Herschel Gordon Lewis Dead at 90

[boblipton]

I certainly hope so.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/28/movie ... -well&_r=0" target="_blank

Bob

[Jim Roots]

Love Bob's comment!

I have never seen a single one of Lewis' films and probably never will. But you've got to respect someone who never made a film that didn't turn a profit. However puerile they may be.

Jim

[The Blackbird]

I defy anyone to sit through MONSTER A GO-GO. Even the gang on MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATRE agreed it was the worst thing they'd ever seen....

[Jim Roots]

I defy anyone to sit through MONSTER A GO-GO. Even the gang on MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATRE agreed it was the worst thing they'd ever seen....

But the title's a winner. I'm picturing a gorilla suit with a Quebec stove balanced upside-down on its shoulders as a head, and wearing the cutest white go-go boots with a little fringe of tassles all around them.

Jim

[The Blackbird]

No, no, no... the film is infinitely weirder than that.

[s.w.a.c.]

"There was....no monster...."

Did HGL actually make Monster a Go-Go, or did he just buy the remains of some unfinished Grade Z horror film and somehow get it into theatres?

[The Blackbird]

He picked up the footage that had been shot years earlier, and completed it, for want of a better word. This is why the entire cast up and changes half-way through the film. Also, of course, the movie doesn't end, it just stops....

[Mike Gebert]

I have never seen a single one of Lewis' films and probably never will. But you've got to respect someone who never made a film that didn't turn a profit. However puerile they may be.

I admire that later, when he was a direct mail guru and consultant, although he didn't advertise that he was THAT Herschel Gordon Lewis, he wouldn't deny it either and would happily chat about his Gore-Gore days.

[earlytalkiebuffRob]

Think there's an extra 'l' in 'Herschell'... And I've not seen any, either...

[bigshot]

The deluxe Shock and Gore video set is on its way to me now. I can't wait to see it. There's some wonderful extras, including extensive interviews with David Friedman about the world of exploitation filmmaking and the 40 thieves.

[jrcasey1960]

I received my set yesterday and it's quite a package. Besides the films themselves, the supplements are really great. The original Something Weird documentary, THE GODFATHER OF GORE, is quite enjoyable......and the 1 hour and 9 minutes of out-takes from it! It's presented at 1080i on Blu-ray.

The films themselves are a mixed bag, some restored from camera negatives (mostly done by Something Weird Video in the past) and some from battered prints. A few have combined elements from prints and tape sources to present the most complete versions. They've also included both 1.85:1 and 1.37:1 framing for some of the titles.

The folks at Arrow Films really put some work into this project, building on the efforts of Something Weird to date.

[bigshot]

I received my Shock and Gore box yesterday. The Steven Thrower book is fantastic. Incredible images and a film by film explanation... even a couple that Lewis started but never finished. I'm glad I got the bigger box for that book alone.