6 yankees are the guests of honor at a southerner celebration. Directed by godfather of gore Herschell Gordon Lewis. 83min imdb
Recap:
So there are these hillbillies who use fake detour signs to lure a half dozen yankees into their town to be the guests of honor at their celebration. They are celebrating the war crimes the yankees committed 100 years ago, and the guests of honor are urged to play games like “horse race” or “barrel roll”.
Herschell Gordon Lewis was the godfather of gore because he was the businessman who had the idea that a cheaply made color movie with loads of blood would make a decent profit. This makes his first gore movie Blood Feast a historical document, but not much of a good movie. This one, however, is different. It is a cheerful celebration of violence, there is not one slasher running around, earnestly doing his chores, these are 2000 maniacs gleefully enjoying refreshments, snacks and sadism. It is this glee that in some scenes makes the violence even harder to bear while in other scenes it provides a bit of comic relief. I am glad that this trope hasn’t been overdone by now and that this movie is still fresh and enjoyable.
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