Blood Feast (1963)

4.5 / 5
Tagline: Adult Horror!
Directed By: Herschell Gordon Lewis
Written By: Allison Louise Downe
Actors Include: Thomas Wood, Connie Mason
Genre: Horror
Length: 67 minutes
Banned: UK, Germany
Country: USA

Review:
Oh I ADORE Blood Feast and I had better. I have this horror book I got when I was a little girl and I desperately wanted to see this gory film. I looked everywhere, and it took me about seven years to find a rental copy, but I did (an hour away from where I lived at the time). The version I had found even had an introduction from Joe Bob Briggs (who is a genius) and as he described some of the effects and the way the movie was made, I couldn't have been more excited for it to start. The thing was, it was worth searching for seven years for. It was worth all the dirty looks from every video store clerk in the surrounding area when I asked about this title. This is probably my first real favorite low budget film, and it's been an obsession since. The budget was I think around a twenty-five thousand dollars and you would definitely know it, but I certainly couldn't think of a way to make a more entertaining film on less. Herschell made the story up as he went along, he rented a hotel room that happened to have an Egyptian theme, and since he was going to be shooting there he planned around it. There is an Egyptian Goddess named Ishtar that the local limping (limp switches legs throughout the movie) Exotic Caterer wants to carve up a human feast for. What a better idea than having an.....Egyptian Feast! Well little Miss Playboy (Connie Mason) happens to be studying Egyptian culture so her mother decides to hire a caterer. You see where this is going right? The acting is ridiculous (you can see them reading their lines off of furniture), the plot obviously a spur of the moment kind of thing, but the film is priceless. It's one of the funniest things I've ever seen, it's gorier than hell (especially when you consider it was the early '60s) and there is plenty 'o death. I can't recommend it enough if you are even somewhat patient with low budgets. PS, You'll LOVE the music, I promise!