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Horror Icons: Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
Herschell Gordon Lewis (1929-2016), appropriately called the Godfather of Gore, is an incredibly important figure in the history of cinematic horror. He is most often credited with creating a sub-genre of horror, the splatter film. […]