Understanding Splatstick: The Horror Genre Blending Gore and Humor

With Terrifier 3 managing to combine sheer horror with some laughs, does it fall into the remit of a splatstick? <br /><br />Actually, what is splatstick horror? Benjamin Jackson gives us a quick film lesson on what it is, what makes a splatstick a splatstick and what movies are considered the first or the defining works in the subgenre.