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Horror > Splatter: 80 Films to Buy & Rent

 
Basket CaseBasket Case (1982) Recommended
Dir. Frank Henenlotter
Feat. Kevin VanHentenryck, Terri Susan Smith, Beverly Bonner
Sleazy and cheesy horror–comedy about a gawky teenager and his mutant siamese twin, Belial, who has a penchant for caneware and murder.
New York RipperNew York Ripper (1982)
Dir. Lucio Fulci
Feat. Jack Hedley, Daniela Doria
A sadistic tale from Italian dir. Fulci (THE BEYOND) which concerns a killer roaming New York City and murdering women while babbling like 'Donald…
Evil Dead, TheEvil Dead, The (1981) Recommended
Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Bruce Campbell
Made on a budget of less than $100,000, this explosive splatter movie takes gore to the very limits. Colossal amounts of tomato sauce fill the screen…
Turkey ShootTurkey Shoot (1981)
Dir. Brian Trenchard-Smith
Feat. Steve Railsback
Vicious Ozzie cult film set in a future society where criminals are hunted in a controlled environment. Intended to make MAD MAX look like THE SOUND…
ContrabandContraband (The Smuggler) (1980)
Dir. Lucio Fulci
Feat. Fabio Testi
A slight change of pace for dir. Fulci, here concocting a vicious criminal thriller about rival smugglers on the Naples waterfront, but which manages…
ManiacManiac (1980)
Dir. William Lustig
Feat. Joe Spinell, Caroline Munro
Notoriousy grisly 1980s "video nasty", featuring Tom Savini effects (inc a very famous head explosion and several scalpings) amid an otherwise…
Brood, TheBrood, The (1979) Aro Favourite
Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Oliver Reed
Oliver Reed stars in this disturbing tale about genetic experiments and the reaches of parental anger. Though violent and often surreal, the story…
Dawn of the DeadDawn of the Dead (Zombies, Dawn of the Dead) (1979) Aro Favourite
Dir. George Romero
Feat. David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger
One of the most effectively violent films ever produced, this classic gorefest has the walking dead run amok in a shopping mall. The comic–book…
Zombie Flesh EatersZombie Flesh Eaters (1979) Recommended
Dir. Lucio Fulci
Feat. Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, Richard Johnson
The Italian goremeister's answer to DAWN OF THE DEAD (and originally marketed as a sequel to it) sees zombies making grisly mincemeat of various poor…
Bloodsucking FreaksBloodsucking Freaks (1978)
Dir. Joel Reed
Feat. Seamus O'Brien, Viju Krem
Repugnant exploitation fare set in a New York theatre of sleaze, promises gross, delivers the insufferable. A film to truly absolve one's morbid…

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