{"id":430,"date":"2014-07-10T00:35:52","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T00:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=430"},"modified":"2025-01-01T17:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T22:31:10","slug":"blood-feast-1963","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=430","title":{"rendered":"Blood Feast-1963"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Blood Feast-1963<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director H.G.Lewis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Thomas Wood, Connie Mason<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #100<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/26602278.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-947\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/26602278-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"26602278\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/26602278-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/26602278.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed July 10, 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: B-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blood Feast (1963) is the debut film by horror master H.G. Lewis, who invented the gore genre.<\/p>\n<p>The film is simplistic and makes his later films almost seem a big budget.<\/p>\n<p>This film is not meant to be taken seriously. Anyone who does is completely missing the point. It is exploitation but completely over-the-top, with wooden performances for laughs, specifically by Connie Mason, who stinks.<\/p>\n<p>The story involves a demented caterer hired by a mother to cater an Egyptian-themed dinner party. He uses genuine body parts to complete the meal, is obsessed with some silly curse, and owns a female Egyptian statue that talks to him.<\/p>\n<p>The kills are laughing out loud in their basic shock value, and all the victims are women.<\/p>\n<p>One victim&#8217;s tongue is torn out, as another is whipped to death, which, in a more modern film like Saw (2004), would be horrific. But the kills are so comedic, and the gore blood so amateurish that the audience cannot help but chuckle.<\/p>\n<p>The highlight for me was the intentionally (let&#8217;s hope) horrendous acting by all involved.<\/p>\n<p>I prefer H.G. Lewis&#8217;s later films, but Blood Feast (1963) is a blueprint and a nice introduction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blood Feast-1963 Director H.G.Lewis Starring Thomas Wood, Connie Mason Scott&#8217;s Review #100 Reviewed July 10, 2014 Grade: B- Blood Feast (1963) is the debut film by horror master H.G. Lewis, who invented the gore genre. The film is simplistic and makes his later films almost seem a big budget. 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