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The Wizard of Gore | |
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Directed by | Jeremy Kasten |
Written by | Zach Chassler |
Produced by | Jeremy Kasten Glenn W. Gardner Christopher Duddy Daniel Gold Dan Griffiths |
Starring | Kip Pardue Bijou Phillips Crispin Glover Joshua Miller Brad Dourif Jeffrey Combs |
Cinematography | Christopher Duddy |
Edited by | Jeremy Kasten |
Music by | Steve Porcaro |
Production companies | Sick-O-Scope Open Sky Entertainment |
Distributed by | Dimension Extreme Genius Products |
Release dates |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Wizard of Gore is a 2007 splatter/noir horror film directed by Jeremy Kasten and starring Kip Pardue, Bijou Phillips, Crispin Glover, Joshua Miller, Brad Dourif, Jeffrey Combs, and the Suicide Girls. [1] The film is a remake of the 1970 Herschell Gordon Lewis film of the same name. [1]
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A magician named Montag the Magnificent puts on elaborate magic shows in a dilapidated post-punk Los Angeles in which he seemingly kills, in brutal torturous fashions, beautiful young women who nevertheless appear alive and unharmed at the end of the trick. Later, however, the victims are found dead of the same wounds that Montag gave them. Ed Bigelow, a young journalist with a trust fund and vintage style, tries to solve the mystery, but ends up discovering that he may be more involved than he first thought.
The Wizard of Gore was filmed in Los Angeles and director Kasten refers to it as "love letter" to Downtown L.A. [ citation needed ]
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The Wizard of Gore has an 80% approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes . [2]
Steve Barton of Dread Central rated the film 4 out of 5 and praised it saying "I applaud it for its overall insanity." [3] Another review at Dread Central rated the film 2 1/2 out of 5 and while the reviewer found the film "highly atmospheric" it was ultimately "a little too long." [4] Bloody Disgusting said "I’m partially (and sarcastically) impressed that someone could take The Wizard of Gore and make it worse." [1]
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