Splat Pack Explained

The Splat Pack is a group of independent filmmakers who, since 2002, have directed, written and produced horror films which are notable for their low budgets and extreme violence.^[1]

History

The term was coined by Alan Jones of Total Film.^{[2] [3]} The group has been credited with bringing back ultra-violent movies, moving away from PG-13 rated movies and into the R-rated spectrum, all while operating with low budgets.^[1] The members have met opposition from the MPAA board over the content of their work, but nevertheless continue to find box-office success.^[2]

Film

In 2010, a documentary film on the Splat Pack was made featuring interviews with members Alexandre Aja, Adam Green, Eli Roth, Darren Lynn Bousman, Neil Marshall, and Greg McLean.^{[4] [5]}

Members

• Alexandre Aja^{[1] [2]}
• Darren Lynn Bousman^{[1] [2]}
• Adam Green^[6]
• Neil Marshall^{[1] [2]}
• Greg McLean^[6]
• Eli Roth^{[1] [2]}
• Robert Rodriguez^{[1] [2]}
• James Wan^{[1] [2]}
• Leigh Whannell^{[1] [2]}
• Rob Zombie^{[1] [6]}

Filmography

Year	Film	Director	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Distributor(s)
2002	Dog Soldiers	Neil Marshall	Neil Marshall	Brian Patrick O'Toole, Christopher Figg, Tom Reeve, David E. Allen	Pathé
	Cabin Fever	Eli Roth	Eli Roth, Randy Pearlstein	Evan Astrowsky, Sam Froelich, Lauren Moews, Eli Roth	Lionsgate
2003	House of 1000 Corpses	Rob Zombie	Rob Zombie	Andy Gould	Lionsgate
	High Tension	Alexandre Aja	Alexandre Aja, Grégory Levasseur	Alexandre Arcady and Robert Benmussa
2004	Saw	James Wan		Gregg Hoffman, Mark Burg, Oren Koules,	Lionsgate
2005	The Devil's Rejects	Rob Zombie	Rob Zombie	Mike Elliott, Andy Gould, Marco Mehlitz, Michael Ohoven, Rob Zombie	Lionsgate
	The Descent	Neil Marshall	Neil Marshall	Christian Colson	Lionsgate, Pathé
	Hostel	Eli Roth	Eli Roth	Scott Spiegel, Mike Fleiss, Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth	Lionsgate
	Wolf Creek	Greg McLean	Greg McLean	George Adams, Martin Fabinyi, Michael Gudinski, Gary Hamilton, Matt Hearn, David Lightfoot	Dimension Films
	Saw II	Darren Lynn Bousman	Darren Lynn Bousman, Leigh Whannell	Gregg Hoffman, Mark Burg, Oren Koules, James Wan, Leigh Whannell	Lionsgate
2006	The Hills Have Eyes	Alexandre Aja	Alexandre Aja, Grégory Levasseur	Wes Craven, Peter Locke, Marianne Maddalena, Cody Zwieg	Fox Searchlight Pictures
	Saw III	Darren Lynn Bousman		Gregg Hoffman, Mark Burg, Oren Koules,	Lionsgate
2007	Dead Silence	James Wan		Gregg Hoffman, Mark Burg, Oren Koules	Universal Studios
	Death Sentence	James Wan	Ian Mackenzie Jeffers	Ashok Amritraj, Howard Baldwin, Karen Elise Baldwin	Fox Atomic
	Halloween	Rob Zombie	Rob Zombie	Malek Akkad, Patrick Esposito, Andy Gould, Andrew G. La Marca, Matthew Stein, and Rob Zombie	Dimension Films, MGM Studios
		Eli Roth	Eli Roth	Scott Spiegel, Quentin Tarantino, Boaz Yakin	Lionsgate
	Rogue	Greg McLean	Greg McLean, Aaron Sterns	Matt Hearn, David Lightfoot, Greg McLean	Dimension Films
	Planet Terror	Robert Rodriguez	Robert Rodriguez	Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, Elizabeth Avellan	Dimension Films
	Saw IV	Darren Lynn Bousman	Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan	Gregg Hoffman, Mark Burg, Oren Koules,	Lionsgate
2008	Doomsday	Neil Marshall	Neil Marshall	Benedict Carver, Steven Paul	Rogue Pictures
	Mirrors	Alexandre Aja	Alexandre Aja, Grégory Levasseur	Alexandre Aja, Grégory Levasseur, Marc Sternberg, Alexandra Milchan	Twentieth Century Fox France
	Repo! The Genetic Opera	Darren Lynn Bousman	Terrance Zdunich, Darren Smith	Mark Burg, Oren Koules, Carl Mazzocone, Darren Lynn Bousman, Peter Block. Jason Constantine, Yoshiki Hayashi	Lionsgate
2009	Halloween II	Rob Zombie	Rob Zombie	Malek Akkad, Andy Gould, and Rob Zombie	The Weinstein Company
2010	Piranha 3-D	Alexandre Aja	Pete Goldfinger, Josh Stolberg	Alexandre Aja, Mark Canton, Grégory Levasseur, and Marc Toberoff	Dimension Films
	Machete	Robert Rodriguez	Robert Rodriguez, Álvaro Rodriguez	Robert Rodriguez, Elizabeth Avellan, Rick Schwartz	20th Century Fox
	Insidious	James Wan		Jason Blum, Steven Schneider, Oren Peli	FilmDistrict
	Mother's Day	Darren Lynn Bousman	Scott Milam	Brett Ratner, Richard Saperstein, Jay Stern, and Brian Witten	Anchor Bay Films
2011	11-11-11	Darren Lynn Bousman	Darren Lynn Bousman	Loris Curci, Richard Heller, Wayne Allan Rice	Columbia Pictures
2012	The Barrens	Darren Lynn Bousman	Darren Lynn Bousman	Darren Lynn Bousman, Richard Saperstein, Brian Witten	Anchor Bay Entertainment
	The Lords of Salem	Rob Zombie	Rob Zombie	Jason Blum, Andy Gould, Oren Peli, Steven Schneider, Rob Zombie	Anchor Bay Films
2013	The Conjuring	James Wan	Chad Hayes, Carey W. Hayes	Tony DeRosa-Grund, Peter Safran, Rob Cowan	Warner Bros. Pictures
		James Wan		Jason Blum, Steven Schneider, Oren Peli	Warner Bros. Pictures
	Wolf Creek 2	Greg McLean	Greg McLean, Aaron Sterns	Helen Leake, Greg McLean, Steve Topic	Roadshow Film Distributors
2014	Horns	Alexandre Aja	Keith Bunin	Alexandre Aja, Riza Aziz, Joey McFarland, Cathy Schulman	Dimension Films, RADiUS-TWC
2015		Leigh Whannell	Leigh Whannell	Jason Blum, Oren Peli, James Wan	Focus Features, Stage 6 Films
	The Green Inferno	Eli Roth	Eli Roth, Guillermo Amoedo	Eli Roth, Miguel Asensio Llamas, Nicolas Lopez, Christopher Woodrow, Molly Conners
	Knock Knock	Eli Roth	Eli Roth, Guillermo Amoedo, Nicolas Lopez	Miguel Asensio, Colleen Camp, John T. Degraye, Cassian Elwes, Nicolas Lopez, Eli Roth,
2016	The Conjuring 2	James Wan	Chad Hayes, Carey W. Hayes, James Wan, David Leslie Johnson	Rob Cowan, Peter Safran, James Wan	Warner Bros. Pictures
	31	Rob Zombie	Rob Zombie	Rob Zombie, Andy Gould, Eddie Vaisman, Michael Sherman, Matthew Perniciario	Front Row Filmed Entertainment

See also

• Vulgar auteurism
• Extreme cinema
• Video nasty
• Slasher film
• Exploitation film
• Torture porn

External links

• The Splat Pack on MUBI
• The Splat Pack on IMDb
• Eli Roth Talks 'The Splat Pack' MTV article

Notes and References

1. News: The Splat Pack . Rebecca . Winters Keegan . https://web.archive.org/web/20061110051444/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1549299,00.html . dead . November 10, 2006 . . October 22, 2006. January 7, 2011.
2. News: McClintock . Pamela . December 24, 2006 . Blood Brothers . . November 12, 2023 .
3. https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/whatever-happened-to-the-splat-pack/ Whatever happened to the Splat Pack?|Den of Geek
4. https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/24947/splat-pack-documentary-now-on-dvd/ 'Splat Pack' Documentary No on DVD! - Bloody Disgusting
5. https://www.slashfilm.com/movie-trailer-the-splat-pack/ Movie Trailer: The Splat Pack - /Film
6. AOL Canada;Summer Movie Guide - Femmes Fatales

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