The Wizard of Gore (1970) 6/10

I'm sorry to say, but I don't like H.G. Lewis. Its a horror blasphemy I'm sure, but I've never liked his stuff. With The Wizard Of Gore my opinions weren't changed, but it is the best of his I've seen so far.

The Wizard Of Gore is about Montag the Magnificent a sadistic magician with a show that kills..literally! During his show he inflicts life ending wounds like a sword to the through, a drill to the stomach, a chainsaw attack and more but his hypnotized volunteers leave unscathed. When the hypnosis wears off, its another matter entirely however. A TV journalist finds out the truth and decides to try to reveal the grisly facts.

So like every other H.G. Lewis film I've ever seen the acting is terrible as are the compositions and the colors used. They are certainly low-budget films steeped in the times in which they are made. The gore here is plentiful, in fact i believe its the most I've seen from him, which is saying alot. The gore here is actually pretty damn good too. Sure its all red paint and pig guts but at times is pretty convincing. There's a cheesy aesthetic that works here better then in his other films and it was indeed more enjoyable then say, blood feast or 2,000 maniacs. That being said the film was still fairly slow and visually uninteresting.

The Wizard of Gore is pretty damn gory and lives up to its great name, but the viewer should expect crappy acting and terribly 70's colors and a very silly script.

Nudity-none

Gore-medium

Overall - 6/10