The Gruesome Twosome -1966

Director : Herschell Gordon Lewis

Producer : Herschell Gordon Lewis

Writer :  Louise Downe

Relesed By : Tartan Terror

Running Time : 75 mins

Genre : Horror/splatter

Cast : Rodney Bedell, Elizabeth Davis, Chris Martell

                        The Gruesome Twosome is one of the grandfather's of gores films,  made by the legendary gore master,Herschell Gordon Lewis. However, The film opens in a slightly head scratching demented manner (even by H G Lewis standards) with two talking styrofoam heads talking away to each in a bizarre setting. Then we meet our leads, Mrs Pringle who runs what she lovingly calls 'The Little Wig Shop' (supplying top quality real hair bouffant wigs) with the assistance of her weirdo son Rodney and her companion stuffed cat Mr. Napoleon.                             

                   Basically you know what your getting when you press play with one of the H G Lewis's films, totally brainless entertainment chuk full of bad acting, and lots of gory fun! In 'Gruesome Twosome' you get gory kill after gory kill, (of course the eye candy), some sexy girls in their nighties, some more gory killings, weird stuff and tons of padding, like the talking heads, stock car racing 'stock' footage, more killing, really pesky kids, a beach party, more killing...you get the idea eh? Lewis' films once flooded the Drive In screens and I always wondered how the viewers sitting with their companions in their cars must have reacted to the Lewis films.

6/10 Stars