Refocus: The Films of Herschell Gordon Lewis - (Refocus: The American Directors) by Calum Waddell (Hardcover)
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- Dubbed "The Godfather of Gore," no other exploitation filmmaker made the most of scant budgets, short shooting schedules and amateur special effects like the legendary Herschell Gordon Lewis.
- Author(s): Calum Waddell
- 222 Pages
- Performing Arts, Individual Director
- Series Name: Refocus: The American Directors
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Explores the influence of American director Herschell Gordon Lewis on exploitation cinema.Book Synopsis
Dubbed "The Godfather of Gore," no other exploitation filmmaker made the most of scant budgets, short shooting schedules and amateur special effects like the legendary Herschell Gordon Lewis.
Making his mark with Blood Feast in 1963 and helming such notorious splatter-shockers as Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964), The Gruesome Twosome (1967) and The Gore Gore Girls (1972), the director provoked generations of indebted genre stylists - from John Waters and Frank Henenlotter to Eli Roth and Damien Leone, with his hit Terrifier franchise. This is the first academic study into the work of Lewis, covering not just his bloodstained celluloid, but also his background in sexploitation and infomercials. In doing so, this entry in the ReFocus series takes one of cinema's most influential low budget craftsmen out of the grindhouse and considers him as an Avant Garde auteur in his own right.Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W)
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 222
Genre: Performing Arts
Sub-Genre: Individual Director
Series Title: Refocus: The American Directors
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Format: Hardcover
Author: Calum Waddell
Language: English
Street Date: January 31, 2026
TCIN: 1003665870
UPC: 9781399536011
Item Number (DPCI): 247-34-1682
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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