Subgenre Sampler
Splatter: 102 Films to Buy & Rent
- House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
- Dir. Rob Zombie
Feat. Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon…
- A gut–churning, schlocky homage by rock–singer Rob Zombie (of White Zombie fame) to the underground 'gore' films of the 1960s and…
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (2003)
- Dir. Marcus Nispel
Feat. Jessica Biel
- Despite being largely unnecessary, and certainly no improvement on the original, this remains a solid remake of Tobe Hooper's groundbreaking 1974…
- Blood Feast 2: All You Can Eat (2002)
- Dir. Herschell Gordon Lewis
Feat. Mark McLachlan, John McConnell, Melissa Morgan…
- A surprisingly enjoyable sequel to Lewis's 1963 "classic", this is the director's first movie since 1972's GORE GORE GIRLS.
The direction and…
- Suicide Club (Suicide Circle) (2002)
- Dir. Sion Sono
Feat. Ryo Ishibashi, Akaji Maro, Masatoshi Nagase
- Off–beat Japanese thriller based on apparently real–life incidents in which groups of high–school children commit mass…
- Undead (2002)
- Dir. The Spierig Brothers
Feat. Felicity Mason, Mungo McKay, Rob Jenkins
- This brash splatter effort from Australia makes impressive, exhaustive use of special effects on a very low budget as it turns into an almost…
- Teenage Caveman (2001)
- Dir. Larry Clark
Feat. Andrew Keegan, Tara Subkoff, Richard Hillman
- The highlight of a ‘Creature Feature’ series that updates drive–in fare of yesteryear, this delirious slab of camp set in a…
- Versus (2001)
- Dir. Ryuhei Kitamura
Feat. Tak Sakaguchi, Kenji Matsuda
- The zombie genre is resurrected yet again, here spliced with Asian combat routines and punk–gangster gunplay, and set in the local woods on an…
- Battle Royale (Batoru Rowaiaru) (2000)
- Dir. Fukasaku Kinji
Feat. Takeshi Kitano, Chiaki Kuriyama, Tatsuya Fujiwara…
- This hyper–kinetic, violent satire from Japan courted controversy (and a fair swag of hype) for its ‘irresponsible’ premise and searing…
- Audition (1999)
- Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina
- An almost–masterpiece of the macabre that sets up and sustains itself brilliantly with a restrained pace and jewel of a premise, then careens…
- Hypnosis (Saimin) (1999)
- Dir. Masayuki Ochiai
Feat. Hiroshi Inagaki, Miho Kanno
- A mysterious force is causing a spate of bizarre suicides, creatively and gruesomely staged for our blackly comic pleasure, in this…