Herschell Gordon Lewis

R.I.P.: The godfather of gore Herschell Gordon Lewis passes away at 87

Posted 10 years ago

I didn't want to believe this one. This morning, Something Weird Video, the distribution company that put out gore classics like BLOOD FEAST and THE WIZARD OF GORE reported that the Godfather of Gore Herschell Gordon Lewis has passed away. Unfortunately...

Arrow Video to release 14 H.G. Lewis films on Blu-ray

Posted 10 years ago

It's been a big week for legendary filmmaker Herschell Gordon Lewis. The Godfather of Gore, whose 1963 film BLOOD FEAST is considered to be the first splatter movie ever made, was in Philadelphia this past weekend to host The H.G....

H.G. Lewis’s Blood Feast, the original splatter movie, is being remade

Posted 11 years ago

Fifty-two years ago, independent filmmaker Herschell Gordon Lewis shocked audiences with BLOOD FEAST, in which he responded to the subtlety of Alfred Hitchcock’s PSYCHO by splashing blood and gore across the screen – a sight its 1963 viewers had never seen...

Godfather of Gore Herschell Gordon Lewis is back with BloodMania

Posted 11 years ago

More than fifty years ago, exploitation filmmaker Herschell Gordon Lewis became a pioneer in the horror genre by making several splatter movies that covered drive-in screens with vibrant gore, something viewers weren't really seeing anywhere else in the early 1960s....