Official Splatter Movie Guide: Hundreds More of the Grossest, Goriest, Most Outrageous..

This book, the sequel to McCarty's original "Splatter Movie Guide", covers movies released between 1989 and 1992, plus many older titles overlooked in the first guide. Like the first, it rates movies of the "splatter" genre, mainly horror, sci-fi, and action movies, with lots of blood and guts. The author even goes into detail about how much and what type of blood and guts to expect- whether it's an eyeball poked out, an evisceration or two, or beheadings, he's got it covered. Also included are plot synopses, actors/directors, and basically whether the film is worth your time or not. McCarty's writing is hilarious, and the book is fun to read even if you're not interested in the movies. His descriptions of the films are hysterical, pee-your-pants funny, so it's both fun to read and a useful guide for gorehounds. For example, his review of "Ministry of Vengeance" begins, "If you can accept the basic premise that 'Dukes of Hazzard's' John Schneider is a Vietnam-vet-turned-Episcopal-priest-turned-bloodthirsrty-revenge-minded vigilante when his wife and daughter are mown down by terrorists in an airport, then you're welcome to this bargain-basement Bronson crap". As you can see, he tells it like it is. And so do I: buy it!