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In Theaters : 06 July, 1963
DVD Release : 22 February, 2000 |
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Blood Feast description
A serial killer is on the loose. Women are being killed and body parts are being stolen. The police are stumped (so to speak). Meanwhile, Egyptmania seems to be gripping this small Florida town. Fuad Ramses's "exotic catering" shop is doing a booming business and his book, Ancient Weird Religious Rituals, is being studied by the local book club. Is there a connection between Ramses and the murders? Of course! In this movie by the wizard of gore, Herschell Gordon Lewis, plot and suspense take a back seat to the gruesome and bloody murder scenes. The acting may not be very good, the script is weak at best, and the effects don't hold up to later standards of Hollywood gore, but there is an infectious enthusiasm that comes through Lewis's desire to shock his audience. The exploitation elements may be dated, but that only makes them all more entertaining. A shocking drive-in sensation when released in 1963, Blood Feast remains a milestone in the exploitation genre, followed (in what would come to be known as Lewis's "blood trilogy") by Two Thousand Maniacs! and Color Me Blood Red. --Andy Spletzer |
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Blood Feast Customer Reviews
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Blood Feast is a Splatter Fest.
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I discovered Herschell Gordon Lewis through a reference in the movie [[ASIN:B000YA82F6 Juno]], and Blood Feast is my first Lewis film experience. Also known as the "Godfather of Gore," Lewis is best known for creating the "splatter film" subgenre of horror films. He made several nudie films in the early Sixties (Living Venus, B-O-I-N-G!, Adventures of Lucky Pierre, and [[ASIN:B00008RH0U Goldilocks and the Three Bares]], none of which I've seen) before making Blood Feast in 1963. Blood Feast is considered to be the first "gore" film. I can only imagine what it would have been like to experience this unprecedented and sensational film at a drive-in theater.
Blood Feast tells the story of Fuad Ramses, an insane Egyptian caterer (insert Talking Head's song "Psycho Killer" here), who is killing nubile young hotties for their body parts to serve at an Egyptian Blood Feast in honor of the Egyptian goddess Ishtar. Is the film violent? One scene depicts the deranged caterer ripping the tongue out of a young woman's mouth. Badly acted, badly directed, and badly plotted, Blood Feast is nevertheless a must-see cult classic that opened the door to later horror films such as the [[ASIN:B00001MXXM Friday the 13th]] and [[ASIN:B000VKL6Z2 Halloween]] series. As the trailer warns, Blood Feast is not for small children or the faint of heart.
G. Merritt |
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