Frank Henenlotter

Biography

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."

Known For

Basket Case

as Theater Patron (uncredited)

Frankenhooker

as Passenger (uncredited)

Rewind This!

as Self

Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore

That's Sexploitation!

as Himself

42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street

as Himself

Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film

They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé

as Himself

Mau Mau Sex Sex

as Himself

Cult of Terror

as Self - Filmmaker