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An eccentric artist is panned by a well-known critic at his opening for not having a good color sense, so he starts a new series, using his own blood to paint. Soon he is weakened and must find other sources of blood to continue his paintings.
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| User ReviewCassandra MColour Me Blood Red is pretty much the typical Herschell Gordon Lewis film. In Blood Feast, a man killed people to create a feast; in The Wizard of Gore, a man killed people for his magic show; in The Gruesome Twosome, a young retard killed people to make wigs out of their scalps; and here we've got a deranged painter who discovers that blood is exactly the right shade of red to colour his paintings with. This film is the third and final entry in Herschell Gordon Lewis' "Blood Trilogy", and while it is perhaps not as gory as the other two; Blood Feast and Two Thousand Maniacs, if you enjoy Lewis' style, you're bound to like this one! As mentioned, the plot revolves around a painter. He discovers that blood is the paint he needs when he cuts his girlfriend's finger and begins smearing her blood on his canvas. After attempting to 'paint' the picture himself, he soon realises that he doesn't have enough blood - so naturally, he kills his girlfriend. As you might expect, her blood doesn't go too far, and the only way to get more blood is the to kill more women... Obviously, this plot has been lifted straight from Roger Corman's B-movie classic 'A Bucket of Blood', but Herschell's style is all over it, and he succeeds in making the plot his own...although 'succeeds' might not be the right word. The movie is trash in every sense of the word, as the acting is as rubbish as it gets, and the film has a distinctly cheap and nasty feel running throughout it. The director's use of music is good, however, as while it does nothing to increase the film's credibility; it does give the movie a hilarious sense of humour, and it works really well with the plot. As I said, this isn't as gory as some of Herschell's earlier stuff, but it's still got plenty of blood and gore; although as anyone that has seen one of these movies before will know; it's absolutely impossible to take seriously. It's clear that Herschell was more interested in the red stuff than anything else, as there are a number of obvious plot devices on display and the artist's descent into insanity is a joke. But even so, this makes for a very fun viewing, and I wouldn't hesitate to name it as one of my favourite of Lewis' movies. |
| User ReviewEmily BOutstanding! The easiest to watch but my second favorite. The nerdy couple makes me smile every time I watch it. |
| User ReviewCody KClassic HG Lewis. if you don't know who he is...you probably don't want to see it. |
| User ReviewELENA GOutstanding! The easiest to watch but my second favorite. The nerdy couple makes me smile every time I watch it. |
| User ReviewJames OHerschell Gordon Lewis was known for starting gore and now the 3rd part in his blood trilogy Color me blood red is my second favourite movie by him and of course Two Thousand Maniacs is my favourite horror movie. The director himself would go on to inspire Japanese director takashi mike with his ultra-gory flicks like Ichi the Killer and Audition and even Takashi himself is a fan of Herschell and his all-time favourite is Blood Feast. An eccentric artist is panned by a well-known critic at his opening for not having a good color sense, so he starts a new series, using his own blood to paint. Soon he is weakened and must find other sources of blood to continue his paintings. So he starts abducting women and starts using their blood to paint his new Masterpiece of blood and gore. I liked the story but it can be slow moving that's a fact but overall any fan of these movies would love it and the story is nothing but torture and gore, The whole trademark of Lewis. The acting is dread awful even in the trailer it's seen besides the gore and the narrator says COLOR ME BLOOD RED again and again. But then again it's funny to watch and I loved the female lead nothing but corny yet entertaining lines. The special effects were shocking for its time and are still brutal today besides how flat they are these days, The again I am not a CGI fan when it comes to this stuff so overall passable. And the music lyrics are awesome. Here are some facts I found. Director Herschell Gordon Lewis cited Roger Corman's A Bucket of Blood (1959) as the main inspiration for Color Me Blood Red. Filmed and completed in early 1964, but remained on the shelf for over a year over production, editing, and sales release issues after producer David F. Friedman terminated his business partnership with director Herschell Gordon Lewis. Shoot on a budget that's estimates around $50,00 dollars. Overall my 2nd favourite by Lewis and my final verdict is recommended for this 60s gore feast. |
| User ReviewBrian SWho cares about the lack of gore in the final installment of Herschell Gordon Lewis's "Blood Trilogy"? It entertains me greatly. The story, the witty script and the kitschy sets make this my favorite of the three. Lewis may have been the Godfather of Gore, but out of the 39 feature films he has directed in his career, only 9 of them are in the splatter/gore genre. And even though I'm a horror geek at heart, I have always preferred his smutty, tawdry films that make up the vast majority of his filmography. And Color Me Blood Red is a perfect balance between tawdry and macabre. |
| User ReviewMichael AA kooky artist discovers the joys of painting with blood and goes on a murder spree..It's not bad just not very good. This reminded me a lot of the low budget Roger Corman movie A Bucket of Blood..that too delt with an artist that killed people for his "art" |
| User ReviewRod EThe type of thing that I would have loved to see at a drive-in. |
| User ReviewAj VI was disappointed at the amount of blood in this movie, I really expected more. And I was wondering, wouldn't his painting stink after while? And then no one would buy them. Anyway, the story is pretty good, and the main character is a creepy painter. But overall, this movie's not that good, it's just okay. |
| User ReviewRodney EA struggling artist turns into a genius after beginning to use blood as his paint. Grade D, Low-Budget film. However, it doesn't pretend to be something more. Not a brilliant masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination, but bizarre enough to be watchable. :) |