Direction: Herschell Gordon Lewis

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Two Thousand Maniacs!

1964 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Herschell Gordon Lewis

Cast William Kerwin · Connie Mason · Jeffrey Allen · Ben Moore

Synopsis The citizens of the southern town Pleasant Valley lure six Yankee tourists into town where they are to be the reluctant guests for the centennial celebration of the day a band of renegade Union troops decimated the town. The town...

5.5

1K votes

5.5

1K votes

The Gore Gore Girls

1972 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Herschell Gordon Lewis

Cast Frank Kress · Amy Farrell · Hedda Lubin · Henny Youngman

Synopsis A ditsy reporter enlists the help of a sleazy private eye to solve a series of gory killings of female strippers at a Chicago nightclub. After a stripper is sadistically murdered, Abraham Gentry is offered $25,000 by the local newspaper...

5.2

74 votes

5.2

74 votes

Color Me Blood Red

1965 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Herschell Gordon Lewis

Cast Gordon Oas-Heim · Candi Conder · Elyn Warner · Jerome Eden

Synopsis A crackpot artist kills various people to use their blood as his new crimson red color for his paintings.

5.0

49 votes

5.0

49 votes

The Wizard of Gore

1970 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Herschell Gordon Lewis

Cast Ray Sager · Judy Cler · Wayne Ratay · Phil Laurenson

Synopsis A TV talk-show hostess and her boyfriend investigate a shady magician whom has the ability to hypnotize and control the thoughts of people in order to stage gory on-stage illusions using his powers of mind bending.

4.9

210 votes

4.9

210 votes

Blood Feast

1963 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Herschell Gordon Lewis

Cast William Kerwin · Mal Arnold · Connie Mason · Lyn Bolton

Synopsis Egyptian caterer busies himself collecting body parts from young maidens in order to bring Ishtar, an ancient goddess of good and evil back to life. When he has prepared enough parts for the ceremony, he hypnotizes a woman giving an...

4.6

389 votes

4.6

389 votes

Monster A Go-Go

1965 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Bill Rebane · Herschell Gordon Lewis

Cast Philip Morton · June Travis · George Perry · Lois Brooks

Synopsis A space capsule crash-lands, and the astronaut aboard disappears. Is there a connection between the missing man and the monster roaming the area?

2.7

27 votes

2.7

27 votes

Goldilocks and the Three Bares

1963 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction Herschell Gordon Lewis

Cast Alison Edwards · Rex Marlow · William Kerwin · Netta Mallina

Synopsis "Nudie-cutie" considered the first nudie-musical (filmed in "Buffocolor" and "Seemorescope") displays scads of female nudity as folks go about their business in a nudist camp, including a ten-minute horseback (bareback) riding scene.

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Linda and Abilene

1969 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Herschell Gordon Lewis

Cast Sharon Matt · Kip Marsh · Bambi Allen · Larry Martinelli

Synopsis In the 19th century, siblings Abilene and Tod, orphaned on their western farm, become attracted to each other, sexually. The confused Tod fleas to a nearby town where he meets Linda, a local bar girl, and begins a sexual relationship...

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A Taste of Blood

1967 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction Herschell Gordon Lewis

Cast Bill Rogers · Elizabeth Wilkinson · William Kerwin · Lawrence Tobin

Synopsis Mild-mannered Miami businessman, John Stone, receives a parcel from England containing two old bottles of Slivovitz brandy and upon drinking them both, becomes a vampire. Stone uses his new-found vampire powers to keep his wife, Helena, in a trance as...

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Suburban Roulette

1968 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Herschell Gordon Lewis

Cast Elizabeth Wilkinson · Ben Moore · Ione Rolnick · William Kerwin

Synopsis A newlywed couple falls into a dangerous game of parties and swapping spouses with two other swinging couples after moving into a seemingly perfect suburban neighborhood.

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The Magic Land of Mother Goose

1967 · Movie · 59 min. · United States

Direction Herschell Gordon Lewis

Cast Roy Huston · David Hammond · Judith Snow · Denny Ray

Synopsis Shot entirely on a high school stage, a group of storybook characters emerge from the book of Mother Goose leading to Old King Cole walking out of the book and into our world, followed by Raggedy Ann, while other characters,...

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Nature's Playmates

1962 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction Herschell Gordon Lewis

Cast Allison Louise Downe · Scott Osborne · Peter Lathrop · Teri Stevens

Synopsis Chicago private detective Russell Harper and his assistant, Diana, travel to a Florida nudist camp to find a missing husband and both of them soon become embroided with the life of nudists while falling in love with each other.

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Scum of the Earth!

1963 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Herschell Gordon Lewis

Cast William Kerwin · Allison Louise Downe · Lawrence J. Aberwood · Sandra Sinclair

Synopsis Kim Sherwood is a young and naive teenager who is asked by a friend to model for a shady photographer, named Harmon, whom works for an unscrupulous businessman whom is in league with a local Miami teenage gang in illegally...

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Carving Magic (S)

1959 · Documentary · 20 min. · United States

Direction Herschell Gordon Lewis

Cast Martha Logan

Synopsis Sponsored film from Swift and Company about how to accurately carve meat.

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Jimmy, the Boy Wonder

1966 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Herschell Gordon Lewis

Cast Nancy Jo Berg · Dennis Jones · David Blight Jr. · Karl Stoeber

Synopsis A boy makes a reckless wish, and everybody in the world stops moving. A wizard's daughter tries to help him get the world restarted again.

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The Gruesome Twosome

1967 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Herschell Gordon Lewis

Cast Elizabeth Davis · Gretchen Wells · Chris Martell · Rodney Bedell

Synopsis A demented, elderly woman has her mentally retarded son kill and scalp various young women to use their hair for her wig shop while a persistent coed tries to link various killings on a local Florida college campus to them.

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She-Devils on Wheels

1968 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Herschell Gordon Lewis

Cast Betty Connell · Nancy Lee Noble · Rodney Bedell · Pat Poston

Synopsis An all-female motorcycle gang, called 'The Maneaters' hold motorcycle races, as well as terrorize the residents of a small Florida town, and clash off against an all-male rival gang of hot-riders.

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Direction Herschell Gordon Lewis

Cast Brooke McCarter · Nevada Caldwell · Joel D. Wynkoop · Krista Grotte

Synopsis Newest cult favorite from famed director Herschell Gordon Lewis, known for BloodFeast 1 & 2, 2000 Maniacs, Wizard of Gore, and The Gore Gore Girls. Cameo by Troma honcho Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger, Poultrygeist). Includes behind the scenes featurette....

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The Adventures of Lucky Pierre

1961 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Herschell Gordon Lewis

Cast Billy Falbo · Lawrence J. Aberwood · William Kerwin · Kay Montie

Synopsis A man imagines that everybody he sees is naked. He goes to see a psychiatrist to see if he can be cured.

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Herschell Gordon Lewis' BloodMania

2016 · Movie · 98 min. · Canada

Direction Herschell Gordon Lewis · Kevin Littlelight · Melanie Reinboldt

Cast Genoveva Rossi · Sarah Troyer · Caroline Buzanko · Saleste Mele

Synopsis "BloodMania" is a horror anthology consisting of four distinct tales of terror. Segment One: Brewster Bricabrac is having a very bad day. He has botched a hostage taking, is on the run from the law, and worst of all is...

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