Frank Henenlotter
Known for exceptional directing in global cinema.
Profession
Directing
Birthday
29 Aug 1950
Age
76 Years
Born In
New York City, New York, USA
Total Projects
16
Years Active
44 Yrs
Avg Rating
6.9 ★
Overview
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 –...
Known For
Frankenhooker
1990
In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994
2024
Rewind This!
2013
Basket Case
1982
Cult of Terror
2017
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
2010
That's Sexploitation!
2013
They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé
2016
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2015
Under the Scares
2010
Filmography
movie
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
as Self
movie
In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994
In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994
as Self
movie
Cult of Terror
Cult of Terror
as Self - Filmmaker
movie
They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé
They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé
as Himself
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
as Self
movie
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
movie
Rewind This!
Rewind This!
as Self
movie
That's Sexploitation!
That's Sexploitation!
as Himself
movie
Your Date's on a Plate: The Making of Frankenhooker
Your Date's on a Plate: The Making of Frankenhooker
as Himself
movie
What's in the Basket?
What's in the Basket?
as Self
movie
Under the Scares
Under the Scares
as Self
movie
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
movie
Mau Mau Sex Sex
Mau Mau Sex Sex
as Himself
movie
Frankenhooker
Frankenhooker
as Passenger (uncredited)
movie
The Last Moguls
The Last Moguls
as Self
movie
Basket Case
Basket Case
as Theater Patron (uncredited)