History Film / BloodFeast

[[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 "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''.

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

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.

* {{Gorn}}: This is the first splatter movie ever made in the west, though not the first splatter movie made period -- that honor belongs to the 1960 Japanese horror movie ''Jigoku'', a.k.a. ''Film/TheSinnersOfHell''.
** This movie is still quite gory even by today's standards, which probably led to more than a few people in the 1963 audiences tossing their lunch.
** Much of the even ''more'' violent content was cut from the film as well before release, and is lost forever.

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

* DumbBlonde: Suzette and her mother

* EvilEyebrows: Fuad Ramses

* YouLookFamiliar: The same actress plays the sacrifice victim and Janet Blake.

** Much of the even ''more'' violent content was cut from the film as well before release, and is LostForever.

'''''Blood Feast''''' is a 1963 horror film directed by HerschellGordonLewis.

* SadlyMythtaken: Ishtar was [[MesopotamianMythology Babylonian[=/=]Sumerian]], not Egyptian, Mr. Lewis. This was [[ArtisticLicense deliberate on their part]].

* LargeHam: Fuad, as evidenced by the page quote

* RomanceOnTheSet: Connie Mason (Suzette) and Thomas Wood aka William Kerwin (Pete), who married in 1964.

* SadlyMythtaken: Ishtar was [[MesopotamianMythology Babylonian[=/=]Sumerian]], not Egyptian, Mr. Lewis. This was deliberate on their part.

!!This film provides examples of:

* SadlyMythtaken: Ishtar was Babylonian/Sumerian, not Egyptian, Mr. Lewis. This was deliberate on their part.

* EvilEyebrows: Fuad Ramses

* SadlyMythtaken: Ishtar was Babylonian/Sumerian, not Egyptian, Mr. Lewis.

[[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 "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 ''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''.

* {{Gorn}}: This is the first splatter movie ever made in the west, though not the first splatter movie made period -- that honor belongs to the 1960 Japanese horror movie ''Film/{{Jigoku}}''.

[[NightmareRetardant Though about as scary as a child's Casper costume the day after Halloween]], the film is nevertheless notable for being the first [[{{Gorn}} really, really gory movie]] -- the first "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 ''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''.

* {{Gorn}}: This is the first splatter movie ever made in the west, though not the first splatter movie made period -- that honor belongs to the 1960 Japanese horror movie ''{{Jigoku}}''.

[[NightmareRetardant Though about as scary as a child's Casper costume the day after Halloween]], the film is nevertheless notable for being the first [[{{Gorn}} really, really gory movie]] -- the first "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 ''TwoThousandManiacs'' and ''ColorMeBloodRed''). It has two spoof remakes: one from 1987, titled ''Blood Diner'', and the other from 2002 by Lewis himself, titled ''BloodFeast 2: All U Can Eat''.

According to producer David F. Friedman, the most difficult aspect of product was the fact that the women playing the victims couldn't stop giggling and laughing at what was being "done" to them on camera.

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

* {{Gorn}}: Errrr, ''duh''.

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

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

** YouLookFamiliar: The same actress plays the sacrifice victim and Janet Blake.

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Fuad Ramses, who gets crushed to death in a garbage truck]]

* KarmicDeath: Fuad Ramses, [[spoiler:who gets crushed to death in a garbage truck]]

* DidNotDoTheResearch: [[LoveGoddess Ishtar]] is a [[MesopotamianMythology Babylonian]] diety, not the "[[EgyptianMythology Egyptian]] goddess" the movie claims her to be.

* DidNotDoTheResearch: [[LoveGoddess Ishtar]] is a [[MesopotamianMythology Babylonian]] diety, not the "[[