The Wizard of Gore

The Wizard of Gore

Is It Magic? Or Wholesale Slaughter?

Directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis

Produced by Mayflower Pictures

197095 min5.4 / 10

A grindhouse horror film that blurs illusion and reality through graphic gore and hypnotic manipulation, driven by the unsettling question of what's real versus staged.

A talk show hostess and her boyfriend investigate a shady magician who has the ability to hypnotize and control people's thoughts in order to stage gory onstage illusions using his powers of mindbending.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Wizard of Gore violent? Yes, very. More violent than 97% of films.

  • Is The Wizard of Gore scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is The Wizard of Gore easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Does The Wizard of Gore end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is The Wizard of Gore sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

30/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

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Rarity64

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise35

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love7

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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