Blood Feast

1963

Action / Horror

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 38% · 13 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 44% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.0/10 10 7304 7.3K

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Plot summary

In the sleepy suburbs of Miami, seemingly normal Egyptian immigrant Fuad Ramses 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, and turns the event into an evening of gruesome deaths, bloody dismemberment and ritual sacrifice.


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1 hr 7 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by HumanoidOfFlesh 7 / 10

Arguably the first gore film ever made.

The plot of Hershell Gordon Lewis "Blood Feast" is paper-thin:a sinister shop owner is trying to resurrect an Egyptian goddess Ishtar by butchering and dismembering beautiful girls.Fun-filled gore romp with cheesy acting and inept splatter scenes.The tongue removal scene is legendary among horror fans.The plot is just an excuse to move from one bloody murder scene to the next.I am fairly sure that back in 1963 images from "Blood Feast" were shocking for the audience from that time.That's why Hershell Gordon Lewis chunk-blower is so important as perhaps the first gore film ever made.Don't take "Blood Feast" seriously - it's just a gross-out horror comedy.7 blood feasts out of 10.

Reviewed by MartinHafer 1 / 10

Possibly the worst acted film in history!

The same night I saw BLOOD FEAST, I also saw another of director Hershell Gordon Lewis' films, TWO THOUSAND MANIACS (which turned out to be a pretty good film). So the fact that I gave one of these films a positive review is ample evidence that I haven't got a grudge against his films and his very low-budget style. Heck, it's possible to make a decent film on a shoestring budget, as films like CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962) and VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED (1960) were amazingly good films despite the low production values. In light of this and the over 5400 movies I have reviewed, it says a lot when I declare that BLOOD FEAST has the worst acting I have ever seen--and I have seen SANTA CLAUS VERSUS THE MARTIANS, ROBOT MONSTER and THE BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS!!

The film is about a homicidal maniac that rips women apart to appease his sick goddess. Ostensibly, she is an Egyptian goddess, though everything about her, the cannibalism and history of Egypt is pure crap and seems to come from Lewis' fertile imagination. But, with a title like BLOOD FEAST, this is a minor consideration to say the least! The real star of the film is the gore and I have to admit that for a film from 1963, the gore is exceptionally realistic. Sure they make gorier films today with top-notch effects, but for 1963 it was groundbreaking AND the blood looked much more realistic than other films of the era.

So if the film was so important to the history of gore films, why does it still earn a 1? After all, the effects weren't bad. Well, let's get back to the acting. It was worse than any high school production I have seen--and I know what I am talking about since I teach in a high school and have seen at least a dozen productions. Any of the kids at my school could have acted circles around the bozos who appeared in BLOOD FEAST. Many of the "actors" had difficulty reading their lines and each time they were required to show emotion it was frankly hilarious! In particular, the time the guy is attacked and his girlfriend is murdered is bad! When the cops tell him that she's dead, his emotional tirade is unintentionally comical! A bit later, when the victim's mother is told, she appears to be trying to hide her laughter when she "cries". It's bad,....real bad.

Now the bad acting could be chalked up to the production values, but that would be a mistake. The "director" never seemed to re-shoot any scene no matter how badly botched and he seemed to do nothing to elicit anything resembling acting from the actors. Much of this is because when he should have been directing, Lewis was actually busy filming the picture and was too busy to offer any coaching or guidance. The fools just seemed like they were told to "act sad" and were left to wing it! I could talk more about the dopey plot and the actor who looked like a shorter version of Michael Richards who did all the killing, but frankly who cares?! The bottom line is that this film is every bit as bad as the worst of Ed Wood, Jr. and for fans of bad films that means this film is pure gold! To normal folks, though, watching this would probably be pretty tough going...like having surgery without anesthesia!

Reviewed by gavin6942 7 / 10

As Far As Bad Movies Go, This Is One of the Best!

Ever have an Egyptian feast? No? Well, you are in for a treat because in this film we have the incredible coincidence of an Egyptian caterer who wants to prepare an Egyptian blood feast and the mother of a student of Egyptian cults who wants to give her a special taste of Egypt. But, little does she know, this might result in a variety of gruesome murders.

Herschell Gordon Lewis is the godfather of gore. This is a well-known fact and I could sing his praises here for paragraphs at a time... but I will not. Instead, I want to give credit to Mal Arnold, the actor who played Fuad Ramses. He was quirky, weird-looking and creepy. His acting was pretty awful, but compared to the acting of everyone else he seemed the most professional. (It is actually really funny how forced most of the dialogue seems.) As pointed out in my review for "Wizard of Gore", Lewis loves eyes and Ramses has the perfect "wild eyes".

I am curious about who was going to eat the feast before the party came to Ramses' attention. He was already preparing it. So, like, does he just ask random customers if they are looking for an Egyptian feast and hopes that one will take him up on the offer? And should I care that this film constantly references Egypt while the god they refer to (Ishtar) is actually Babylonian with no Egyptian connection? I should care, but frankly, I do not.

And here is why: the blood. Sure, the blood was paint-like... but it was also awesome. The color schemes in the 1960s make the bright blood of "Blood Feast" appropriate. Today it would look silly, but at the time it is actually rather gross, which is the intended goal when you are a gore master, I assume. Plenty of hacked up people (legs, tongues and more removed on screen).

I have written that "Blood Feast" is on par with "Wizard of Gore" as far as being his masterpiece. So if you are looking for a taste of Lewis-style carnage, this is a great place to start. From the bloody beginning to the bone-crushing end, this is a tale of massacre and incompetent police that low-budget horror fans eat up like fava beans.

As of September 2011, you can have this film in your collection on Blu-Ray, thanks to Image Entertainment. Besides the new technology, there are commentaries from Lewis and producer David Friedman, as well as plenty of special goodies. I would strongly urge anyone to pick it up.

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