Frank Henenlotter

Frank Henenlotter

Birthday: 1950-08-29

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Biography: Frank Henenlotter, is an American screenwriter, director and film historian. He is known primarily for his horror comedies, though he would prefer to be classified as an "exploitation" filmmaker (rather than horror). "I never felt that I made ‘horror films’, he has said. "I always felt that I made exploitation films. Exploitation films have an attitude more than anything – an attitude that you don’t find with mainstream Hollywood productions. They’re a little ruder, a little raunchier, they deal with material people don’t usually touch on, whether it’s sex or drugs or rock and roll."

Movies

Cult of Terror
Cult of Terror

A journey of years through many countries and film festivals; a nostalgic, adrenaline-fueled and roc...

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Mau Mau Sex Sex
Mau Mau Sex Sex

A documentary about the history of exploitation films that focuses on the careers of legendary produ...

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Rewind This!
Rewind This!

Home video changed the world. The cultural and historical impact of the VHS tape was enormous. This ...

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42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street

The story behind the rise and fall of New York's 42nd Street. The cinemas, the films, the people, th...

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That's Sexploitation!
That's Sexploitation!

Before the advent of modern-day pornography, a vast and rapidly-paced world of smut peddling was the...

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Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore

Take an outrageous ride through this wild world of exploitation films with this thoroughly entertain...

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What's in the Basket?
What's in the Basket?

A documentary on the making of Frank Henenlotter's Basket Case trilogy....

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Basket Case
Basket Case

A young man carrying a big basket that contains his extremely deformed, formerly conjoined twin brot...

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They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé
They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé

Savage! Sadistic! Thrill hungry! When it came to independent filmmaking in the sunshine state, Willi...

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Your Date's on a Plate: The Making of Frankenhooker
Your Date's on a Plate: The Making of Frankenhooker

Director Frank Henenlotter, actor James Lorinz and special effects wizard Gabe Bartalos speak about ...

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Under the Scares
Under the Scares

Cheap scares. Extreme Gore. Loads of nudity. These have been the three staples of low budget indepen...

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Frankenhooker
Frankenhooker

A medical school dropout loses his fiancée in a tragic lawnmower incident and decides to bring her b...

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The Last Moguls
The Last Moguls

Israeli Go-Go Boys Golan and Globus at the height of their careers - everybody is working for Cannon...

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Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film

A High Rising Productions documentary on the short-lived craze of Italian cannibal films in the '70s...

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In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994
In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994

Film icons and genre experts share observations, experiences, and analysis to help reframe, deconstr...

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