CENSOR
Worthy of attention due to its subject matter: the “Video Nasties” craze that gripped Britain in the 1980s
THE AMAZING HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS
THE AMAZING HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS by Daniel Krogh, is the first book devoted to H. G. Lewis, widely hailed as the Godfather of Gore. His flicks include such 1960s and 70s-era anti-classics as BLOOD FEAST, TWO THOUSAND MANIACS!…
CRIMSON ORGY
The first novel by Austin Williams, CRIMSON ORGY has a suitably nerdy framework: it opens and closes with articles about an obscure sixties era splatter epic called CRIMSON ORGY, which gained notoriety due to rumors that it contained footage of an actual killing. We learn what actually occurred during the making of CRIMSON ORGY in the bulk of the novel, and the production turns out to be every bit as sordid as it’s been cracked up to be.
COLOR ME BLOOD RED
When perusing COLOR ME BLOOD RED, the last of H.G. Lewis’ novelizations of his fabled early 1960s gore flicks, there are a few things to keep in mind: 1). The film it novelizes is, as Lewis himself has conceded, not one of his better efforts, 2). It was not among the Lewis novelizations Fantaco reprinted in 1988 (and clearly there’s a reason for that), and 3). Lewis has subsequently admitted he “spent less attention” on this adaptation than he did the others. Yet even allowing for those things, COLOR ME BLOOD RED is worthwhile reading for horror buffs in a forgiving mood.
The Novels of H.G. Lewis
The late H.G. Lewis was the writer and director of the 1960s-era gorefests BLOOD FEAST, TWO THOUSAND MANIACS! and COLOR ME BLOOD RED, which comprise a loose-knit trilogy. Lewis also wrote novelizations of the three films
COLOR ME BLOOD RED
The third, and least, entry in writer-director Herschell Gordon Lewis and producer David F. Friedman’s fabled gore trilogy
THE WIZARD OF GORE (1970)
THE WIZARD OF GORE is a fairly typical H.G. Lewis production, meaning it probably won’t ever win any awards but is great fun for vintage gore fans
BLOOD FEAST
What is it about H.G. Lewis’s flicks that are so much fun? They’re not “good” by any stretch of the imagination—indeed, they’re often downright atrocious. Case in point: BLOOD FEAST, the first of Lewis’ gore epics
TWO THOUSAND MANIACS!
The best of Herschell Gordon Lewis’ early 1960s gore epics, with real production value and gore scenes that (mostly) still startle
HIP POCKET SLEAZE
The vintage adult paperback community is a small one to be sure, but for those of us who are into such things John Harrison’s HIP POCKET SLEAZE is an essential acquisition