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ackblom12:
I certainly hope you all realize this entire thread is incredibly NSFW.

The Wizard of Gore (1970):

Directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis, this movie is considered to be the father of gore horror for very good reasons. The stage wizard Montag hypnotizes audiences at his shows and brutally murders one of them on stage without anyone noticing the wounds he's causing are real. The victims are later found with the same kind of wounds they received in the magic show. I WONDER WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED THERE!?!? The ending is actually pretty fantastic and it's just an overall wonderful bit of film history if you are into the genre at all. There was a remake made in 2007, but I've not seen it yet.

The gore FX used were fantastic and also includes great stories such as this one included in the wiki:


--- Quote ---In The Amazing Herschell Gordon Lewis, Daniel Krogh notes that the film's graphic gore effects were accomplished with two sheep carcasses. The carcasses, which had to be carried around for more than two weeks while the film was being shot, were soaked in Pine-Sol. Krogh also describes how the chainsaw sequence was filmed: two women, one whose upper body was exposed and another whose legs were exposed, played the single victim. A fake midsection filled with animal organs, mortician's wax and condoms full of stage blood were placed between the two women.
--- End quote ---

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=3irUOmufTRg

ackblom12:
Thankskilling (2009):

This is an absolutely absurd movie that actually manages to be very entertaining. Every single horror trope is used and taken to caricature levels of ridiculousness, but it manages to come together for a very fun film. It sometimes falls a bit flat, but when it's on point it's ridiculously entartaining. I just hope I don't have to tell you that a film call Thankskilling, which is about a demonically possessed turkey, is not a good movie in any sense of the word. There is a sequel and the 3rd film is currently being made after a successful Kickstarter funding campaign.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=38RDlYHaDAY

ackblom12:
976-EVIL (1988):

For those of you who are not aware, 976 was one of the payline numbers for the US in the 80's that were replaced entirely by the 900 numbers in the 90's. In this film, directed by Robert Englund (aka Freddy Krueger), Satan uses his line to give out strange horrorscopes (hurr) and grants power to those who follow his instructions. For those who don't, terrible things tend to happen. One teenager, constantly the victim of bullying, accepts it fully and ends up possessed by Bellzebub itself and goes on a killing spree, hoping to bring Hell to Earth. The movie is great fun and the entire soundtrack was done by The Deftones.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjxqnUBV0Wc
There is a sequel titled...

976-EVIL 2:

This one has a local college dean who has fallen prey to the temptations of the horrorscope phone line. He's been killing local ladies for a few months and is finally caught, whie the hero from the first film shows back up in town. Having just watched it recently, it's more fun than I recall, but it doesn't hold a candle to the first film. It has one absolutely amazing scene, but that's about it.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2YTR8NgogI

LTK:
Are you familiar with this guy's stuff on the Escapist? Seems like you'd enjoy it.

ackblom12:
I'm not, but I'm bookmarking it to survey it in more detail. For now, I move onto the original gore horror film...

Blood Feast (1963):

This is the first gore horror film released and it was directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis, the director of The Wizard of Gore. It was by far the bloodiest and goriest thing to have ever been released and was also the earliest gore inspired film released in color. This led to a hell of a lot of problems with getting it into theaters, bu thankfully it has survived. The film itself is a wonderfully self aware schlockfest. The villian, Faud Ramses, has some of the best eyebrows I've ever seen and is a cannibal worshiper of the goddess Ishtar. He murders virgins, takes body parts and cooks delicious meals of his victims. He has a catering service that he uses to try and have a great Feast of flesh in order to awaken Ishtar from her slumber and it's wonderful all around. Very entertaining film that you can watch on youtube here.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ2t0et8wWc
Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat (2002):

Not quite so entertaining, but still a fun film. It's worth a watch, but it's missing something from the first film. Despite being directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis, much like many of the modern attempts at rebooting schlock franchises or making sequels it just doesn't work so well as they had hoped. It can also be watched on Youtube here.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7Dc2hg2RNE

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