Blood Feast, a 1963 film directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis, is an American exploitation film often considered the first "gore" or splatter film. It was produced by David F. Friedman. The screenplay was written by Alison Louise Downe, an actress who had previously appeared in several of Lewis's other films. Lewis also wrote the film's score. Jump to: navigation, search 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Herschell Gordon Lewis (born 15 June 1926, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) is a film-maker best known for creating the splatter film subgenre of horror. ... Exploitation films or trash cinema is the name given to a genre of films, extant since the earliest days of moviemaking, but popularized in the 1970s. ... Jump to: navigation, search A splatter film or gore film is a type of horror film that deliberately concentrates on portrayals of gore and violence. ... David F. Friedman 24 December 1923 Birmingham, Alabama, USA is an American filmmaker and producer. ... Jump to: navigation, search A screenplay or script is a blueprint for producing a motion picture. ... Jump to: navigation, search Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... A film score is the background music in a film, generally specially written for the film and often used to heighten emotions provoked by the imagery on the screen or by the dialogue. ...

The movie was banned in Germany by a court in Karlsruhe, Germany in January 2004.

Well loved by members of Lewis's small but worshipful cult, as well as by some bad movie fanatics, Blood Feast is a low budget horror film about an insane Egyptian caterer who kills people so that he can include their body parts in his meals. Blood Feast immediately became notorious for its explicit blood, gore and violence. Many people consider its most infamous moment to be when the murderer rips out a young woman's tongue on camera. (An effect achieved with fake blood and a sheep's tongue.) Jump to: navigation, search In religion and sociology, a cult is a cohesive group of people (often a relatively small and new religious movement) devoted to beliefs or practices that the surrounding culture or society considers to be far outside the mainstream. ... ... Jump to: navigation, search DVD cover showing horror characters as depicted by Universal Studios. ... Jump to: navigation, search Violence refers to acts —typically connotative with aggressive and criminal behaviour —which intend to cause or is causing of injury to persons, animals, or (in limited cases) property. ...

The film has also been noted for its bad direction and terrible acting. Particularly entertaining was the amateurish performance of Mal Arnold, playing the part of deranged murderer Fuad Ramses, called by author Christopher Wayne Curry in his book A Taste of Blood: The Films Of Herschell Gordon Lewis "the original 'machete-wielding madman', and the forerunner" to similar characters in the Friday the 13th and Halloween series of films. Jump to: navigation, search Friday the 13th is a 1980 slasher film directed by Sean S. Cunningham and written by Victor Miller, admittedly made to cash in on the success of Halloween, the films theme was to take mom and apple pie and turn it on its head. ... Michael Myers, unstoppable psycho-killer The Halloween films are a series of horror movies, of which the first is considered one of the most important and influential of the genre. ...

Blood Feast is the first part of what the director's fans have dubbed "The Blood Trilogy". Rounding out the trilogy are the films 2000 Maniacs and Color Me Blood Red.

Jackie Kong directed the cult favorite Blood Diner in 1986, with the intention of making it a "spiritual sequel" to Blood Feast. A comedic sequel/remake, Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat, was released in 2002. It marked the first time Lewis and Friedman worked together on a movie in several years. Jump to: navigation, search 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Blood Feast at the Internet Movie Database
• Two Thousand Maniacs! at the Internet Movie Database
• Color Me Blood Red at the Internet Movie Database
• Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat at the Internet Movie Database