Name
Herschell Gordon Lewis
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1926-06-15
Deathday
2016-09-26 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Herschell Gordon Lewis (June 15, 1926 – September 26, 2016) was an American filmmaker, best known for creating the 'splatter' subgenre of horror films. He is often called the 'Godfather of Gore' (a title also given to Lucio Fulci), though his film career included works in a range of exploitation film genres including juvenile delinquent films, nudie-cuties, two children's films, and at least one rural comedy.
Known For
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This documentary explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. The movie ...
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A country western singer returns home to the Carolina hills, where he gets caught up in a ...
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A crackpot painter kills people to use their blood as his new crimson red color for his ar...
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The life and times of Baltimore film maker and midnight movie pioneer, John Waters....
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Sally is a young woman living two lives: a calmly librarian by day, and a brutal serial ki...
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A bumbling young film crew, shooting a low-budget horror movie in an abandoned orphanage, ...
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In the sleepy suburbs of Miami, seemingly normal Egyptian immigrant Fuad Ramses runs a suc...
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19th century siblings Abilene and Tod, orphaned on their farm, become sexually attracted t...
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Take an outrageous ride through this wild world of exploitation films with this thoroughly...
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An accident victim makes a deal with a witch, in which he receives extraordinary ESP power...
- 2004 Chainsaw Sally as Mr. Gordon
- 2021 Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida as Self [archival]
- 2005 Horror Business as Himself
- 1963 Scum of the Earth as Narrator (voice)
- 1963 Blood Feast as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- 2011 American Grindhouse as Himself
- 2000 Divine Trash as Self
- 2016 They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé as Himself
- 2016 How Herschell Found His Niche as himself
- 2009 Psycho Holocaust as Radio News Broadcaster (voice)
- 2019 Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore as Self
- 2011 Tonight You Die
- 2010 Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
- 2009 Smash Cut as Fred Sandy / Radio Announcer
- 1961 Living Venus as Man on Street (uncredited)
- 2003 Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life as Self
- 1963 Goldilocks and the Three Bares as Voice Introducing Sonny Seymour (voice)
- 2016 Blood Feast as Professor Lou Herschell
- 1968 The Alley Tramp as Radio Reporter Gene Stallion (voice)
- 2015 Terror Toons 3 as Himself
- 2010 Under the Scares as Self
- 1987 Crystalstone as Antique Dealer
- 1967 The Gruesome Twosome as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- 1968 How to Make a Doll as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1967 A Taste of Blood as The Limey Seaman / Baron Khron (voice) (as Seymour Sheldon)
- 1967 Something Weird as Narrator (voice) (as Sheldon Seymour)
- 2015 B-Documentary as Himself
- 2017 Killer Campout as Himself- Voice
- 2009 7 Deadly Sins: Inside The Ecomm Cult
- 2007 Book of Lore as Bingo Record (voice)
- 2011 Produce Your Own Damn Movie! as Self
- 1966 Jimmy, the Boy Wonder as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1989 An Evening with H.G. Lewis as Self
- 2013 That's Sexploitation! as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 BloodMania as The Host
- 2009 The Uh-oh Show as Uncle Herschell (uncredited)
- 1988 The Incredibly Strange Film Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
