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The so-called "Godfather of Gore" dies
The cult horror film director, Herschell Gordon Lewis - has died in Florida at the age of 87.
His low-budget 60s film - Blood Feast - is considered the first splatter movie - a genre fixated on graphic violence. This report from the Newsroom's Nick Miles:
(Picture: Undated image of horror filmmaker Herschell Gordon Lewis; Credit: Associated Press)
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