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splatter film

American  

noun

Slang.
  1. a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.

  2. snuff film.


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The new 4K UHD edition includes four commentary tracks and hours of behind-the-scenes material, covering the origins of this project and explaining why, even now, this splatter film with a shocking title is so beloved.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2023

Curious humans who watched scary movies during the Halloween season will love a certain splatter film director’s television show on AMC offering an educational perspective on some of the best of the ghoulish genre.

From Washington Times • Nov. 6, 2020

Rivers, also from New Zealand, has collaborated with Jackson on many films, starting with the zombie splatter film Braindead in 1992 and on all six films in the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit series.

From The Guardian • Oct. 25, 2016

The movie, after all, seems a challenge from the get-go: an unwieldy hodgepodge of slapstick, splatter film, absurdism and animation, not to mention a grubby, mud-caked re-creation of medieval England.

From Time Magazine Archive