Blood Feast (1963)

Directed by

Herschell Gordon Lewis

Genre

horror film, slasher film, independent film, splatter film, exploitation film, religious horror

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 07m

Rated

18A

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 201 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A deranged caterer kills women and uses their body parts in his meals to worship an Egyptian goddess.

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What happens

Blood Feast is a 1963 American splatter film. It was composed, shot, and directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis, written by Allison Louise Downe from an idea by Lewis and David F. Freidman, and stars Mal Arnold, William Kerwin, Connie Mason, and Lyn Bolton. The plot focuses on a psychopathic food caterer named Fuad Ramses (Arnold) who kills women so that he can include their body parts in his meals and perform sacrifices to his "Egyptian goddess" Ishtar. Blood Feast is considered the first splatter film, a sub-genre of horror noted for its graphic depictions of on-screen gore. It was highly successful, grossing $4 million against its minuscule $24,500 budget, while receiving poor reviews from critics, who criticized it as amateurish and vulgar. The film was followed by a belated sequel, Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat, in 2002. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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