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THE REVEREND'S REVIEW
FT's resident man of the cloth REVEREND PETER LAWS dons his dog collar and faces the flicks that Church forgot! (www.theflicksthatchurchforgot.com; @revpeterlaws)
THE HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS FEAST
Dir Herschell Gordon Lewis, US 1963-72
Arrow Video, £120 (Dualformat)
On 26 September the name Herschell Gordon Lewis suddenly cropped up on mainstream news feeds. Sadly, it wasn't the announcement of Blood Feast 3, but the sad news that he had died, aged 90. BBC News, the Telegraph and the Guardian all reported it, bringing the 'Godfather of Gore' to a wider audience who might have never have heard of him if not for his death. There's an irony here, because after making a string of nudie pictures in the early 1960s, Lewis had already recognised this exact same principle: death gets people's attention... and the grislier the better.
This 18-disc set showcases Lewis's mission to turn the silver screen red, and it kicks off with the still arresting...