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07-16-2005, 12:16 PM
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Rank 'em, Rate 'em, Review 'em, whatever
Volume #204 - Herschell Gordon Lewis
Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat (2002)
The Gore Gore Girls (1972)
Black Love (1972) (as R.L. Smith)
Year of the Yahoo! (1972)
This Stuff'll Kill Ya! (1971)
... aka The Devil Wears Clodhoppers
The Wizard of Gore (1970)
Miss Nymphet's Zap-In (1970) (as Sheldon Seymour)
Linda and Abilene (1969)
The Ecstasies of Women (1969)
How to Make a Doll (1968)
Just for the Hell of It (1968)
Suburban Roulette (1968)
Alley Tramp (1968) (as Armand Parys)
She-Devils on Wheels (1968)
The Magic Land of Mother Goose (1967)
... aka Santa Visits the Magic Land of Mother Goose
... aka Sarah Visits the Magic Land of Mother Goose
Blast-Off Girls (1967)
The Girl, the Body, and the Pill (1967)
Something Weird (1967)
The Gruesome Twosome (1967)
A Taste of Blood (1967)
... aka The Secret of Dr. Alucard
Jimmy, the Boy Wonder (1966)
Color Me Blood Red (1965)
Monster a-Go Go (1965) (uncredited)
Sin, Suffer and Repent (1965)
Moonshine Mountain (1964)
... aka White Trash on Moonshine Mountain
Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964)
Scum of the Earth (1963)
Bell, Bare and Beautiful (1963)
Goldilocks and the Three Bares (1963)
Blood Feast (1963)
Boin-n-g (1963)
Nature's Playmates (1962)
Daughter of the Sun (1962)
Living Venus (1961)
The Adventures of Lucky Pierre (1961)
The Prime Time (1960) (uncredited)
... aka Hell Kitten
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07-16-2005, 12:29 PM
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#2 of 19
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"Godfather of gore". Purveyor of drive-in nudie flicks and "nature" films. Maker of gang and other teensploitation fare. He's no Jack Hill  , but his place in the cult canon is secure.
1. Two Thousand Maniacs - A- (Gordon's best and most humorous film, about a Southern town who lures unsuspecting Yanks to their doom as revenge for the Civil War)
2. Blood Feast - B+ (Known as the gore film that started it all. It's certainly gory and amusing on the "no budget" level)
3. Bloodfeast 2: All U Can Eat - B (Gordon translates his "style" to the 21st century in a fairly successful manner. Exceeded by very low expectations)
4. Color Me Blood Red - C (Actually uses a C-list "name" actor or two here, but the story is tired and this one isn't much fun)
5. The Gore Gore Girls - F (Even the presence of Henny Youngman can't enliven this dreadfully boring, exceedingly awful movie about a killer terrorizing the local go-go bar, or something)
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2002 Sight & Sound Challenge: 314 Last Watched: An Autumn Afternoon
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Mon Oncle Antoine - B / Late Autumn - A-
Paranoid Park - B / An Autumn Afternoon - A
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - B / Run, Fatboy, Run - B
Get Smart - C- / Rendition - B-
Springtime in a Small Town - B+ / Evan Almighty - C
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07-16-2005, 01:13 PM
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I've seen none. Those films hold no interest for me.
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Those actually sound interesting. I'm sure they're bad films, but if you have to watch a bad film, much better one that has something you like to look at (naked girls) than something you hate to look at (gore).
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07-16-2005, 02:31 PM
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Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat (2002)
The Gore Gore Girls (1972)
Black Love (1972)
Year of the Yahoo! (1972)
This Stuff'll Kill Ya! (1971)
The Wizard of Gore (1970)
Miss Nymphet's Zap-In (1970)
Linda and Abilene (1969)
The Ecstasies of Women (1969)
How to Make a Doll (1968)
Just for the Hell of It (1968)
Suburban Roulette (1968)
Alley Tramp (1968) (as Armand Parys)
She-Devils on Wheels (1968)
The Magic Land of Mother Goose (1967)
Blast-Off Girls (1967)
The Girl, the Body, and the Pill (1967)
Something Weird (1967)
The Gruesome Twosome (1967)
A Taste of Blood (1967)
Jimmy, the Boy Wonder (1966)
Color Me Blood Red (1965)
Monster a-Go Go (1965) (uncredited)
Sin, Suffer and Repent (1965)
Moonshine Mountain (1964)
Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964) 
Scum of the Earth (1963)
Bell, Bare and Beautiful (1963)
Goldilocks and the Three Bares (1963)
Blood Feast (1963) 
Boin-n-g (1963)
Nature's Playmates (1962)
Daughter of the Sun (1962)
Living Venus (1961)
The Adventures of Lucky Pierre (1961)
The Prime Time (1960) (uncredited)
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07-16-2005, 02:49 PM
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Ratings from to
Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat (2002)
The Gore Gore Girls (1972)
Black Love (1972) (as R.L. Smith)
Year of the Yahoo! (1972)
This Stuff'll Kill Ya! (1971)
The Wizard of Gore (1970)
Miss Nymphet's Zap-In (1970)
Linda and Abilene (1969)
The Ecstasies of Women (1969)
How to Make a Doll (1968)
Just for the Hell of It (1968)
Suburban Roulette (1968)
Alley Tramp (1968)
She-Devils on Wheels (1968)
The Magic Land of Mother Goose (1967)
Blast-Off Girls (1967)
The Girl, the Body, and the Pill (1967)
Something Weird (1967)
The Gruesome Twosome (1967)
A Taste of Blood (1967)
Jimmy, the Boy Wonder (1966)
Color Me Blood Red (1965)
Monster a-Go Go (1965) (uncredited)
Sin, Suffer and Repent (1965)
Moonshine Mountain (1964)
Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964)
Scum of the Earth (1963)
Bell, Bare and Beautiful (1963)
Goldilocks and the Three Bares (1963)
Blood Feast (1963)
Boin-n-g (1963)
Nature's Playmates (1962)
Daughter of the Sun (1962)
Living Venus (1961)
The Adventures of Lucky Pierre (1961)
The Prime Time (1960)
Seen 6
Own 0
My DVD Collection Film Lists: 2001 (416), 2002 (412), 2003 (374), 2004 (346), 2005 (302), 2006 (221) Film Tracking 2005 (862), 2006 (852) Last 15 Watched: Pulse (2006,Jim Sonzero) 2/5, In the Realm of the Senses (1976,Nagisa Oshima) 4/5, Sing a Song of Sex (1967,Nagisa Oshima) 2/5, The Passionate Friends (1949,David Lean) 3/5, Band of Ninja (1967,Nagisa Oshima) 1/5, Saw V (2008,David Hackl) 3/5, Quantum of Solace (2008,Marc Forster) 2/5, Role Models (2008,David Wain) 3/5, Dorm (2006,Songyos Sugmakanan) 3/5, Candy (2006,Neil Armfield) 3/5, Shutter (2004,Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom) 1/5, Skinwalkers (2006,Jim Isaac) 2/5, Out of Season (1998,Jeanette L. Buck) 2/5, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983,Nagisa Oshima) 5/5, The Catch (1961,Nagisa Oshima) 3/5
Last edited by Bill McA : 08-06-2006 at 11:25 PM.
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07-16-2005, 05:17 PM
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A rather strange director choice from you considering your disparaging comments on Jack Arnold.
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You disparaged first with your Jack Hill comments. I love Creature, I just don't see Arnold bringing much to the table directorially. However, I haven't seen the other movies that you and George praised so I haven't continued to harp on it. It was more that he was an easy target and I was feeling defensive rather than any truly negative feelings toward Arnold. I haven't seen enough of his films to know, just like most of you haven't seen Hill's best work.
Plus, I like gory horror movies, even ones in English.  And living in the South I do get a big kick out of Two Thousand Maniacs. If only it had been made 10 years later and Lewis could have afforded Freebird for the soundtrack, it would be just about perfect.
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The other available H.G. Lewis DVDs are currently on page 2 of my 1707 DVD title Zip list.
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I once thought that I'd watch all the available discs, but seeing The Gore Gore Girls rid me of that notion. Maybe someday I'll go back and watch some more, but it will be awhile.
If you do rent the DVD's though, I highly recommend listening to the commentary tracks. They are an interesting history lesson on drive-in/cult movie-making and distribution in the 60's.
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Those actually sound interesting. I'm sure they're bad films, but if you have to watch a bad film, much better one that has something you like to look at (naked girls) than something you hate to look at (gore).
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Stuff like Nature's Playmates and Daughter's of the Sun, from what I gather, are little more than home movies shot at nudist clubs. You could get around censorship by selling it along documentary lines.
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I believe I caught Monster A Go-Go on MST3K. Possibly even more inept than Plan 9, if you can believe it.
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I believe it. For the most part, Lewis' production values could definitely be described as Ed Woodesque. Blood Feast 2 is better made, it's more along the lines of any Sundance cheapie.
Yes, Captain Hammer's here, hair blowing in the breeze. The day needs my saving expertise! - Captain Hammer, Corporate Tool
2002 Sight & Sound Challenge: 314 Last Watched: An Autumn Afternoon
Last 10 Films Watched:
Mon Oncle Antoine - B / Late Autumn - A-
Paranoid Park - B / An Autumn Afternoon - A
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - B / Run, Fatboy, Run - B
Get Smart - C- / Rendition - B-
Springtime in a Small Town - B+ / Evan Almighty - C
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07-16-2005, 10:29 PM
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#7 of 19
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I think I've seen Blood Feast and The Wizard of Gore. Interested in seeing Two Thousand Maniacs.
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07-18-2005, 01:08 PM
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This thread cracks me up. What a choice. Turns out, as far as I can tell, I've never seen an H.G. Lewis film, but now that he's in my mind, I want to. Can anyone suggest one that is especially offensive, and with lots of gratuitous nudity?
They flutter behind you, your possible pasts.
Some bright-eyed and crazy, some frightened and lost.
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07-18-2005, 01:46 PM
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