Frank Henenlotter

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Frank Henenlotter

Directing 76 August 29, 1950

New York City, New York, USA

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 "exploita…

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Basket Case

Basket Case

6.2 1982 Movie
Frankenhooker

Frankenhooker

6.3 1990 Movie
Brain Damage

Brain Damage

6.7 1988 Movie
Basket Case 2

Basket Case 2

5.7 1990 Movie
Bad Biology

Bad Biology

4.6 2008 Movie
Basket Case 3

Basket Case 3

5.1 1992 Movie
Rewind This!

Rewind This!

6.9 2013 Movie
Skinned Deep

Skinned Deep

4.2 2004 Movie
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore

Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore

6.1 2010 Movie
That's Sexploitation!

That's Sexploitation!

5.9 2013 Movie
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street

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

7.8 2015 Movie
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film

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

7.6 2015 Movie

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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."

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

    Movie Self

  2. 2024
    In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994

    Movie Self

  3. 2018
    Boiled Angels: The Trial of Mike Diana

    Movie Director

  4. 2018
    Basket Case 3-1/2: An Interview With Duane Bradley

    Movie Director

  5. 2017
    Belial's Dream

    Movie Characters

  6. 2017
    Cult of Terror

    Movie Self - Filmmaker

  7. 2016
    They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé

    Movie Himself

  8. 2015
    Chasing Banksy

    Movie Director

  9. 2015
    42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street

    Movie Self

  10. 2015
    Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film

    Movie

  11. 2013
    Rewind This!

    Movie Self

  12. 2013
    That's Sexploitation!

    Movie Himself

  13. 2012
    Your Date's on a Plate: The Making of Frankenhooker

    Movie Himself

  14. 2011
    What's in the Basket?

    Movie Self

  15. 2010
    Under the Scares

    Movie Self

  16. 2010
    Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore

    Movie

More credits
  1. 2008
    Bad Biology

    Movie Director

  2. 2004
    Skinned Deep

    Movie Thanks

  3. 2001
    Mau Mau Sex Sex

    Movie Himself

  4. 1992
    Basket Case 3

    Movie Director

  5. 1990
    Frankenhooker

    Movie Passenger (uncredited)

  6. 1990
    Basket Case 2

    Movie Director

  7. 1988
    Brain Damage

    Movie Director

  8. 1986
    The Last Moguls

    Movie Self

  9. 1982
    Basket Case

    Movie Theater Patron (uncredited)

  10. 1976
    Slash of the Knife

    Movie Director

  11. —
    Son of Psycho

    Movie Director