Eli Raphael Roth is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. As a director and producer, he is most closely associated with the horror genre, namely splatter films, having directed the films Cabin Fever (2002) and Hostel (2005).
Roth in 2009
Eli Roth with Ruggero Deodato in Rome during the press tour of Hostel (2006)
Roth at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, 2010
Roth at the Spike TV Scream Awards, 2007
A splatter film is a subgenre of horror films that deliberately focuses on graphic portrayals of gore and graphic violence. These films, usually through the use of special effects, display a fascination with the vulnerability of the human body and the theatricality of its mutilation. The term "splatter cinema" was coined by George A. Romero to describe his film Dawn of the Dead, though Dawn of the Dead is generally considered by critics to have higher aspirations, such as social commentary, than to be simply exploitative for its own sake.
Poster art for Blood Feast (1963), considered to be the first splatter film
The 1980 mockumentary Cannibal Holocaust, an influential example of splatter cinema