Blood Feast

The original splatter movie from Herschell Gordon Lewis, the ‘Godfather of Gore’, was banned for many years.

  • Director

    Herschell Gordon Lewis

  • With

    Mal Arnold, William Kerwin, Connie Mason

  • USA 1963. 67min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    18

A serial killer caterer in Miami uses his victims body parts in his cooking as a sacrifice to the ancient Egyptian goddess Ishtar. The critics may have called it salacious and vulgar, but this classic from Gordon Lewis – the Godfather of Gore – is loved by generations of ’splatter’ fans everywhere. Blood Feast was only released uncut in the UK 20 years ago, so be warned – it’s not for the fainthearted.

Contains scenes of graphic violence or injury.

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USA 1985. Director Richard Kern. 12min. Digital

Collaged portraits of sexual provocation and death raise the temperature in Kern’s recently restored, audience-baiting short.

The screening of Blood Feast on Thursday 2 April will be introduced by writer Virginie Selavy.