Splat Pack
{{Short description|Collection of filmmakers}}
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.{{cite news |title=The Splat Pack |first=Rebecca |last=Winters Keegan |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1549299,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110051444/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1549299,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 10, 2006 |newspaper= Time |date= October 22, 2006|accessdate=January 7, 2011}}
History
The term was coined by Alan Jones of Total Film.{{cite news |last=McClintock |first=Pamela |date=December 24, 2006 |title=Blood Brothers |newspaper=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2006/film/news/blood-brothers-1117956275/#! |accessdate=November 12, 2023 |authorlink=}}
[https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/whatever-happened-to-the-splat-pack/ Whatever happened to the Splat Pack?|Den of Geek] 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. The members have met opposition from the MPAA board over the content of their work, but nevertheless continue to find box-office success.
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.[https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/24947/splat-pack-documentary-now-on-dvd/ 'Splat Pack' Documentary No on DVD! - Bloody Disgusting][https://www.slashfilm.com/movie-trailer-the-splat-pack/ Movie Trailer: The Splat Pack - /Film]
Members
[http://canada.aol.com/summermovies/general/article.adp?article=movies_femmesfatales Summer Movie Guide - Femmes Fatales]; retrieved December 26, 2011
Filmography
| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
!Year !Film !Director !Writer(s) !Producer(s) !Distributor(s) |
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| 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 |
| rowspan="2" | 2003
| Rob Zombie | Andy Gould |
| High Tension
| Alexandre Aja, Grégory Levasseur | Alexandre Arcady and Robert Benmussa |
| 2004
| Saw |
| rowspan="5" | 2005
| Rob Zombie | Mike Elliott, Andy Gould, Marco Mehlitz, Michael Ohoven, Rob Zombie |
| The Descent
| Neil Marshall |
| Hostel
| Eli Roth | Eli Roth | Scott Spiegel, Mike Fleiss, Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth |
| Wolf Creek
| Greg McLean | George Adams, Martin Fabinyi, Michael Gudinski, Gary Hamilton, Matt Hearn, David Lightfoot |
| Saw II
| Darren Lynn Bousman, Leigh Whannell | Gregg Hoffman, Mark Burg, Oren Koules, James Wan, Leigh Whannell |
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| Alexandre Aja, Grégory Levasseur | Wes Craven, Peter Locke, Marianne Maddalena, Cody Zwieg |
| Saw III |
| rowspan="7" | 2007 |
| Death Sentence
| Ian Mackenzie Jeffers | Ashok Amritraj, Howard Baldwin, Karen Elise Baldwin |
| Halloween
| Rob Zombie | Malek Akkad, Patrick Esposito, Andy Gould, Andrew G. La Marca, Matthew Stein, and Rob Zombie |
| Hostel: Part II
| Eli Roth | Eli Roth | Scott Spiegel, Quentin Tarantino, Boaz Yakin | Lionsgate |
| Rogue
| Greg McLean, Aaron Sterns | Matt Hearn, David Lightfoot, Greg McLean |
| Planet Terror
| Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, Elizabeth Avellan |
| Saw IV
| Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan |
| rowspan="3" | 2008
| Doomsday | Neil Marshall | Benedict Carver, Steven Paul |
| Mirrors
| Alexandre Aja, Grégory Levasseur | Alexandre Aja, Grégory Levasseur, Marc Sternberg, Alexandra Milchan |
| Repo! The Genetic Opera
| Terrance Zdunich, Darren Smith | Mark Burg, Oren Koules, Carl Mazzocone, Darren Lynn Bousman, Peter Block. Jason Constantine, Yoshiki Hayashi |
| rowspan="1" | 2009
| Rob Zombie | Malek Akkad, Andy Gould, and Rob Zombie |
| rowspan="4" | 2010
| Pete Goldfinger, Josh Stolberg | Alexandre Aja, Mark Canton, Grégory Levasseur, and Marc Toberoff |
| Machete
| Robert Rodriguez, Álvaro Rodriguez | Robert Rodriguez, Elizabeth Avellan, Rick Schwartz |
| Insidious
| Jason Blum, Steven Schneider, Oren Peli |
| Mother's Day
| Scott Milam | Brett Ratner, Richard Saperstein, Jay Stern, and Brian Witten |
| rowspan="1" | 2011
| 11-11-11 | Darren Lynn Bousman | Loris Curci, Richard Heller, Wayne Allan Rice |
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| Darren Lynn Bousman | Darren Lynn Bousman, Richard Saperstein, Brian Witten |
| The Lords of Salem
| Rob Zombie | Jason Blum, Andy Gould, Oren Peli, Steven Schneider, Rob Zombie |
| rowspan="3" | 2013
| Tony DeRosa-Grund, Peter Safran, Rob Cowan |
| Insidious: Chapter 2
| Jason Blum, Steven Schneider, Oren Peli |
| Wolf Creek 2
| Greg McLean, Aaron Sterns | Helen Leake, Greg McLean, Steve Topic |
| rowspan="1" | 2014
| Horns | Alexandre Aja, Riza Aziz, Joey McFarland, Cathy Schulman |
| rowspan="3" | 2015 |
| 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, |
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| Chad Hayes, Carey W. Hayes, James Wan, David Leslie Johnson | Rob Cowan, Peter Safran, James Wan |
| 31
| Rob Zombie, Andy Gould, Eddie Vaisman, Michael Sherman, Matthew Perniciario | Front Row Filmed Entertainment |
See also
References
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External links
- [https://mubi.com/films/the-splat-pack The Splat Pack on MUBI]
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2006885/ The Splat Pack on IMDb]
- [http://www.mtv.com/news/2428723/video-eli-roth-talks-the-splat-pack/ Eli Roth Talks 'The Splat Pack' MTV article]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}