Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Splatter: 90 Films to Rent on DVD
- Fudoh - The Next Generation (1996)
- Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Shosuke Tanihara, Kenji Takano, Marie Jinno
- Possibly the first film that gave the Western world an inkling of dir. Miike's unhinged worldview, investing a tale of yakuza vengeance with surreal,…
- Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre (1995)
- Dir. T.F. Mous
- This extreme 'shocker' depicts in grisly detail the story of the massacre of 300 000 Chinese by Japanese soldiers following the invasion of Nanking…
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994)
- Dir. Kim Henkel
Feat. Renee Zellweger, Matthew McConaughey
- The fourth movie in the loose Texas Chainsaw franchise, directed by the writer of the original cult classic (not that that makes a difference). This…
- Body Melt (1993)
- Dir. Philip Brophy
Feat. Gerard Kennedy, Andrew Daddo
- Phil Brophy's cult oddity SALT, SALIVA, SPERM AND SWEAT caused a stir some years back – now his full–length feature opens the floodgates…
- Basket Case 3 (1992)
- Dir. Frank Henenlotter
Feat. Kevin VanHentenryck, Annie Ross
- Completing the trilogy, this installment sees Belial separated from his able–bodied Siamese twin, getting married and fathering a gaggle of…
- Braindead (Dead Alive) (1992)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Timothy Balme, Diana Penalver, Elizabeth Moody
- Local prodigy's magnum opus may well be the last word in zombie film. What begins as a nervous romance for naive young Lionel soon turns into a…
- Night of the Living Dead (1991)
- Dir. Tom Savini
Feat. Tony Todd, Patricia Tallman, Tom Towles
- Intelligent remake with FX–whizz and long–time Romero collaborator Savini in the driver's seat, keen to flaunt his bag of gory tricks.
- Story of Ricky (Riki-Oh aka Lai Wong) (1991)
- Dir. Nam Nai-Choi
Feat. Fan Siu-wong
- Hong Kong cult sensation that comedically stir–fries prison ultra–violence with Western–style splatter.
Rib–cracking,…
- Basket Case 2 (1990)
- Dir. Frank Henenlotter
Feat. Kevin VanHentenryck, Judy Grafe, Annie Ross
- Emulating the sublimely grimy flavour of the original, this commendable sequel sees Belial the basket–dweller return with friends of a…
- Re-Animator 2 (Bride Of Re-Animator) (1990)
- Dir. Brian Yuzna
Feat. Jeffrey Combs
- Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West and friends return for a gory homage to Bride of Frankenstein, but its a pale shadow of both films, with noticeably…