| | | What must people's reaction have been when BLOOD FEAST - the first modern "gore" film - opened at a Peoria, Illinois, drive-in in 1963? Its bright colors, minimal production values and cast of pneumatic chicks resembled the average nudie flick, but the pretty young beauties didn't get naked, they went to pieces. Less a horror movie than extreme exploitation. Shot in five days in Miami for under $25,000, Blood Feast's simple-minded script and wildly overwrought Amateur Night theatrics have made it timeless, because it is simultaneously disgusting and hilarious. Sandra Sinclair is taking a bath when a madman with a machete abruptly borrows one of her legs. The killer, Fuad Ramses (Scum of the Earth's Mal Arnold with absurd painted on, eyebrows), is then hired by Mrs. Fremont (who's supposed to be affluent but wears thrift store rejects) to cater a party for her daughter, Connie Mason ("Playboy's Favorite Playmate!"). "Have you ever had an Egyptian feast?" Fuad practically spits in her face. The feast prepared with the brains of a gal making out on the beach, a tongue yanked out of the mouth of Miss Astrid Olsen, and some other assorted other body parts including a leg and two breasts cooked in a pizza oven. One of the two heroes on the killer's trail couldn't remember his lines so reads them off the palm of his hand. Catching everyone by surprise, Blood Feast was an enormous grind house hit. From the original 35mm negative. With William Kerwin, Connie Mason, Mal Arnold, Sandra Sinclair Audio commentary by Director H.G. Lewis and Producer D.F. Friedman . Original theatrical trailer . Rare outtakes . William Kerwin and Harvey Korman demonstrate how to slice meat in the grisly educational short subject, Carving Magic . Gallery of exploitation art |
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| | | An entire town bathed in pulsing human blood! Madmen crazed for carnage! The TWO THOUSAND MANIACS of a small town celebrate to 100th anniversary of the Civil War by forcing a handful of Northerners to serve as "guests" for a variety of macabre, blood-crazed fun and games! Many people consider this second in H. G. Lewis' Blood Trilogy to be the most satisfying. Starring Connie Mason and Thomas Wood. Digitally Mastered -Dolby Digital Mono Audio commentary by director H.G. Lewis and producer D.F. Friedman . Original theatrical trailer . Rare outtakes |
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| | | Distinctly above-average instances of the 1960s "roughie" adult genre. These look like real movies which makes them doubly alarming. THE DEFILERS Directed by R. Lee Frost (Love Camp 7) The depraved story of two hedonistic young men who, just for kicks, abduct a sexy blonde (Mai Jansson, billed as a "Mouth-Watering 20-Year-Old Scandinavian Screen Find!") as their own personal sex toy. This "daring" look at the shameless "sick set" is the quintessential roughie. With Mai Jansson, Byron Mabe, Jerome Eden. This is a very impressive sleaze movie. The cinematography is excellent, the cast almost professional, and the remastering superb. SCUM OF THE EARTH Directed by the talented Herschell Gordon Lewis. Trying to earn money for college, wholesome cutie Kim (Vickie Miles) is sucked into the degenerate world of the dirty picture racket when she agrees to model for a sleazy photographer. Kim is soon posing topless, before being blackmailed into appearing in raunchier shots where she's mauled by a muscle-bound moron named Ajax. Worse, she's soon embroiled in events which lead to a police raid, two murders and suicide... Featuring most of the cast of Blood Feast, SCUM OF THE EARTH (1963), is slick grind house exploitation from a true master of the genre. With Thomas Sweetwood, Vickie Miles, Sandy Sinclair, Mal Arnold. |
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| | | This film is a serious mess from America's great exploitation auteur H. G. Lewis. When an electrical accident disfigures the face of Cronin Mitchell (Tony McCabe), he also acquires strange psychic powers. He promptly makes a bargain with a witch who restores his looks if he will become her lover. However, though the world sees her as a sexy cutie named Ellen (Elizabeth Lee), Mitchell's new girlfriend is actually an ugly old crone. After expelling a ghost from a funeral home, Mitchell next races the Feds to discover the identity of a small-town maniac. Karate-chopping playboy Alex Jordan schemes to have Ellen all for himself...but not before Mitchell boosts his ESP with LSD, and Jordan is attacked by killer sheets. Honest. One of the most bizarre and outrageous horror flicks ever made, and presented uncut and in widescreen for the first time since its theatrical release. Digitally Mastered/Dolby Digital Mono Audio commentary by director H.G. Lewis and producer D.F. Friedman Short Subject #1: "Monsterama Nightmare from the WEIRD WORLD OF LSD" Short Subject #2: "Psyched-Out Sing-along with the 4D Witch!" Short Subject #3: "LSD Psychedelic Freak Out!" |
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| | | A lunatic with a grudge against G-strings, pasties, and pretty women is slaughtering the sexy
strippers who work for strip club impresario Marzdone Mobilie (Henny Youngman, Yes, the Henny Youngman). Not content with mere murder, the psycho enthusiastically mangles and mutilates the women. Trying to solve the gruesome goings-on - which include buttocks bashing, eyeball popping, face ironing, and being boiled in a bowl of French fries (!) - are obnoxious private eye Abraham Gentry (Frank Kress) and ditzy reporter Nancy Weston (Amy Farrell). And by coercing Nancy to perform in an amateur strip contest, Abraham offers the killer the perfect bait... A wicked mix of sick comedy, topless dancing, and ultra-violence makes the final film from director Herschell Gordon Lewis (Blood Feast) one of the ultimate B-movie gross-outs of all time! . Digitally Mastered . Audio commentary by Director H.G. Lewis . A peek at The High Priestess of Gore from Love Godd . Original Theatrical Trailer |
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