Wizard Of Gore (Special Edition) | 
| Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis
Actors: Ray Sager, Judy Cler, Wayne Ratay, Phil Laurenson, Jim Rau
Studio: Image Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 13002
Format: Color, Dvd, Special Edition, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 0
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: D6102D
UPC: 014381610222
EAN: 0014381610222
ASIN: B00004S89C
Theatrical Release Date: October 23, 1970
Release Date: April 4, 2000
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Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 08/28/2007 Run time: 95 minutes Rating: Ur
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"People ask me, 'What does this scene mean?' My answer is, 'Why are you looking for significance in my films?' It's just part of the overall impression of unrealism." Director Herschell Gordon Lewis, speaking on the commentary track of The Wizard of Gore special-edition DVD, refers to the film's incomprehensibly red-tinted graveyard scenes, but he could have been referring to any number of moments in this Grand Guignol gross-out. A seedy, histrionic magician caked in cheap pancake makeup cuts a female volunteer in half with a chainsaw, hammers a spike through another woman's head, and eviscerates a parade of unlucky stooges in full view of his audience. They witness an amazing bloodless illusion, but we see what's really going on: a nasty spectacle of blood and guts and gaping wounds and the homicidal wizard rooting around in the gore like a kid in a mud puddle. It has something to do with mass hypnosis, but that doesn't explain how his victims zombie-walk out the door, falling apart minutes later. But that's hardly the attraction of the film, one of the notorious blood feasts that earned Lewis the nickname "Godfather of Gore." The performances are wooden, the dialogue hackneyed, and the effects unconvincing at best, but the film delivers gross-out gore by the buckets and ends with a crazy mind game of a coda. It's not exactly surreal, but it is most certainly unreal. --Sean Axmaker
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 A classic in it's own right. April 17, 2009
Robert Thompson (Under Your Bed!!!)
While I don't consider this to be an excellent movie, it isn't without merits. The plot is something you would probably hear around a campfire. This could normally spell bad news, but I actually found the plot to be pretty entertaining. There's actually some pretty crazy twists at the end of the movie. One thing this movie accomplishes without question is extreme gore. The sword swallowing scene managed to actually gross me out a little. The acting is pretty lousy, but I found the man who plays the magician to be very entertaining. The way the film was edited, especially during the gory illusions, is pretty lame. The music is incredibly weird, but strangely fitting. In the end this is an extremely gory and interesting movie that's worth watching at least once through.
 Violent, trashy, sleazy, and fabulous February 7, 2009
Lance Aaron Walters (Bremerton, WA, USA)
I'm an avid Herschel Gordon Lewis fan, and this film is my favorite, hands down.
It is full of hideous gore. But people aren't mentioning very much how trashy and sleazy the film is! And I'm talking about FUN 1960s type trash.
Attractive girls are dismembered, hatched up, and forced to swallow swords. But Herschel Gordon Lewis presents these monstrous things in a light-hearted, no-big-deal fashion. That, and the extremely low budget is where the sleazy look of the film probably comes from.
Did I mention that I LOVE this outlandish piece of cinematic trash? But if you're a fan of contemporary Hollywood gore films, you'll hate this film.
ABRACADAVER... January 7, 2009
Bindy Sue Fronkuenschtein (under the rubble)
Montag the magician (Ray Sager) is in town. He is performing his very theatrical illusions before stunned audiences. Women are chosen at random from the crowd, taken onstage, and mutilated! This is done by chainsaw, metal spike, sword, and punch-press! The mesmerised onlookers stare blankly, as they can see none of the true carnage. Montag is more than a mere showman. He is a serial-murderer w/ the ability to cloud the minds of any witnesses of his outrageous crimes! It's up to a TV-talk-show host (Judy Cler) and her sports-writer boyfriend to uncover this mystery and bring an end to the slaughter. The finale brings quite a wicked surprise for Montag! If you enjoyed 2000 MANIACS, or any of Herschell Gordon Lewis' other productions, then TWOG will be a gooshy treat...
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! January 1, 2009
PUMPKIN MAN
I watched this movie before and after I saw the '2009 ball' drop! Because they showed a clip of this in Juno, I was curious as to what this was about. I received this as a Christmas present. Montag the Magnificent is a master of illusion that picks women out of the audience and appears to stick swords in their mouths, puts drills through them, and other disgustingly awesome stuff. After, they seem to be okay, but when they get home, they die the same way Montag impaled them. I love how this had a Grindhouse feel and the blood and gore looked extremely fake, but was pretty cool anyway! If you love cheap gore gags from the 70's you'll love THE WIZARD OF GORE!!!
p.s. Happy New Year!!!
 Not up to the hype October 19, 2008
D. Duarte
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I thought this was going to be a lot better than it actually was. Maybe i'm just jaded, but i could not believe the effects for a second, and the acting was terrible. I know this is supposed to be in the category of "so bad it's good" but maybe with a commentary track by Mike Nelson (Mystery Science Theater 3000) it would be worth owning. Other than that, i found it just boring.
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