Color Me Blood Red (1965)

A crackpot artist kills various people to use their blood as his new crimson red color for his paintings.

Director:

Herschell Gordon Lewis

Writer:

Herschell Gordon Lewis

Stars:

Gordon Oas-Heim, Candi Conder, Elyn Warner

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Gordon Oas-Heim	...	Adam Sorg (as Don Joseph)
Candi Conder	...	April Carter
Elyn Warner	...	Gigi
Pat Lee	...	Sydney (as Patricia Lee)
Jerome Eden	...	Rolf
Scott H. Hall	...	Farnsworth
Jim Jaekel	...	Jack
Iris Marshall	...	Mrs. Carter
William Harris	...	Gregorovich (as Bill Harris)
Cathy Collins	...	Mitzi

Storyline

An eccentric artist is panned by a well-known critic at his opening for not having a good color sense, so he starts a new series, using his own blood to paint. Soon he is weakened and must find other sources of blood to continue his paintings.

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Plot Keywords:

blood | artist | painting | blood and guts | tied up | 

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Taglines:

Drenched in Crimson Color

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 October 1965 (USA)

Also Known As:

Color Me Red

Filming Locations:

Sarasota, Florida, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$50,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Box Office Spectaculars

Technical Specs

Runtime:

79 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filmed and completed in early 1964, but remained on the shelf for over a year over production, editing, and sales release issues after producer David F. Friedman terminated his business partnership with director Herschell Gordon Lewis.

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Goofs

Gigi takes off her shoes to wade out in the pond to the watercycle. But in the next shot as she gets on the watercycle, her shoes are back on.

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Quotes

Gigi: Adam, if we ever get married, the first thing I'll do is... get a divorce.

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Connections

Featured in Terror on Tape (1983)

User Reviews

Some people just don't get this movie

If you're a horror fan who loves gore and are looking for a gory movie, go check out High Tension. If you hate cheesy movies, go rent a new release from Blockbuster. This movie is for people who like quirkiness, b-grade film-making, c-grade acting, cheesy gore and.. FUN. I get the feeling that a few people who wrote reviews for this were obviously expecting something very different. This is NOT a horror movie, only in a very broad sense could it be considered one. It is a movie that is twice as unintentionally funny as any Ed Wood movie. There is no real comedy in Color Me Blood Red but the acting and direction will have you laughing throughout. This movie defines "grindhouse". Now that I've prepared you - Go buy it.

I rated this movie 8 out of 10. It was very good at doing what it tried to do. Giving this movie a 3/10 is a joke, of course it's bad but that is the whole point! A phrase I see a lot on the IMDb is "BAD meaning GOOD", not many movies are more deserving of that praise than Color Me Blood Red.