Blood Feast (1963)

Blood Feast: Directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis. With William Kerwin, Mal Arnold, Connie Mason, Lyn Bolton. An Egyptian caterer kills various women in suburban Miami to use their body parts to revive a dormant Egyptian goddess while an inept police detective tries to track him down.

“Herschell is maybe my favorite gore director. The person who invented genres off handedly, does it again – for the first time! Wonderful colors, very disturbing plot. John Waters used to watch these films as a young man. One could see Herschellu0026#39;s effect on Waters later films like u0026#39;Pink Flamingosu0026#39; when you look at Herschells colors (color me blood red) and the trashy- campy acting, costumes and settings. When I think of flesh Wateru0026#39;s star Divine – i have to admit – Waters saved some of that gore effect that Herschell has in his films. The effect of real fleshy gore!”