Color Me Blood Red

Rating:
Summary: Not as entertaining as Blood Feast
Review: Normally, if you're in the mood for a good, cheesy gorefest, you would look to Herchell Gordon Lewis. However, I can only say that this film is boring in comparison to most known gore films. It has to do with a deranged artist who enjoys success only when he paints with human blood. Not bad for 60's gore, but still leaves much to be desired, and of course the only reason to see this type of film would be for gore(or cheap laughs). You've been warned.

Rating:
Summary: Color Me Blood Red (1966) d: Lewis, Herschell Gordon
Review: The third installment of the collaborative effort of Herschell Gordon Lewis, and David F. Friedman's 'blood trilogy' [The other two being Blood Feast (1963), and 2000 Maniacs (1964)]. The story is a partial rip-off from Roger Corman's Bucket of Blood (1959). Don Joseph stars as artist Adam Sorg, who begins to achieve critical and commercial success when he finds that blood supplies the perfect color to his impressionistic paintings. The gore isn't as heavy, and in-your-face as the other two films in the trilogy, though there are one or two scenes involving entrails and eye gouging. Fans of either director should be amazed to hear the commentary track, when Dave Friedman, and H.G. Lewis publicly make their peace, and Friedman apologizes to Lewis for his actions. An extra ten minutes of out-takes, mostly from the motorboat sequence have been added back into the film.

Rating:
Summary: Color Me Blood Red (1966) d: Lewis, Herschell Gordon
Review: The third installment of the collaborative effort of Herschell Gordon Lewis, and David F. Friedman's `blood trilogy' [The other two being Blood Feast (1963), and 2000 Maniacs (1964)]. The story is a partial rip-off from Roger Corman's Bucket of Blood (1959). Don Joseph stars as artist Adam Sorg, who begins to achieve critical and commercial success when he finds that blood supplies the perfect color to his impressionistic paintings. The gore isn't as heavy, and in-your-face as the other two films in the trilogy, though there are one or two scenes involving entrails and eye gouging. Fans of either director should be amazed to hear the commentary track, when Dave Friedman, and H.G. Lewis publicly make their peace, and Friedman apologizes to Lewis for his actions. An extra ten minutes of out-takes, mostly from the motorboat sequence have been added back into the film.

Rating:
Summary: Disappointing
Review: This film is a real let down as a follow-up to "Blood Feast", and not really worth the while watching. This time, a deranged artist starts slaughtering young girls so that he can use their blood for paint, but the gore scenes are much fewer, and the rest of the plot is dull and drawn out, without the camp hysterics of the cast that made its predecessor so enjoyable. Thus, the slow parts and in-between scenes seem to drag on forever. There is one incredible scene where the artist is seen using his hands to wring blood out of the intestines of one still-living victim, but apart from that, and looking at the so-called "masterpieces" that the blood-meister has created on display in a snooty gallery, you will be snoozing off way before the climax. Try the other Lewis films first, leave this one until last.