Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat
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| Directed by | Herschell Gordon Lewis |
| Produced by | Jacky Lee Morgan W. Boyd Ford Penelope Helmer Melissa Morgan Brian Pitt Steven Teagle Jimi Woods Executive producer: David F. Friedman |
| Written by | W. Boyd Ford |
| Starring | John McConnell Mark McLachlan Melissa Morgan John Waters |
| Cinematography | Chris W. Johnson |
| Editing by | Steven Teagle |
| Distributed by | Queso Grande Productions Inc. Shriek Show (USA) (DVD) |
| Release date(s) | March 31, 2002 (Dead by Dawn film festival) |
| Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat is an exploitation-style splatter film written by W. Boyd Ford and directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis as a sequel to Lewis's cult classic exploitation film Blood Feast. [1][2][3] Filmed under a working title of Blood Feast 2: Buffet of Blood, and using the same grindhouse style as its predecessor, the film continues the story began in original film, where a grandson of Fuad Ramses attempts to restart his uncle's catering business.[4][5][6][7][8]
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[edit] Background
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Herschell Gordon Lewis' sequel to his original Blood Feast had been completed a year before its release and had trouble finding a distributor.[9][10]
[edit] Plot
Fuad Ramses III returns to Miami to reopen his grandfather's defunct catering company. This arouses the interest of the local sheriff, who holds Fuad's family reputation in ill favor. Fuad is soon, however, asked to cater the sheriff's wedding by his mother-in-law Mrs. Lamply and fiancee Tiffani. After finding his grandfather's statue of Ishtar, an 'Egyptian' goddess in a utility closet he becomes possessed by her evil spirit. He then goes on to create the 'blood feast' his grandfather failed to do by killing young women in the area and making them into party food.
[edit] Cast
- John McConnell as Detective Dave Loomis
- Mark McLachlan as Detective Mike Myers
- Melissa Morgan as Mrs. Lampley
- Toni Wynne as Tiffani Lampley
- J.P. Delahoussaye as Fuad Ramses III
- Chris Mauer as Mr. Lampley
- Christy Brown as Bambi Deere
- Christina Cuenca as Misti Morning
- Michelle Miller as Laci Hundees
- Kristi Polit as Trixi Treater
- Jill Rao as Candi Graham
- Cindy Roubal as Brandi Alexander
- Veronica Russell as Secretary
- John Waters as The Reverend
- Penelope Helmer as Pippi the Cop
- Stevie Leininger as Stripey
[edit] Critical reception
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The Rotten Tomatoes approval rating is currently N/A, but the score for "Want-to-see Audiences" is currently 35%.
[edit] Release
The film first premiered at the Dead by Dawn Edinburgh Horror Film Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland on March 31, 2002, and was released on DVD by Media Blasters' horror label Shriek Show on July 29, 2003.
[edit] DVD
[edit] Technical Details
The film is in color and runs 98 minutes. The un-edited cut is not rated, and contains graphic violence and sexual content. The MPAA released an edited cut and gave the film an 'R' rating, this however, cuts seven minutes from the film. Its aspect ratio is 1.85.1. It was filmed on location in Abita Springs, USA.
[edit] References
- ^ Paszylk, Bartłomiej (2009). The pleasure and pain of cult horror films: an historical survey. McFarland. pp. 85-86. ISBN 0786436956.
- ^ Edwards, Matthew (2007). Film out of bounds: essays and interviews on non-mainstream cinema worldwide. McFarland. pp. 42-49. ISBN 0786429704.
- ^ Thrower, Stephen (2007). Nightmare, USA: The Untold Story of the Exploitation Independents. FAB Press. pp. 16. ISBN 1903254469.
- ^ Staff (January 9th, 2010). "In the UK? Have a Blood Feast on Us!". Dread Central. http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35276/in-uk-have-a-blood-feast-us. Retrieved December 01, 2011.
- ^ "Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat (2002)". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/284128/Blood-Feast-2-All-U-Can-Eat/overview. Retrieved December 01, 2011.
- ^ a b Martin, Charles (Sepetembr 2, 2002). "review: Blood Feast 2: All u Can Eat (DVD)". Film Threat. http://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/3191/. Retrieved December 01, 2011.
- ^ a b Gross, G. Noel (August 16, 2003). "review: Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat (2-disc)". DVD Talk. http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/7260/blood-feast-2-all-u-can-eat-2-disc/. Retrieved December 01, 2011.
- ^ a b Jones, Gareth (January 20, 2010). "review: Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat (UK DVD)". Dread Central. http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/bloodfeast-2-all-u-can-eat-uk-dvd. Retrieved December 01, 2011.
- ^ Clarke, Frederick S. (2003). Cinefantastique, Volume 35. F.S. Clarke. pp. 70. ASIN B001CPEV98.
- ^ Gross, Timothy (2006). Gross Movie Reviews, Volume 1. Lulu. pp. 10, 63. ISBN 1411687949.
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