splatterfest

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noun

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

Scrabble 17

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nounsplatterfest (plural splatterfests)

plural splatterfests

  1. informalA film, video game, etc. containing violent and gory scenes.

    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.

    2007 September 9, Charles Taylor, Stephanie Zacharek, “Eerie Lights, Disco and Saucy Jump Cuts”, in New York Times

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APA

splatterfest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splatterfest

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “splatterfest,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splatterfest.

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