Splatterfest

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A film, video game, etc. containing violent and gory scenes. informal

    "The upside is that we get more of both Mr. Rodriguez’s gleefully gross zombie splatterfest, “Planet Terror,” and Mr. Tarantino’s miraculous little road movie, “Death Proof,” which increasingly looks like one of the year’s best American films."

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"The upside is that we get more of both Mr. Rodriguez’s gleefully gross zombie splatterfest, “Planet Terror,” and Mr. Tarantino’s miraculous little road movie, “Death Proof,” which increasingly looks like one of the year’s best American films."

Etymology

From splatter + -fest.

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