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Herschell Gordon Lewis

Herschell Gordon Lewis

1929-06-15
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Herschell Gordon Lewis (June 15, 1926 - September 26, 2016) was an American filmmaker, best known for creating the "splatter" subgenre of horror films.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Herschell Gordon Lewis (June 15, 1926 - September 26, 2016) was an American filmmaker, best known for creating the "splatter" subgenre of horror films.

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Blood Feast 1963 (4.778)

In the sleepy suburbs of Miami, seemingly normal Egyptian immigrant Fuad Ramses runs a successful catering business. He also murders young women and plans to use their body parts to revive the goddess Ishtar. The insane Ramses hypnotizes a socialite in order to land a job catering a party for her debutante daughter, Suzette Fremont, and turns the event into an evening of gruesome deaths, bloody dismemberment and ritual sacrifice.
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Two Thousand Maniacs! 1964 (5.467)

Six people are lured into a small Deep South town for a Centennial celebration where the residents proceed to kill them one by one as revenge for the town's destruction during the Civil War.
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The Wizard of Gore 1970 (5.453)

A TV talk-show hostess and her boyfriend investigate a shady magician whom has the ability to hypnotize and control the thoughts of people in order to stage gory on-stage illusions using his powers of mind bending.