Grave Concerns: The Everlasting Appeal Of Death Discs

Grave Concerns: The Everlasting Appeal Of Death Discs

Exploitative, unconscionable, and usually divorced from conventional notions of taste, so-called death discs (or “splatter platters”) can be hard to defend: but for discerning ghouls with a robust sense of humor, they can also provide no end of toe-curling fun. What is a death disc? First and foremost, a definition is in order. Death discs have come under a variety of names over the years. Splatter platters. Teenage tragedy songs. Basically, it’…