splatter film

noun

, Slang.

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

Example Sentences

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

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

“The Golem” never turns into a splatter film, and it deploys its big scares sparingly.

From Los Angeles Times

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

Herschell Gordon Lewis, 87, the horror filmmaker known as the “godfather of gore,” died in his sleep Monday in Pompano Beach, Fla. The director of such films as “Blood Feast” and “Two Thousand Maniacs” pioneered the horror genre in the 1960s known as the “splatter film,” which intentionally focused on gore and gruesomeness.

From Seattle Times