Color Me Blood Red (1965)

Director:

Herschell Gordon Lewis

Writer:

Herschell Gordon Lewis

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

A Blood-Splattered Study in the Macabre

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Blood | Artist | Painting | Blood And Guts | Tied Up

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

Directed by
Herschell Gordon Lewis		(as Herschell G. Lewis)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Herschell Gordon Lewis		(as Herschell G. Lewis)

Produced by
David F. Friedman	....	producer

Cinematography by
Herschell Gordon Lewis		(as Herschell G. Lewis)

Film Editing by
Robert L. Sinise		(as Robert Sinise)

Art Department
Charles Glore	....	original paintings (as Chuck Scott)
Dave Seidel	....	original paintings

Sound Department
David F. Friedman	....	sound recordist

Camera and Electrical Department
Andy Romanoff	....	assistant camera

Other crew
Lorin D. Hall	....	crew chief

Production Companies

• Box Office Spectaculars

Distributors

• Box Office Spectaculars (1965) (USA) (theatrical)
• Jacqueline Kay (1965) (USA) (theatrical)
• Continental Video (1984) (USA) (VHS) (as Comet Video)
• Rhino Home Video (1988) (USA) (VHS)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (2000) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)
• Image Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• CMV Laservision (2002) (Germany) (DVD)
• BFP Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Image Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-Ray)
• New Star Video
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Video Dimensions (????) (USA) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

79 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Unrated | Australia:R | UK:18 | New Zealand:R16

Filming Locations:

Sarasota, Florida, USA

Company:

Box Office Spectaculars

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.

Goofs:

Continuity: 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.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Featured in Extra Weird (2003) (V)

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.