Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Horror > Splatter: 77 Films to Rent
New 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, The (1981)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- 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 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…
Maniac (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, The (1979)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- 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 Dead (Zombies, Dawn of the Dead) (1979)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- 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 Eaters (1979)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- 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 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…
I Spit On Your Grave (Day of the Woman, aka I Hate Your Guts) (1978)
- Dir. Meir Zarchi
Feat. Camille Keaton, Eron Tabor, Richard Pace…
- Legendary 1970s video nasty in which a feminist writer (Keaton) holidaying in the countryside is menaced and repeatedly raped by four locals, whom…
Snuff (1976)
- Dir. Michael Findlay, Roberta Findlay
Feat. Ana Carro, Roberta Findlay
- 'Notorious' thriller set amid a world of South American drug–smuggling sleazebags, which supposedly climaxes with an actual filmed murder.…