Herschell Gordon Lewis
3 titles · american genre
The Godfather of Gore made Blood Feast in Miami in 1963, about an Egyptian caterer who murders women for body parts, and invented the splatter film on almost no money. Two Thousand Maniacs! has a Southern town lure six Northern tourists to its centennial celebration. She-Devils on Wheels follows an all-female biker gang terrorising a Florida town.
Signature
- Bright red gore shown in full view.
- Drive-in exploitation made fast and cheap.
- Southern grotesque (Two Thousand Maniacs!).
- Biker and nudie films alongside the horror.
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