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Blood Feast

Herschell Gordon LEWIS

USA196368min Korean Premiere

Synopsis

An Egyptian caterer kills various women in suburban Miami to use their body parts to bring to life a dormant Egyptian goddess, while an inept police detective tries to track him down.

Diretor

Herschell Gordon LEWIS

Godfather of Gore. Herschell Gordon Lewis established the "Splatter Film," by writing and directing a mini-budget film Blood Feast(1963). He worked in advertising and financed most of his own films. His filmography includes Scum of the Earth(1963), Two Thousand Maniacs!(1964), A Taste of Blood(1967), The Gruesome Twosome(1967), She-Devils on Wheels(1968) and The Wizard of Gore(1970), and. Lewis died in his sleep in 2016, at age 90. 

Credit

Producer
David FRIEDMAN
Screenplay
Allison Louise DOWNE
Cinematographer
Herschell Gordon LEWIS
Editor
Robert SINISE
Music
Herschell Gordon LEWIS
Sales
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