10 films w/ Oscar-worthy splatter F/X
10 films with splatter f/x that is oscar-worthy (not particularly in order)
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- DirectorTobe HooperStarsDennis HopperCaroline WilliamsJim SiedowA radio host is victimized by the cannibal family as a former Texas marshal hunts them.Tom Savini is best known for "Friday the 13th" and Romero's "Dead" series, but it was in Tobe Hooper's "TCM2" that I find he did his best work.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellWilford BrimleyKeith DavidA research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.John Carpenter enlisted the help of visionary Rob Bottin for his re-make of "The Thing" with splatter-ific results.
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellSarah BerryDan HicksAsh Williams, the lone survivor of an earlier onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits, holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.One of the most revered splatterfest films of the genre! Kevin Yager's special effects team included Howard Berger & Greg Nicotero.
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsTimothy BalmeDiana PeñalverElizabeth MoodyA young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors.Peter Jackson's gorefest has more bood than I've ever seen in a single motion picture!
- DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsRose McGowanFreddy RodríguezJosh BrolinAfter an experimental bio-weapon is released, turning thousands into zombie-like creatures, it's up to a rag-tag group of survivors to stop the infected and those behind its release.The greatest splatterfest of the 21st century! K.N.B. (Robert Kurtzman, Greg Nicoteo and Howard Berger) are the reigning kings of splatter/gore effects!
- DirectorDan O'BannonStarsClu GulagerJames KarenDon CalfaWhen two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.Dan O'Bannon's hilarious script is brought to amazing, brain-eating life in the 1st zombie/comedy! (also the 1st to feature running zombies!)
- DirectorAlexandre AjaStarsElisabeth ShueJerry O'ConnellRichard DreyfussAfter a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the area's new razor-toothed residents.Again, Greg Nicotero and Howard Berger (KNB) display their award-winning skill of bloodying up the screen with severed body parts and half-eaten douche bags!
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJeff GoldblumGeena DavisJohn GetzA brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.David Cronenberg's re-make is full of dissolving flesh and fly/human mutations throughout! Chris Walas (Gremlins) deserves an oscar for his "Brundle-fly"!
- DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsPeter WellerNancy AllenDan O'HerlihyIn a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.Although Sci-Fi Visual effects dominate this film, there is plenty enough blood and guts for this film to qualify! Rob Bottin strikes again!
- DirectorAlexandre AjaStarsTed LevineKathleen QuinlanDan ByrdA traveling family falls victim to a group of mutated cannibals in a desert far away from civilization.K.N.B. with some of the best prosthetic work ever on film! I felt drenched in blood and spit after this film! KNB have worked on over 100 films all worthy of mention!