A stab in the chest? Yawn. A cut-out tongue? Boring. If good old-fashioned horror movies have you leaving to go get popcorn halfway through, perhaps you should try out these gore-filled classics.

Funny and campy, or horrifying and gravely serious, splatter movies don't have to be scary all the time. They just have to be gross. And you'll probably think twice before grabbing something to eat while you're watching.

"Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky" (1992)

This movie is absurd and violent fun. Riki's a street kid with ridiculous martial arts skills who is sent to jail for killing a drug dealer.

He literally pulverizes the guards at the corrupt private prison where he's jailed.

Best gore moment: A prisoner slices open his stomach, and uses his own intestines to strangle Riki.

"The Guinea Pig Series" (1988)

Like the name says, this Japanese gore extravaganza is actually a series of short films. If you can, see "Guinea Pig 2: Flowers of Flesh and Blood." Actor Charlie Sheen saw it at a party and gave a copy to the FBI because he thought it was a real snuff film.

Best gore moment: A samurai hacks off a girl's head with an axe, then smashes her head against a wall. Then he lovingly picks out one of her eyeballs and sucks on the pupil.

"Nekromantik" (1987)

German gore represents with this story about a couple who just can't get turned on without a corpse between them. Luckily, the boyfriend works cleaning up road accidents and has plenty of access to body parts. Disgustingly sexy. Really.

Best gore moment: The threesome between the couple and a rotten, blackened corpse they find at the bottom of a swamp.

"Men Behind the Sun" (1988)

A truly disturbing and shocking gore film about a Japanese terror camp where scientists are experimenting on their Chinese captives to create new viruses. Based on the real story of Japan's Unit 731. Warning: The film has real animals killed on film, and possibly real footage of an autopsy on a little boy. Consider this an anti-recommendation.

Best gore moment: During an experiment, a woman is purposely frostbitten by the scientists, who then tear the flesh and skin off her arms.

"Cannibal Holocaust" (1979)

Gore-filled cannibal movies were all the rage in Italy during the 1970s. "Cannibal Holocaust," along with "Cannibal Ferox," are the two most notorious films to come out of this sub-genre. Be warned: this film has real animals being killed on film. So disgusting you can even see the actors trying not to vomit.

Best gore moment: A pregnant woman has a fetus ripped out of her body before she is stoned to death.

"Flesh for Frankenstein" (1974)

This campy film combines sex, horror and gore ÷ and was produced by none other than Andy Warhol. Frankenstein makes some monsters, hoping that they'll mate and have children (little monsters?).

His male creation shows no interest in mating, but Dr. Frankenstein's sex-starved wife wants a piece of him.

Best gore Moment: Dr. Frankenstein gets stabbed through with a spear, leaving his liver dangling at the end of the point.

"Re-animator" (1985)

Gore is a lot easier to take when it's mixed with comedy. Thus, "Re-animator" is full of both. A mad scientist invents a serum that brings the dead back to life.

Best gore moment: A decapitated zombie head moved on a table to perform cunnilingus on a tied-up woman, while spitting out blood and weird head goo.

"Lucio Fulci's: Zombie" (1980)

What is it with Italians and gore? This zombie movie has been called the closest to quintessential as a zombie gore movie can get.

Best gore moment: A girl gets her eye gouged out with a splinter.

"Night of the Living Dead" (1968)

Not much in the way of gore, but still a great way to get started. The dead come back to life in Pittsburgh.

A bunch of people get trapped in a house and fend off zombies while trying to get along with each other. Make sure you get the black and white original.

Best gore moment: Child zombies eating their parents.

"Dead Alive" (1993)

You'd never guess that this was a film written and directed by Academy Award-nominated director Peter Jackson ("Lord of the Rings").

A boy's jealous mother gets bitten by a rat monkey while spying on her son and his new girlfriend. His mom turns into a zombie and begins turning the townspeople into zombies too.

Gore and slapstick comedy all in one!

Best gore moment: Hero straps a lawnmower to his body, wades through inches of blood and entrails, and takes care of mom.