Blood Feast (1963) Movie Info
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | Blood Feast (1963) |
| Director | Herschell Gordon Lewis |
| Screenplay Writer | Allison Louise Downe |
| Based on Novel by | — (Original screenplay) |
| Lead Actors | Mal Arnold |
| Cast | Mal Arnold, Connie Mason, William Kerwin, Lyn Bolton |
| Genre | Horror, Splatter |
| Release Date | July 6, 1963 (United States) |
| Duration | 1h 7m (67 minutes) |
| Budget | ~$24,500 |
| Language | English |
| Country | United States |
| Box Office (Worldwide) | Cult success / limited historical data |
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Do you have a taste for the exotic delicacies of far off lands? Do you salivate at the thought of old world cuisine? Then let me introduce you to Faud Ramses. Faud runs a small catering business and he is eagerly seeking out new clientele. After you sample his delights you will simply know that you have found the man to cater your birthday, wedding or family get-together. What does Faud charge you may ask? Well it’s not money, he’s working for a higher purpose, although he may need to use you or someone you know in some of his delicious dishes, the fact is you will be back for seconds of Faud’s home-cooked Blood Feast.
Released in 1963 and directed by “The Godfather of Gore” Herschell Gordon Lewis, Blood Feast is a landmark gore-fest that not only changed the face of horror movies, but would inspire countless other filmmakers to enter the world of splatter cinema.
It’s a graphic and gory masterpiece that lives up to it’s cult status and should be seen by any fan of classic or modern horror.
The story is simple and to the point, young caterer Faud Ramses is trying to resurrect the goddess Ishtar. In order to do so he needs various parts from many different scantly clad women, and finally he will need a young woman to allow Ishtar to re-enter the land of the living in a final Egyptian Blood Feast (film’s original title). By manipulating a lady by the name of Dorothy Freemont, Faud intends to take advantage of her, her daughter and her party guests in order to fulfill his sinister agenda.
The acting is terrible and wooden, the character development and interaction is a joke and the dialog is even worse, but hey it was 1963 and this was a low budget B- horror movie shot in nine days and on a shoestring budget of $25,000.
Where this film breaks ground is in the sheer blood and gore that it got by with. I mean tongues are yanked out, brains are pulled out of the skull, eyeballs are popped and flesh is ripped and torn in nearly every frame. Yes, by today’s standards the effects and shock value of this film are sub-standard, but in it‘s day this film was groundbreaking and truly let the red splash across the screen for the first time.
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