Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Blood Feast

How would you like to buy insurance from a man who 45 years earlier made a living from giggle-flicks and the likes of this classic of splatter cinema. They don't call Herschell Gordon Lewis the Godfather of Gore for nothing and BLOOD FEAST was the film that earned him that title. As a piece of work it's quite easy to laugh at the use of a cow's tongue in one classic scene or such classic lines as "hey baby, I'm here, I'm not gonna let anybody hurt you" which was the first in many such "famous last words" in the realm of horror. Still, this 1963 gem, the oldest on the famous video nasties list of 80's Britain is important as a landmark in the history of splatter cinema not to mention Playboy's Miss June of 1963, Connie Mason is a riot to watch here and you'd never know from this she would continue to act right up to the early 90's and I wouldn;t be the least bit surprised if Rob Zombie doesn't manage to talk her out of retirement sometime soon. As must-see for many reasons...even if you are not a fan of the genre you will have a howl at how bad some bits truly are
now...about that life insurance.

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