Meanings
plural splatterfests
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Cite this entry
splatterfest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splatterfest
“splatterfest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splatterfest. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “splatterfest,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splatterfest.
Source: splatterfest on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.