
Directing
Herschell Gordon Lewis
Born 1926-06-15 · 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. He is often called the 'Godfather of Gore' (a title also given to Lucio Fulci), though his film career included works in a range of exploitation film genres including juvenile delinquent films, nudie-cuties, two children's films, and at least one rural comedy.
Acting credits
2.7On a scorching summer day 6 friends venture into the mountains for one more vacation before their lives change forever. Unbeknownst to them, their lives would forever be changed anyway. In the shadows awaits a pack of the most evil, the most vile, rejects of humanity that's addicted to violence and thirsty for blood! This is Psycho Holocaust... Written by Rufty, Krist
Psycho Holocaust
2009
7.0The movie covers the careers of five up-and-coming horror-movie loving directors – Mark Borchardt ('Coven'), Ron Atkins ('Necromaniac'), Dave Stagnari ('Catharsis'), John Gora ('Chirpy'), and Brian Singleton.
Horror Business
2005
4.1An accident victim makes a deal with a witch, in which he receives extraordinary ESP powers; he uses these powers to assist the police in solve crimes.
Something Weird
1967
7.2The life and times of Baltimore film maker and midnight movie pioneer, John Waters.
Divine Trash
2000
4.0Sally is a young woman living two lives: a calmly librarian by day, and a brutal serial killer by night where she randomly targets any man or woman whom even slightly upsets her. Sally lives with her reclusive, transvestite younger brother Rudy whom assists her with the killings. Both Sally and Ruby were traumatized as children when both of them witnessed three lunatics murder their mother and father before they, with 'Daddy's' help, killed the three murderous psychos.
Chainsaw Sally
2004
4.4A teenager sets out on a sexual odyssey of having affairs with various men, including her mother's secret boyfriend.
The Alley Tramp
1968
4.8In 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.
Blood Feast
1963
6.7This documentary explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. The movie digs deep into this often overlooked category of U.S. cinema and unearths the shameless and occasionally shocking origins of this popular entertainment.
American Grindhouse
2011
3.7Television news celebrity April Carson turns to the services of private investigator Isaac Beaumonde to seek her missing sister, a stripper known as Gigi Spot. Carson assumes a role in a horror movie in the process, eventually learning that the movie's director, Able Whitman, is not only the culprit, but that he has rendered her sister's body into props for the production.
Smash Cut
2009
3.9Fuad Ramses and his family have moved from the United States to France, where they run a American diner. Since business is not going too well, Fuad also works night shifts in a museum of Egyptian culture. During these long lonely nights he is repeatedly drawn to a statue representing the seductive ancient goddess ISHTAR. He becomes more and more allured by the goddess as she speaks to him in visions. Eventually he succumbs to her deadly charms.
Blood Feast
2016
NRWhen it comes to producing, no one speaks with more authority than Lloyd Kaufman creator of The Toxic Avenger and founder of the longest-running independent film studio, Troma Entertainment. Over the years he has discovered talents such as Trey Parker and Matt Stone (South Park, The Book of Mormon) and Vincent D'Onofrio (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) to name a few. Candid interviews, tips, tricks and tidbits scattered throughout the DVD give filmmakers practical tools for getting a movie shoot off the ground, keeping it afloat and seeing it through to the end - Lloyd Kaufman shows you how it's really done.
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
2011
5.1Picking up exactly where the original left off. This 3rd installment tells the tale of Cindy and her little sister Candy fighting the good fight with the help of their friends against evil Dr. Carnage and his abominable sidekick, Max Assassin. Enter the darken, kaleidoscope colored world of the cartoon dimension where anything is possible. Where everyone is subject to a blood splattered crazy cartoon death
Terror Toons 3
2015
NRCheap scares. Extreme Gore. Loads of nudity. These have been the three staples of low budget independent horror films since the 60's. But what's a filmmaker to do when, thanks to technology, ANYONE can make a film these days? Under The Scares offers an inside look into the production and promotion of an independent, ultra low-budget horror film, while combining interviews and insights from some of the genre's biggest legends - Lloyd Kaufman, Robert Kurtzman, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Frank Henenlotter, Gary Jones, and many many more.
Under the Scares
2010
4.0B-Documentary is about independent filmmakers starting their careers, film vs. digital, how to make it in the business without giving in to Hollywood standards, and much much more. Some of the people that are documented in this film are legends such as Lloyd Kaufman, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Bill Johnson, Lisa Gaye, D.J. Calvitto, Patrick Madcox, and Nurse Hatchet.
B-Documentary
2015
5.9Before the advent of modern-day pornography, a vast and rapidly-paced world of smut peddling was the norm, complete with its own secret history. This documentary reveals the untold story of American cinema's gloriously sordid cinematic past. Starting in the 1920s, expert exploiteer David F. Friedman and Henenlotter navigate us through more than five salacious decades of skin flicks. It's the true story of dirty movies, traced in elegant detail from the bizarre locations where these nudie shorts were screened to the ongoing legal battles fought by their promoters. And of course there are the stories of the innovators themselves, people who often risked their own security and livelihood to make these films, believing in some way that what they were doing wasn't a 'bad' thing - and that it could rake in some dough.
That's Sexploitation!
2013
4.8A demented elderly woman has her mentally incompetent son kill and scalp various young women to use their hair for her wig shop while a persistent co-ed tries to link various killings on a local Florida college campus to them.
The Gruesome Twosome
1967
6.7Deserted by their father and with their mother dead, nine-year-old Pablo and his little sister Maria refuse to be separated from each other by their caretaker aunt. With a cross as their guide, they embark on a perilous, but ultimately rewarding adventure in search of a mystical gem that holds the key to happiness. They escape the fearsome metal hook of a pirate and are helped by a delightfully drunken Captain in their quest for the magic stone.
Crystalstone
1987
3.2A horror anthology of four distinct segments featuring a raucous combination of satirical humor, horror, gore, and enough surprises to satisfy film enthusiasts and horror fans alike.
BloodMania
2017
5.6Savage! Sadistic! Thrill hungry! When it came to independent filmmaking in the sunshine state, William Grefé was the wildest of the wild! During the 1960s and '70s, the Miami-based producer/director transformed the darkest corners of the Florida swamps into his own personal backlot. From rampaging crocodiles possessed by an ancient Seminole witch doctor (DEATH CURSE OF TARTU) to a slithering serpent named STANLEY, William Grefé would grind out low-budget exploitation films for drive-ins and hardtops around the world. Now, without the benefit of cages or other protective devices, the untold story of Florida's most daring moviemaker comes to the screen...IN PSYCHEDELIC COLOR!
They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé
2016
6.0Take an outrageous ride through this wild world of exploitation films with this thoroughly entertaining documentary, HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS – THE GODFATHER OF GORE! Featuring cult director John Waters, Drive-In Movie Critic Joe Bob Briggs, Herschell Gordon Lewis himself and a “cast of thousands,” you’ll witness the innocent bare-naked era of Nudie-Cuties before Lewis schocked the world with “Blood Feast,” the first ever gore film!
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
2010
5.3An innocent teenager is blackmailed into nude modeling for a photographer in league with a gang boss who sells illicit photos of terrorized young women.
Scum of the Earth
1963
7.0Explore the independent horror film scene that Florida has been vigorously pumping out since the invention of film. Jam-packed with Interviews, exploitation, never-before-seen footage and cinema madness. Watch and learn about films new and old in this exclusive documentary made for cult horror fans.
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
2021
7.7Documentary focusing on the history of splatter cinema from the theatre of The Grand Guignol to the cutting edge work of "Final Destination 2." Produced for the "Final Destination 2" DVD.
Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life
2003
4.0Jack and his photographer partner start up a men's magazine called 'Pagan'. The magazine becomes a success, he leaves his fiancée, marries his star model, and complications ensue.
Living Venus
1961
Behind the camera
4.0Obsessed with a woman he doesn't know, a young millionaire investigates, and discovers that the girl of his dreams is a finely endowed stripper who spends a lot of time in a nudist camp.
Bell, Bare and Beautiful
1963
4.1An accident victim makes a deal with a witch, in which he receives extraordinary ESP powers; he uses these powers to assist the police in solve crimes.
Something Weird
1967
6.7Katharine Ross repeats her portrayal of Etta Place (from "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid") in this adventure of the fugitive who, alone and desperate following the deaths of Butch and Sundance, seeks help from Pancho Villa in exchange for guns and ammunition.
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
1976
4.4A teenager sets out on a sexual odyssey of having affairs with various men, including her mother's secret boyfriend.
The Alley Tramp
1968
4.4A teenager sets out on a sexual odyssey of having affairs with various men, including her mother's secret boyfriend.
The Alley Tramp
1968
4.8In 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.
Blood Feast
1963
4.8In 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.
Blood Feast
1963
4.2A series of short sketches featuring the topic of sex, including a French governess who paints faces on her breasts; a middle-aged couple having sex on a film reel loop that a man tries to pay for; Lord Fauntleroy exploring a female body; a 'Great White Hunter' captured by an African woman; a nude female spy trying to decode a secret password; and two exotic dancers experimenting with a new 'dance'.
Miss Nymphet's Zap-In
1970
4.2A series of short sketches featuring the topic of sex, including a French governess who paints faces on her breasts; a middle-aged couple having sex on a film reel loop that a man tries to pay for; Lord Fauntleroy exploring a female body; a 'Great White Hunter' captured by an African woman; a nude female spy trying to decode a secret password; and two exotic dancers experimenting with a new 'dance'.
Miss Nymphet's Zap-In
1970
4.2A series of short sketches featuring the topic of sex, including a French governess who paints faces on her breasts; a middle-aged couple having sex on a film reel loop that a man tries to pay for; Lord Fauntleroy exploring a female body; a 'Great White Hunter' captured by an African woman; a nude female spy trying to decode a secret password; and two exotic dancers experimenting with a new 'dance'.
Miss Nymphet's Zap-In
1970
3.7A man imagines that everybody he sees is naked. He seeks a psychiatrist's help for a cure.
The Adventures of Lucky Pierre
1962
3.7A man imagines that everybody he sees is naked. He seeks a psychiatrist's help for a cure.
The Adventures of Lucky Pierre
1962
5.0An all-female motorcycle gang hold races, as well as terrorize the residents of a small Florida town, and clash off against an all-male rival gang of hot-riders.
She-Devils on Wheels
1968
5.0An all-female motorcycle gang hold races, as well as terrorize the residents of a small Florida town, and clash off against an all-male rival gang of hot-riders.
She-Devils on Wheels
1968
3.919th century siblings Abilene and Tod, orphaned on their farm, become sexually attracted to each other. The confused Tod flees to a nearby town where he meets local bar girl Linda, and begins a sexual relationship with her. Meanwhile, a cowboy rapes Abilene, leading Tod seeking revenge despite Linda's wariness and growing compassion for Abilene.
Linda and Abilene
1969
3.4Harry's friends throw him a night-long bachelor party, and he flashes back to his many female 'conquests' with the go-go dancers who remind him of his array of past lovers.
The Ecstasies of Women
1969
3.4Harry's friends throw him a night-long bachelor party, and he flashes back to his many female 'conquests' with the go-go dancers who remind him of his array of past lovers.
The Ecstasies of Women
1969
5.5Six people are lured into a small Deep South town for a Centennial celebration where the residents kill them one by one as revenge for the town's destruction during the Civil War.
Two Thousand Maniacs!
1964
5.5Six people are lured into a small Deep South town for a Centennial celebration where the residents kill them one by one as revenge for the town's destruction during the Civil War.
Two Thousand Maniacs!
1964
4.7A crackpot painter kills people to use their blood as his new crimson red color for his art.
Color Me Blood Red
1965
4.7A crackpot painter kills people to use their blood as his new crimson red color for his art.
Color Me Blood Red
1965
10.0The story of famous frontiersman Jim Bridger, who is given 40 days to cut a trail through the Rocky Mountains to the California coast and told that if he can't do it, the territory will be lost to England.
Bridger
1976
4.8A cannibal caterer kills various young women in preparation for a ritual feast for a long-dormant Egyptian goddess that has him under its control.
Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat
2002
NRMartha Logan demonstrates techniques for properly carving meat.
Carving Magic
1959