The Wizard of Gore is a 1970 film directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis. It stars Ray Sager and Judy Cler. It was filmed in Chicago during 1968, but not released until October 23, 1970. This film was remade in 2007 starring Crispin Glover as Montag the Magnificent.
The film is about a magician called Montag the Magnificent who performs a show where he selects female volunteers and appears to put swords, drills, and such through them. They walk away ...
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The Wizard of Gore is a 1970 film directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis. It stars Ray Sager and Judy Cler. It was filmed in Chicago during 1968, but not released until October 23, 1970. This film was remade in 2007 starring Crispin Glover as Montag the Magnificent.
The film is about a magician called Montag the Magnificent who performs a show where he selects female volunteers and appears to put swords, drills, and such through them. They walk away completely unharmed and everyone applauds, but then they are found somewhere else later, dead of the same injuries they sustained during the magic show.
The Wizard of Gore has been an inspiration for several musical groups. Doom metal band Electric Wizard uses a sample from the film in the song "Wizards Of Gore" from their EP Supercoven. Death metal band Impetigo used a sample from the film as an intro for the song "Wizard Of Gore" from their album Horror of the Zombies. Thrash metal band Rigor Mortis has a song entitled "Wizard of Gore" off...
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