Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore

Overview

In 2009, Sean Baker sat down with the Godfather of Gore himself, Herschell Gordon Lewis, to discuss his legendary career as an exploitation pioneer and creator of the splatter movie. In 2019, the footage formed the basis for this documentary produced by the Criterion Channel.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 27, 2019

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Cre Film,The Criterion Channel,Cre Films

Cast

Sean Baker,Herschell Gordon Lewis

Director

Sean Baker

Producer

Darren Dean,Jonathan Turell,Fumiko Takagi,Sean Baker,Peter Becker,Alex Coco

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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