Frank Henenlotter

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Born 1950-08-29 · New York City, New York, USA

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Frank Henenlotter, is an American screenwriter, director and film historian. He is known primarily for his horror comedies, though he would prefer to be classified as an "exploitation" filmmaker (rather than horror). "I never felt that I made ‘horror films’, he has said. "I always felt that I made exploitation films. Exploitation films have an attitude more than anything – an attitude that you don’t find with mainstream Hollywood productions. They’re a little ruder, a little raunchier, they deal with material people don’t usually touch on, whether it’s sex or drugs or rock and roll."

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In Search of Darkness: 1990-199442nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious StreetEaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal FilmRewind This!Cult of TerrorFrankenhookerBasket CaseMau Mau Sex SexHerschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of GoreThat's Sexploitation!