RIP "Godfather of Gore," director Herschell Gordon Lewis ("Blood Feast," "2000 Maniacs")

[Miles Archer]

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/herschell-gordon-lewis-dead-dies-godfather-of-gore-splatter-movies-1201870397/



Horror filmmaker Herschell Gordon Lewis, known as the “Godfather of Gore” for his bloody exploitation movies that launched the splatter genre in the 1960s with films such as “Blood Feast” and “Two Thousand Maniacs,” died Monday at 87.

The Something Weird Video site announced his death.

“Blood Feast,” made in 1963 in Miami, was considered to be the horror genre’s first splatter film. Variety called it a “totally inept shocker” that was “an insult even to the most puerile and salacious of audiences,” with a “senseless” screenplay and “amateurish” acting.

His films supplied grindhouse cinemas and drive-ins with titles including “A Taste of Blood,” “The Wizard of Gore,” “The Gruesome Twosome,” “Scum of the Earth!” and “She-Devils on Wheels.”

[d_r]

1. 2,000 maniacs

is a great film, imho.

[edbermac]

2. "Yeeeeeeee-haw! Oh the South's gonna rise again!"

Had that song rattling in my brain weeks after seeing the film.