{"product_id":"refocus-the-films-of-herschell-gordon-lewis-9781399536011","title":"Refocus: The Films of Herschell Gordon Lewis","description":"\u003cp\u003eDubbed \"The Godfather of Gore,\" no other exploitation filmmaker made the most of scant budgets, short shooting schedules and amateur special effects like the legendary Herschell Gordon Lewis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaking his mark with \u003ci\u003eBlood Feast\u003c\/i\u003e in 1963 and helming such notorious splatter-shockers as \u003ci\u003eTwo Thousand Maniacs!\u003c\/i\u003e (1964), \u003ci\u003eThe Gruesome Twosome\u003c\/i\u003e (1967) and \u003ci\u003eThe Gore Gore Girls\u003c\/i\u003e (1972), the director provoked generations of indebted genre stylists - from John Waters and Frank Henenlotter to Eli Roth and Damien Leone, with his hit \u003ci\u003eTerrifier\u003c\/i\u003e franchise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the first academic study into the work of Lewis, covering not just his bloodstained celluloid, but also his background in sexploitation and infomercials. In doing so, this entry in the \u003ci\u003eReFocus\u003c\/i\u003e series takes one of cinema's most influential low budget craftsmen out of the grindhouse and considers him as an Avant Garde auteur in his own right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWaddell, Calum:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Calum Waddell is a lecturer at the University of Aberdeen, where he also received his PhD. His previous work includes \u003ci\u003eThe Style of Sleaze, The American Exploitation Film\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), \u003ci\u003eImages of Apartheid: Filmmaking on the Fringe in the Old South Africa\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), \u003ci\u003eSouth African Horror Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e (2025), and the edited collection \u003ci\u003eThe Films of Wes Craven \u003c\/i\u003e(2023). He has occasionally worked on producing bonus content and documentary work for Blu-ray labels and documented the \"gory glory\" days of grindhouse cinema with his feature-length nostalgia-trip \u003ci\u003e42nd Street Memories\u003c\/i\u003e (2015).","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52179988742418,"sku":"9781399536011","price":130.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c09a4883-104b-4b62-837e-eea5c8dcc937.jpg?v=1775642654","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/refocus-the-films-of-herschell-gordon-lewis-9781399536011","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}