Herschell Gordon Lewis

Herschell Gordon Lewis, Godfather of Gore, Dies at 87
Herschell Gordon Lewis, Godfather of Gore, Dies at 87
Herschell Gordon Lewis, Godfather of Gore, Dies at 87
For every cinephile and aspiring filmmaker interested in the worlds of horror and exploitation, it is a rite of passage: The first viewing of Blood Feast. Notorious in its day, infamous for decades for its extreme violence and graphic depictions of blood and guts, Blood Feast became one of the foundational movies of the splatter subgenre. Sadly, its director, Herschell Gordon Lewis, the so-called “Godfather of Gore,” passed away today according to Blood Feast’s DVD distributor, Something Weird Video. He was 87 years old.