The Wizard of Gore
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| Directed by | Herschell Gordon Lewis |
| Produced by | Mayflower Pictures |
| Written by | Allen Kahn |
| Starring | Ray Sager Judy Cler |
| Music by | Larry Wellington |
| Cinematography | Alex Ameri Daniel Krogh |
| Editing by | Alex Ameri (as Eskandor Ameripoor) |
| Distributed by | Mayflower Pictures |
| Release date(s) | October 23, 1970 |
| Running time | 95 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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The Wizard of Gore is a 1970 splatter film directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis. It stars Ray Sager and Judy Cler. It was filmed in Chicago in 1968, but not released until October 23, 1970.
The film is about a magician called Montag the Magnificent who performs a show where he selects female volunteers and appears to put swords, drills, and such through them. They walk away completely unharmed and everyone applauds, but then they show up somewhere else later, dead of the same injuries they sustained in the magic show.
This film was remade in 2006 starring Crispin Glover as Montag the Magnificent.
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[edit] Cast
- Ray Sager as Montag the Magnificent
- Judy Cler as Sherry Carson
- Wayne Ratay as Jack
- Karin Alexana as Stage Girl #1
- Corinne Kirkin as Stage Girl #2
- Sheldon Reis as Audience Member
[edit] Quotes
Montag: "Yes! I am Montag. Master of illusion. Defier of the laws of reason. What is real? Are you certain you know what reality is? How do you know, that at this second, you aren't sleeping in your bed, dreaming that you're in this theater?"
Montag: "What goes up must come down."
[edit] Filming locations
[edit] Trivia
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- Doom Metal band Electric Wizard uses a sample from the film in the song "Wizards Of Gore" from their EP Supercoven
- Death Metal band Impetigo used a sample from the film as an intro for the song "Wizard Of Gore" from their album "Horror of the Zombies"
- Thrash Metal band Rigor Mortis has a song entitled "Wizard of Gore" off their album "Rigor Mortis"
- A segment of the film was sampled by experimental electronica outfit Coil for the track "Further" from Stolen and Contaminated Songs
- The film is referenced and a scene is shown in the 2007 film Juno.
- A similar plotline was used in an episode of the CW series Reaper.
[edit] External links
- The Wizard of Gore (1970) at the Internet Movie Database
- The Wizard of Gore (2007) at the Internet Movie Database
[edit] Sources
- Thompson, Nathaniel [2002] (2006). DVD Delirium: The International Guide to Weird and Wonderful Films on DVD; Volume 1 Redux. Godalming, England: FAB Press, p.750. ISBN 1-903254-39-6.
