History Film / BloodFeast

* ArtisticLicenseMythology: Fuad commits sacrifices to the "Egyptian Goddess" Ishtar. Ishtar hails from the ''Babylonian'' pantheon, not Egyptian.

Fuad Ramses (Mal Arnold) is an Egyptian caterer in Miami who secretly worships the Sumerian goddess Ishtar. He plans to resurrect her but he needs the body parts of pretty young women to do this. [[{{Gorn}} As the obvious ensues]], two detectives try to track him down.

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[[NightmareRetardant Though about as scary as a child's Casper costume the day after Halloween]], the film is notable for being the first [[{{Gorn}} really, really gory movie]] -- the first "[[SplatterHorror Splatter Movie]]", as they're called -- ever made in the west. It's also notable as the first film in Lewis' unofficial "Blood Trilogy" (the other films are ''Film/TwoThousandManiacs'' and ''Film/ColorMeBloodRed''). It had a spoof remake titled ''Blood Diner'' in 1987, a sequel (by Lewis himself) titled ''Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat'' in 2002, and a straightforward remake (simply titled ''Blood Feast'') in 2016.

According to producer David F. Friedman, the most difficult aspect of production was the fact that the women playing the victims [[{{Corpsing}} couldn't stop giggling and laughing]] at what was being "done" to them on camera; not that he or Lewis cared all that much, having infamously responded to a widely-circulated negative review with, "Herschell and I have often wondered who told the ''Variety'' scribe we were taking ourselves seriously."

According to producer David F. Friedman, the most difficult aspect of production was the fact that the women playing the victims couldn't stop giggling and laughing at what was being "done" to them on camera; not that he or Lewis cared all that much, having infamously responded to a widely-circulated negative review with, "Herschell and I have often wondered who told the ''Variety'' scribe we were taking ourselves seriously."

According to producer David F. Friedman, the most difficult aspect of production was the fact that the women playing the victims couldn't stop giggling and laughing at what was being "done" to them on camera; not that he or Lewis cared that much, having infamously responded to a widely-circulated negative review with, "Herschell and I have often wondered who told the ''Variety'' scribe we were taking ourselves seriously."

!! "Nothing so appalling in the annals of tropes":

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->''"Have you ever had an...EGYPTIAN FEAST?"''

* PlayingGertrude: Mal Arnold, who played the "old man" Fuad Ramses, was only 30 at the time.

* ImAHumanitarian: Fuad Ramses's "Egyptian Feast" consists of dishes made out of human flesh. Worst of all, he [[IAteWhat offers them to unsuspecting people.]]
* IAteWhat: Fuad Ramses offers his [[ImAHumanitarian "Egyptian Feast"]] to unsuspecting people. Fortunately, no one in the movie eats (or at least is seen eating) them. One family who ordered one is in fact stopped by the authorities.

[[NightmareRetardant Though about as scary as a child's Casper costume the day after Halloween]], the film is notable for being the first [[{{Gorn}} really, really gory movie]] -- the first "[[SplatterHorror Splatter Movie]]", as they're called -- ever made in the west. It's also notable as the first film in Lewis' unofficial "Blood Trilogy" (the other films are ''Film/TwoThousandManiacs'' and ''Film/ColorMeBloodRed''). It had a spoof remake titled ''Blood Diner'' in 1987, a (by Lewis himself) titled ''Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat'' in 2002, and a remake (simply titled ''Blood Feast'') in 2016.

* ArtifactOfDoom: The sequel reveals that Fuad was corrupted into putting together the "Egyptian feast" by an evil idol of Ishtar which, forty years later, also possesses Fuad's grandson, Fuad III.

[[NightmareRetardant Though about as scary as a child's Casper costume the day after Halloween]], the film is notable for being the first [[{{Gorn}} really, really gory movie]] -- the first "[[SplatterHorror Splatter Movie]]", as they're called -- ever made in the west. It's also notable as the first film in Lewis' unofficial "Blood Trilogy" (the other films are ''Film/TwoThousandManiacs'' and ''Film/ColorMeBloodRed''). It has two spoof remakes: one from 1987, titled ''Blood Diner'', and the other from 2002 by Lewis himself, titled ''Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat''.

* TheSociopath: Fuad Ramses, a religious fanatic who tortures and murders women in an insane attempt to resurrect his goddess.

* BadBadActing: Connie Mason, to start. Lewis has said that while she didn't die in the "Blood Trilogy" movies, some of her castmates had wished she had.

* ImAnHumanitarian: Fuad Ramses's "Egyptian Feast" consists of dishes made out of human flesh. Worst of all, he [[IAteWhat offers them to unsuspecting people.]]
* IAteWhat: Fuad Ramses offers his [[ImAnHumanitarian "Egyptian Feast"]] to unsuspecting people. Fortunately, no one in the movie eats (or at least is seen eating) them. One family who ordered one is in fact stopped by the authorities.

* MonsterMisogyny: Obviously!

* BMovie
* BadBadActing: Connie Mason, to start. Lewis has said that while she didn't die in the movies, some of her castmates had wished she had.

* EventTitle

* ExploitationFilm

* GoryDeadlyOverkillTitleOfFatalDeath

* SadlyMythtaken: Ishtar was [[Myth/MesopotamianMythology Babylonian[=/=]Sumerian]], not Egyptian, Mr. Lewis. This was [[ArtisticLicense deliberate on their part]]. It's also lampshaded in the sequel, when a woman working in the police department corrects the naive cops about Ishtar's origin. And in the 1987 spoof, it's ''Lumerian'' goddess ''Sheetar''.

* [[VideoNasties Video Nasty]]: Having been made in 1963, it is the oldest film on the list.

[[NightmareRetardant Though about as scary as a child's Casper costume the day after Halloween]], the film is notable for being the first [[{{Gorn}} really, really gory movie]] -- the first "[[SplatterHorror Splatter Movie]]", as they're called -- ever made in the west. It's also notable as the first film in Lewis' unofficial "Blood Trilogy" (the other films are ''Film/TwoThousandManiacs'' and ''ColorMeBloodRed''). It has two spoof remakes: one from 1987, titled ''Blood Diner'', and the other from 2002 by Lewis himself, titled ''Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat''.