Subgenre Sampler
Horror > Splatter: 80 Films to Buy & Rent
- Evil Dead 2 (1987)
- Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Bruce Campbell
- Not so much a sequel as a big–budget remake, it's a tour–de–force of slapstick horror with camera theatrics that confirm a major…
- Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A (1987)
- Dir. Chuck Russell
Feat. Robert Englund, Patricia Arquette, Laurence Fishburne…
- Improving on the perfunctory Pt. 2, this ups the ante on the gross–out special effects as Freddy wreaks further havoc on the kids he's helped…
- Redneck Zombies (1987)
- Dir. Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz
Feat. Steve Sooy, Anthony M. Carr, Keith Johnson…
- Troma–trash about zombies who happen to be rednecks.
- Street Trash (1987)
- Dir. Jim Muro
Feat. Mike Lackey, Bill Chepil, Marc Sferrazza
- Sub–par gorefest about exploding vagrants on NY streets. Some people liked it.
- Demons (1986)
- Dir. Lamberto Bava
Feat. Urbano Barberini, Natasha Hovey, Karl Zinny
- Son of Mario Bava, aided by Dario Argento, takes a slash at the zombie genre, with the undead uprising in a picture theatre.
- Day of the Dead (1985)
- Dir. George Romero
Feat. Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joseph Pilato
- Apocalyptic paranoia looms in an underground shelter for a few survivors in a world overrun with zombies. Conclusion to the 'Dead' trilogy builds a…
- Re-Animator (1985)
- Dir. Stuart Gordon
Feat. Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton
- Essential splatter comedy takes gore levels to a (then) new extreme. Rebel science student Herbert West invents a serum that brings the dead back to…
- Toxic Avenger, The (1985)
- Dir. Michael Herz, Sam Weil
Feat. Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Prichard
- A nerd becomes super–powered after falling into a vat of radioactive waste, and proceeds to clean up crime in one of the most notorious yet…
- Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)
- Dir. Ray Cameron
Feat. Kenny Everett, Pamela Stephenson, Vincent Price…
- Horror comedy about six scientists investigating a creepy manor, where a mysterious massacre killed 18 guests in a single night many years…
- Death Warmed Up (1983)
- Dir. David Blyth
Feat. Michael Hurst
- Hell–bent on exacting revenge on a loony scientist, Michael Hurst leads his friends to a secret island where toxic abominations run riot. This…