Subgenre Sampler
Splatter: 102 Films to Buy & Rent
- Demons 3 - The Ogre (Brivido giallo - La casa dell'orco) (1988)
- Dir. Lamberto Bava
Feat. Virginia Bryant, Paolo Malco
- Gothic–tinged telemovie from the son of Mario Bava, which severs any connection with previous DEMONS films with the tale of an American…
- Night of the Demons (1988)
- Dir. Kevin S. Tenney
Feat. Linnea Quigley, William Gallo
- Shlocky 80's horror based around a group of high school seniors partying inside an isolated funeral parlour where they unknowingly release a demon or…
- Salt, Saliva, Sperm & Sweat (1988)
- Dir. Philip Brophy
- Be prepared to be grossed out for this very weird, Warhol–influenced experimental outing from Australia about a day in the life of a frustrated…
- Slugs (Slugs, Muerte Viscosa) (1988)
- Dir. Juan Piquer Simon
Feat. Michael Garfield, Kim Terry, Philip MacHale
- Creature feature based on the UK horror novel of the same name by Shaun Hutson.
A rural town is invaded by mutant killer slugs, spawned from…
- Bad Taste (1987)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Peter Jackson
- New Zealand's entry into the splatter comedy genre, shot on consecutive Sundays over a four year period, is among the best ever made. Outrageously…
- 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.