The Wizard of Gore (2007 film)
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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| Directed by | Jeremy Kasten |
| Produced by | Jeremy Kasten Glenn W. Gardner Christopher Duddy Daniel Gold Dan Griffiths |
| Written by | Zach Chassler |
| Starring | Kip Pardue Bijou Phillips Crispin Glover Joshua Miller with Brad Dourif and Jeffrey Combs |
| Music by | Steve Porcaro |
| Cinematography | Christopher Duddy |
| Edited by | Jeremy Kasten |
Production company | Sick-O-Scope Open Sky Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Dimension Extreme Genius Products |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
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.
Cast
- Kip Pardue as Edmund "Ed" Bigelow
- Bijou Phillips as Maggie
- Crispin Glover as Montag the Magnificent
- Joshua Miller as Jinky
- Brad Dourif as Dr. Chong
- Jeffrey Combs as The Geek
- Garz Chan as Annie
- Tim Chiou as Chinese Mickey
- Evan Seinfeld as Frank
- Flux Suicide, Amina Munster, Cricket DeManuel, and Nixon Suicide as Dell, Cecelia, Cayenne, and Rexina
- Kenneth Moskow as Det. Packard
Production
The Wizard of Gore was filmed in Los Angeles and director Kasten refers to it as "love letter" to Downtown L.A.
Release
Reception
The film has been compared favorably to Casablanca, Schindler's List, Bedazzled, Blast from the Past, and Monkeybone in terms of cinematography. Paula Deen, speaking on behalf of the publication Disgraced Celebrity Chefs Quarterly stated, "Get away from me and stop asking me about this film. I've never heard of it and I'm not even a film critic." Woody Harrelson, when asked about the movie, said "Can we get back to discussing Rampart?"