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Herschell Gordon Lewis

Herschell Gordon Lewis

Highest Rated: 80% Divine Trash (1998)

Lowest Rated: 38% Blood Feast (1963)

Birthday: Jun 15, 1929

Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Legendary pioneer in the arena of "gore" or "splatter" flicks, Herschell Gordon Lewis moved smartly from the strictures of academia (he had been a literature professor at the University of Mississippi) to the shadowy world of 1950s "nudie" films to the wide open spaces of regional exploitation filmmaking in the '60s and early '70s. He was not a naturally talented filmmaker; indeed the direction, scripting, performances and production values of even his "best" films could often be remarkably amateurish. However, Lewis has earned a place in the history of American independent filmmaking for upping the ante on the representation of violence (as well as gratuitous sex) in film while demonstrating that commercial genre fare could be produced on a shoestring totally outside the Hollywood system. Lewis became the guru of movie gorehounds because his films retain their power to shock. Furthermore, if one can deal with the carnage, they can be screamingly funny. Herschell Gordon Lewis died on September 26, 2016 at the age of 87, having returned late in life to directing films aimed at his still-substantial fan base.

Highest rated movies

80% Divine Trash
75% American Grindhouse
40% Blood Feast

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Herschell Gordon Lewis' BloodMania Director,
Screenwriter 		- 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Killer Campout Unknown (Voice) - 2017
40% 50% Blood Feast Professor Lou Hershell (Character) $8.4K 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Terror Toons III Unknown (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet B-Documentary Self - 2015
75% 71% American Grindhouse Unknown (Character) $4.6K 2010
No Score Yet 0% The Uh-oh Show Director,
Screenwriter 		- 2009
No Score Yet 20% Smash Cut Fred Sandy / Radio Announcer (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 50% Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat Director - 2002
80% 85% Divine Trash Unknown (Character) $39.8K 1998
No Score Yet 50% The Gore Gore Girls Director,
Producer,
Original Music 		- 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet This Stuff'll Kill Ya! Director,
Writer,
Producer,
Original Music,
Cinematographer 		- 1971
No Score Yet 44% The Wizard of Gore Director,
Producer 		- 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet How to Make a Doll Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer 		- 1968
50% 42% She-Devils on Wheels Director,
Producer 		- 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Psychic Screenwriter,
Cinematographer 		- 1968
No Score Yet 20% Just for the Hell of It Director,
Producer 		- 1968
No Score Yet 43% The Gruesome Twosome Director,
Producer 		- 1967
No Score Yet 83% Suburban Roulette Director,
Original Music 		- 1967
No Score Yet 40% Blast-Off Girls Director,
Writer,
Producer 		- 1967
No Score Yet 40% A Taste of Blood Director,
Producer 		- 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Girl, the Body, and the Pill Director,
Producer 		- 1967
No Score Yet 43% Something Weird Director,
Cinematographer 		- 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Magic Land of Mother Goose Director,
Cinematographer 		- 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jimmy, the Boy Wonder Director - 1966
No Score Yet 37% Color Me Blood Red Director,
Screenwriter,
Cinematographer 		- 1965
No Score Yet 5% Monster A-Go-Go Director,
Producer,
Production Design 		- 1965
No Score Yet 20% Moonshine Mountain Director,
Producer,
Cinematographer 		- 1964
45% 50% 2,000 Maniacs Director,
Writer,
Original Music,
Cinematographer 		- 1964
No Score Yet 13% Scum of the Earth Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1963
38% 44% Blood Feast Director,
Writer,
Original Music 		- 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bell, Bare and Beautiful Director,
Cinematographer 		- 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Boin-n-g Director - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Daughter of the Sun Director,
Writer,
Cinematographer 		- 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nature's Playmates Director - 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Adventures of Lucky Pierre Director,
Writer,
Original Music,
Cinematographer 		- 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Living Venus Director,
Producer 		- 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Prime Time Director - 1960

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs Director 2018