The greatest producer in the history of film has died

Back when I was in high school and a place called Blockbuster was still relevant my friends and I would spend our nerdy weekend nights by going to said previously relevant place and wandering around for an hour trying to choose a random movie to watch. The decision usually came down to box art and description. One weekend this tactic led us to a film called Blood Feast. It’s possible you’ve seen it as it’s a cult classic for oh-so many reasons (both good and bad), but most likely not. It is now legendary amongst my friends and I.

I’m not even sure where to begin describing the amount of joy this film brought us so I won’t try to. I will only tell you that I am now a little sadder having learned that the man responsible for bringing this movie into existence, producer David F. Friedman, died today at the age of 87. I can actually admit to be a little bummed out by this.

Friedman, and his frequent collaborator Herschell Gordon Lewis basically created the slasher genre in the 60s and their work is one of the reasons we have classics like Friday the 13th, …

Back when I was in high school and a place called Blockbuster was still relevant my friends and I would spend our nerdy weekend nights by going to said previously relevant place and wandering around for an hour trying to choose a random movie to watch. The decision usually came down to box art and description. One weekend this tactic led us to a film called Blood Feast. It's possible you've seen it as it's a cult classic for oh-so many reasons (both good and bad), but most likely not. It is now legendary amongst my friends and I.

I'm not even sure where to begin describing the amount of joy this film brought us so I won't try to. I will only tell you that I am now a little sadder having learned that the man responsible for bringing this movie into existence, producer David F. Friedman, died today at the age of 87. I can actually admit to be a little bummed out by this.

Friedman, and his frequent collaborator Herschell Gordon Lewis basically created the slasher genre in the 60s and their work is one of the reasons we have classics like Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street and any other gore fest. Take a moment of silence for the great godfather of gore.

[Via Variety]