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Godfather of Gore

Today he's known as the "Godfather of Gore" and has a cult following among horror fans. But in the 1960's and 70's, Herschell Gordon Lewis was a Chicago guy with a Ph.D from Northwestern University. When he tried to get rich making low budget movies overflowing with blood and gore, he didn't know he was creating a genre.