Herschell Gordon Lewis

I saw Blood Feast last night and this guy's "touch" with actors/casting makes Ed Wood look like Kazan.

blood feast is the very first of its kind, so can be excused certain technical etc shortcomings. later Lewis is a little more polished. producer dave friedman has a gd claim to be the equal 'auteur' of BLOOD FEAST - over-determined gore effects aside, the lewis/friedman movies have much more in common w/ slipshod nudie cuties, roughies, general exploitation sleaze than horror flicks

I've never seen any of his movies, but I can testify thatThe Eye Popping Sounds of Herschell Gordon Lewis is worthy of purchase.

wizard of gore is great

prefer this guy to lots of other guys

2000 Maniacs! is much funnier than Blood Feast--sort of The Beverly Hillbillies with severed limbs.

that was on right after, but it was 3:15am.

My friend had a movie watching party at his house one Sunday afternoon and for some reason paired The Killing of Sister George with 2000 Maniacs. I had seen both before but never back to back.
I agree I thought it was funnier than Blood Fest but Something Weird is my fave.

I think it's funny that HGL gets a shoutout in Juno.

RIP, apparently

http://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3407951/r-p-herschell-gordon-lewis-godfather-gore-passed-away-87/

Oh, shit. And they just released an enormous retrospective Blu-ray set of his stuff!

https://scontent.fman2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17264855_10156004015843289_7795185128082659419_n.jpg?oh=eb91806bfdea406b8b2615a0acd6286f&oe=5971F4C2

Finally got around to watching A Taste of Blood, his two-hour 1967 vampire-themed shocker set in Miami and London. It's unfortunate that just at the time he gets a decent-ish cast of actors he seems to lose his sense of pacing and tension, resulting in uncharacteristic tedium. (Tbf I don't think HGL himself rates this one either). But - this may be a specific thing - I can still derive some enjoyment from looking at the backgrounds, which are full of typical accoutrements of 1960s South Florida. Things like jalousie windows, a distinctive kind of patio furniture, roughly paved roads that lead into scrubland. Interiors have that look of an older person's gloss on midcentury modern - the same look I see in Frank Sinatra's Tony Rome, for one example. In A Taste of Blood you have to be willing to look at these vintage Miami interiors a lot - even when the scene switches to London you're still looking at Miami interiors.

Also rewatched She-Devils on Wheels which is funnier and more outrageous than I remembered it.