Dead movies. It is preceded by Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead, and...

Initial release date:

  • Jun 24, 2005

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 93 min (56 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 16,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

Zombi 2

Zombi 2 (also known as Zombie, Island of the Living Dead, Zombie Island, Zombie Flesh Eaters and Woodoo) is a 1979 zombie horror film directed by Lucio Fulci. It is the best-known of Fulci's films. The movie made Fulci a horror icon. Despite the...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 25, 1979

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Runtime:

  • 91 min (55 hs )

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The Beyond

The Beyond (Italian: ...E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldilà, also known as Seven Doors of Death) is a 1981 Italian horror movie directed by Lucio Fulci. It is considered by some horror film fans to be one of the best movies made by the Italian...

Initial release date:

  • Apr 29, 1981

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Runtime:

  • 87 min (52 hs )

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Brain Damage

Brain Damage is an American comedy horror film that was released in 1988, and directed by Frank Henenlotter (Basket Case, Frankenhooker). It features a young man named Brian (Rick Hearst) who has an unwilling symbiotic relationship with a malevolent...

Initial release date:

  • 1988

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The New York Ripper

The New York Ripper, original title Lo squartatore di New York, is a 1982 film directed and co-written by Lucio Fulci. The film score was written by Francesco De Masi. An example of the giallo genre of Italian horror/suspense movies, a genre known...

Initial release date:

  • Mar 4, 1982

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Runtime:

  • 91 min (55 hs )

Frankenhooker

Frankenhooker is an American black comedy horror film that was released in 1990. Very loosely inspired by Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, the film was directed by Frank Henenlotter and stars James Lorinz as medical school drop-out Jeffrey Franken...

Initial release date:

  • Jun 1, 1990

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 85 min (51 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 2,500,000 (US$)

Produced by:

Basket Case

Basket Case aka House of Freaks is an American comedy horror film, written and directed by Frank Henenlotter, that was released in 1982. It has two sequels, Basket Case 2 (1990) and Basket Case 3: The Progeny (1991) by the same director. It is...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 31, 1983

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Runtime:

  • 91 min (55 hs )

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The House by the Cemetery

The House by the Cemetery (Italian: Quella villa accanto al cimitero) is a 1981 Italian supernatural horror film directed by Lucio Fulci. Its plot revolves around a series of murders taking place in a New England home - a home which happens to be...

Initial release date:

  • 1981

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Runtime:

  • 87 min (52 hs )

Screenplay by:

Two Thousand Maniacs!

Two Thousand Maniacs! is a low budget 1964 splatter film directed and written by Herschell Gordon Lewis. It is the second part of what the director's fans have dubbed "The Blood Trilogy," including Blood Feast (1963) and Color Me Blood Red (1965)....

Initial release date:

  • Mar 20, 1964

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Runtime:

  • 87 min (52 hs )

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Day of the Dead

Day of the Dead is a horror film which is nominally a quasi-remake of George A. Romero's classic zombie film of the same name, which was the third in Romero's Dead series. The film is directed by Steve Miner (who also directed Friday the 13th Part 2...

Initial release date:

  • 2007

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City of the Living Dead

City of the Living Dead (Italian: Paura nella città dei morti viventi, also known as The Gates of Hell) is an Italian horror film from director Lucio Fulci. It has numerous alternate titles, such as Gates of Hell. It is the first installment of the...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 11, 1980

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Runtime:

  • 92 min (55 hs )

Die Zombiejäger

Die Zombiejäger is a Swedish gore movie from 2005. During a time in the near future, Gothenburg has been invaded by zombies. The police are powerless and a team of German zombie hunters are called in to solve the problem and clean up the city and...

Initial release date:

  • 2005

Runtime:

  • 90 min (54 hs )

Color Me Blood Red

Color Me Blood Red is a low budget 1965 horror film directed and written by Herschell Gordon Lewis. Color Me Blood Red is the third part of what the director's fans have dubbed "The Blood Trilogy", including Blood Feast (1963) and Two Thousand...

Initial release date:

  • Oct 13, 1965

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Runtime:

  • 79 min (47 hs )

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Diary of the Dead

Diary of the Dead is a 1976 neo-noir film directed by Arvin Brown, based on the novel One Across, Two Down by Ruth Rendell. It was produced by Charles B. Moss. Robert L. Fish, author of Mute Witness, the basis of Bullitt, contributed to the...

Initial release date:

  • 1976

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Runtime:

  • 93 min (56 hs )

The Wizard of Gore

The Wizard of Gore is a 1970 film directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis. It stars Ray Sager and Judy Cler. It was filmed in Chicago during 1968, but not released until October 23, 1970. This film was remade in 2007 starring Crispin Glover as Montag the...

Initial release date:

  • Oct 23, 1970

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Runtime:

  • 95 min (57 hs )

Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat

Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat, also known as Blood Feast 2: Buffet of Blood is an exploitation-style splatter film. Written by W. Boyd Ford and directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis, it released in 2002, and is the sequel to Lewis's cult classic film...

Initial release date:

  • 2002

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Runtime:

  • 99 min (59 hs )

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Mangiati Vivi

Mangiati vivi!, also known by its English title Eaten Alive!, is an Italian cannibal film directed by Umberto Lenzi, released in 1980. It stars Robert Kerman, Janet Agren and Me Me Lai. In secondary roles, it stars Franco Fantasia, Mel Ferrer and...

Initial release date:

  • 1980

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Runtime:

  • 92 min (55 hs )

The Gore Gore Girls

The Gore Gore Girls is a 1972 horror film directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis. It was his final film for the next 30 years, and is particularly infamous for its scene of chocolate milk produced when the nipple of a woman is severed. Nancy Weston (Amy...

Initial release date:

  • 1972

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Runtime:

  • 95 min (57 hs )

A Gruesome Twosome

A Gruesome Twosome is a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Bob Clampett and released on June 9, 1945. it stars Tweety, and two cats. The cartoon opens up with two cats (a couple) talking/singing in meows. Then we see a red cat (a...

Initial release date:

  • Jun 9, 1945

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Tales from the Crapper

Tales from the Crapper is a 2004 straight-to-video anthology film that was a spoof of Tales from the Crypt. The film was released by Troma Entertainment. Tales from the Crapper is an anthology film from Troma Entertainment that was released straight...

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Runtime:

  • 90 min (54 hs )

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Cheerleader Massacre

Cheerleader Massacre is a 2003 slasher film directed by Jim Wynorski and written by Lenny Juliano. The film stars Tamie Sheffield, Charity Rahmer, and Erin Byron. The film is a sequel to the Slumber Party Massacre franchise. It is the first sequel...

Initial release date:

  • 2003

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Runtime:

  • 85 min (51 hs )

Parts of the Family

Initial release date:

  • 2003

The Last House in the Woods

The Last House In The Woods (Italian: Il Bosco Fuori) is a 2006 Italian horror film. It is distributed on DVD in the United States by Ghost House Underground, a division of Ghost House Pictures. A young couple gets beat up by some some punks. They...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 24, 2007

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Runtime:

  • 86 min (52 hs )

The Wizard of Gore

The Wizard of Gore is a 2007 splatter/noir film directed by Jeremy Kasten. It stars Crispin Glover as Montag the Magnificent, Kip Pardue as Ed Bigelow, Bijou Phillips as Ed's girlfriend Maggie, and the Suicide Girls as Montag's victims. It was...

Initial release date:

  • 2007

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Runtime:

  • 94 min (56 hs )
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