Herschell Gordon Lewis

Born: 1929-06-15

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

as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1963-07-06

In the sleepy suburbs of Miami, seemingly normal Egyptian immigrant Fuad Ramses runs a...

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American Grindhouse

as Himself
Released: 2011-02-04

This documentary explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. The movie digs...

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Blood Feast

as Professor Lou Herschell
Released: 2016-08-27

Fuad Ramses and his family have moved from the United States to France, where they run a...

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Goldilocks and the Three Bares

as Voice Introducing Sonny Seymour (voice)
Released: 1963-09-06

Nightclub singer Eddie and comedian Tommy, working in a roaring twenties style club, meet and...

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Smash Cut

as Fred Sandy / Radio Announcer
Released: 2009-07-18

Television news celebrity April Carson turns to the services of private investigator Isaac...

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A Taste of Blood

as The Limey Seaman / Baron Khron (voice) (as Seymour Sheldon)
Released: 1967-08-09

A businessman turns into a vampire after drinking brandy laced with vampire blood and sets out...

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They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé

as Himself
Released: 2016-04-19

Savage! Sadistic! Thrill hungry! When it came to independent filmmaking in the sunshine state,...

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The Alley Tramp

as Radio Reporter Gene Stallion (voice)
Released: 1968-06-12

A teenage girl sets out on a sexual odyssey of having affairs with various men including her...

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Scum of the Earth!

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1963-10-08

A naive and innocent teenage girl is blackmailed into modeling in the nude for a photographer...

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Divine Trash

as Self
Released: 2000-03-31

The life and times of Baltimore film maker and midnight movie pioneer, John Waters.

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Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore

as uncredited
Released: 2010-06-01

Take an outrageous ride through this wild world of exploitation films with this thoroughly...

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The Gruesome Twosome

as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1967-08-28

An elderly woman has her son kill and scalp various young women to use their hair for her wig...

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Psycho Holocaust

as Radio News Broadcaster (voice)
Released: 2009-01-01

On a scorching summer day 6 friends venture into the mountains for one more vacation before...

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Killer Campout

as Himself- Voice
Released: 2017-07-21

Two youth counselors bring a group of emotionally troubled teens deep into the woods for a...

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Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida

as Self [archival]
Released: 2021-11-08

Explore the independent horror film scene that Florida has been vigorously pumping out since the...

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How to Make a Doll

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1968-11-06

A nerdy professor who has no luck with women builds beautiful female robots to satisfy his...

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Horror Business

as Himself
Released: 2005-01-01

The movie covers the careers of five up-and-coming horror-movie loving directors – Mark...

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Terror Toons 3

as Himself
Released: 2015-11-07

Picking up exactly where the original left off. This 3rd installment tells the tale of Cindy and...

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Something Weird

as Narrator (voice) (as Sheldon Seymour)
Released: 1967-08-01

An accident victim makes a deal with a particularly hideous witch, in which he receives...

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Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore

as uncredited
Released: 2019-10-27

In 2009, Sean Baker sat down with the Godfather of Gore himself, Herschell Gordon Lewis, to...

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Living Venus

as Man on Street (uncredited)
Released: 1961-02-01

Man and his partner, a photographer, start up a men's magazine called "Pagan." The magazine...

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Under the Scares

as Himself
Released: 2010-07-01

Cheap scares. Extreme Gore. Loads of nudity. These have been the three staples of low budget...

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Chainsaw Sally

as Mr. Gordon
Released: 2004-10-02

Sally is a young woman living two lives: a calmly librarian by day, and a brutal serial killer...

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B-Documentary

as Himself
Released: 2015-12-14

B-Documentary is about independent filmmakers starting their careers, film vs. digital, how to...

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Crystalstone

as Antique Dealer
Released: 1987-04-01

Deserted by their father and with their mother dead, nine-year-old Pablo and his little sister...

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Produce Your Own Damn Movie!

as Self
Released: 2011-09-13

When it comes to producing, no one speaks with more authority than Lloyd Kaufman creator of The...

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Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life

as Self
Released: 2003-01-01

Starting off as a brief history of horror and slasher films, various people take about Hammer...

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Tonight You Die

as uncredited
Released: 2011-11-16

The sun rose on the campsite, shedding light on the hellish carnage. A young woman's lifeless...

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7 Deadly Sins: Inside The Ecomm Cult

as uncredited
Released: 2009-08-19

Cults are real...this 'mockumentary' isn't. Godfather of Gore movies Herschell Gordon Lewis...

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The Incredibly Strange Film Show

as Self
First aired: 1988-08-05

A series of documentaries focusing on the world of psychotronic movies; focusing on the lives of...

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