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Movie Info

In the sleepy suburbs of Miami, seemingly normal Egyptian immigrant Fuad Ramses (Mal Arnold) runs a successful catering business. He also murders young women and plans to use their body parts to revive the goddess Ishtar. The insane Ramses hypnotizes a socialite in order to land a job catering a party for her debutante daughter, Suzette Fremont (Connie Mason), and turns the event into an evening of gruesome deaths, bloody dismemberment and ritual sacrifice.

Genre:

horror
Original Language:

English
Director:

Herschell Gordon Lewis
Producer:

David F. Friedman, Stanford S. Kohlberg
Writer:

Allison Louise Downe, David F. Friedman, Herschell Gordon Lewis
Release Date (Streaming):

Aug 25, 2018
Runtime:

58m
Sound Mix:

Mono
Aspect Ratio:

35mm

Cast & Crew

Thomas Wood
Det. Pete Thornton

Mal Arnold
Fuad Ramses

Connie Mason
Suzette Fremont

Lyn Bolton
Mrs. Dorothy Fremont

Scott H. Hall
Frank

Christy Foushee
Trudy Sanders

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Critic Reviews for Blood Feast

All Critics (13) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (8)

The blocky cinematography that never seems to capture what it's supposed to be looking at could almost be called avant-garde.

August 6, 2019 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…

Matthew Lucas
From the Front Row
while it might be tempting to dismiss Herschell Gordon Lewis' low-budget, utterly tawdry smorgasbord of sensationalism as dumb-assed trash, it is too self-aware to merit such dismissal. Hell, it even ends in a literal trash yard...

July 7, 2017 | Full Review…

Anton Bitel
VODzilla.co
One of the masterpieces of truly feckless cinema, an epic fail of such grandeur that Ed Wood himself would be hard-pressed to do better. Worse. You know what I mean.

June 6, 2010 | Rating: 1/10 | Full Review…

Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy
Claims to be the first splatter film.

November 1, 2008 | Rating: C | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
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February 21, 2008 | Rating: 4/5

Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
Proto-splatter from the Godfather of Gore.

April 21, 2007 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com
Unfortunately, while it certainly broke new ground in terms of explicit gore, it isn't a very good film.

March 28, 2007 | Rating: 0/4 | Full Review…

TV Guide
It features some of the worst performances ever to besmeer the silver screen. These, coupled with a ridiculous plot, ludicrous special effects and several bizarre deaths make the film pass beyond the realms of 'so bad it's good' into downright hilarity.

May 23, 2006 | Full Review…

Film4
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October 8, 2005 | Rating: 2/5

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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August 1, 2004 | Rating: 2/5

Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Once you get past the now hokey gore, there's nothing left.

May 5, 2004 | Rating: 1/5

Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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September 29, 2003 | Rating: 2/5

Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

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Audience Reviews for Blood Feast

Jan 10, 2012

With all the bad acting & the way it was shot, Watching Blood Feast brung back memories of the videos/ movies we use to have to shoot in High School film class.It was like watching all those videos/ movies now & thinking they were so good back then.Now you look at them & think what the hell was I thinking.Blood Feast was 1 of those videos/ movies.It felt like it was made for some High School film project

Brody M Super Reviewer
Nov 02, 2011

First Splatter film!!!! Despite the plot and acting, it was a really inventive film!!!!!!! We love you Mr. Lewis!!!

Sylvester K Super Reviewer
Feb 28, 2011

The tagline is "nothing so appalling in the annals of horror history". Now I don't know about all of that, but for its age, it is pretty gory. Although the gore is a bit laughable, not to mention the dialogue, the acting...well pretty much everything...this is a fun watch.

Tim S Super Reviewer
Oct 03, 2010

Probably one of the most unintentionally interesting horror movies ever made. It's so campy and terrible that you can't help but laugh and have a good time. The villain's ensemble and crazy fake hair is truly the shining aspect. The terrible effects and amateur-at-best cinematography also play a key part in the movie's charm. Don't expect a good movie and you will be in heaven.

Conner R Super Reviewer