Herschell Gordon Lewis, godfather of gore : the films / by Randy Palmer ; foreword by Herschell Gordon Lewis ; foreword by David F. Friedman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palmer, Randy, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lewis, Herschell Gordon, 1926-2016.

Lewis, Herschell Gordon.

Motion picture producers and directors--Biography.

Local Subjects:

Motion picture producers and directors--Biography.

Physical Description:

ix, 193 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2000]

Summary:

Take your seat! Grab a barf bag! And get ready for a hair-raising ride through a world of filmmaking so bizarre ... so gross ... and so low-budget that even its chief practitioner claims the films were "excreted" rather than released. And you'll love this detailed, delirious history of a (mutilated) body of work in which chicken guts were human organs, blood was concocted from Kaopectate, and a cow's skull was cast as a human head floating picturesquely on the water (except that it sank, ruining the shot). Here is Lewis's complete story--rich, authentic, and hilariously told through extensive interviews with the filmmaker himself. Lewis's humor and gift for storytelling make this book a delightful read as well as the definitive work on his career.

Contents:

1. A Scar Is Born 7

2. Sexploitation Ain't No Dirty Word 11

3. Primed for Profit 15

4. Lucky Strikes 21

5. Sin 'n' Skin 27

6. A Slip of the Tongue 38

7. How Did It Play in Peoria? 60

8. A Little Southern Hospitality Never Hurt Anyone ... Much 66

9. Canvassing for Corpuscles 83

10. Moonshine Monsters 97

11. 100 Percent Weird 104

12. Whatever Flips Your Wig 109

13. Sex-O-Rama 116

14. Gouts of Blood 121

15. Hellraiser 132

16. California Cowpoke 141

17. Here Comes Mr. Wizard 144

18. What a Bunch of Yahoos! 157

19. Gore Smorgasbord 160

20. Life After Gore 172.

Notes:

Includes filmography (pages 183-186) and index.

ISBN:

0786408081

OCLC:

43030740