Herschell Gordon Lewis Month continues with Color Me Blood Red (1965)
The third film in Lewis's "Blood Trilogy" and generally considered the least impressive. But I'll say this with pride: I was entertained as all hell watching this. It's at least superior to Blood Feast -- it's better acted (no Connie Mason!), better written, better directed and the gore scenes aren't at right angles to the rest of the film. (Do keep in mind, though, that by "better" I'm merely referring to gradations of "bad".) This one too, like Two Thousand Maniacs!, seems to have an intentional sense of humor, which helps immensely. And unlike Blood Feast, this doesn't drag ass -- no sir, this puppy moves. I also got a kick out of the peppy jazz score. All crap should be at least this good. (Apropos of nothing, the trailer featured on the DVD of this is one of the greatest trailers EVER.)
Grade: B-
The third film in Lewis's "Blood Trilogy" and generally considered the least impressive. But I'll say this with pride: I was entertained as all hell watching this. It's at least superior to Blood Feast -- it's better acted (no Connie Mason!), better written, better directed and the gore scenes aren't at right angles to the rest of the film. (Do keep in mind, though, that by "better" I'm merely referring to gradations of "bad".) This one too, like Two Thousand Maniacs!, seems to have an intentional sense of humor, which helps immensely. And unlike Blood Feast, this doesn't drag ass -- no sir, this puppy moves. I also got a kick out of the peppy jazz score. All crap should be at least this good. (Apropos of nothing, the trailer featured on the DVD of this is one of the greatest trailers EVER.)
Grade: B-
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