Candi Conder, Don Joseph, Elyn Warner, Jerome Eden, Sandi Conder ...( see more  see more... ) , Scott H. Hall

In Herschell G. Lewis's COLOR ME BLOOD RED, a demented artist (Don Joseph) finds that his paintings sell better when he uses real human blood for his crimson pigments. Not wanting to use his own vital...( read more  read more... ) fluids, the artist begins killing his models and disemboweling them when his red paint supply runs low. This is the final film in Lewis's "Blood Trilogy' that began with BLOOD FEAST and TWO THOUSAND MANIACS!

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Directed by: Herschell Gordon Lewis

Release Date: January 1, 1965

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DVD Release Date: February 22, 2000

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  • September 30, 2009
    Colour Me Blood Red is pretty much the typical Herschell Gordon Lewis film. In Blood Feast, a man killed people to create a feast; in The Wizard of Gore, a man killed people for his magic show; in The Gruesome Twosome, a young retard killed people to make wigs out of their scalps...( read more); and here we've got a deranged painter who discovers that blood is exactly the right shade of red to colour his paintings with. This film is the third and final entry in Herschell Gordon Lewis' "Blood Trilogy", and while it is perhaps not as gory as the other two; Blood Feast and Two Thousand Maniacs, if you enjoy Lewis' style, you're bound to like this one! As mentioned, the plot revolves around a painter. He discovers that blood is the paint he needs when he cuts his girlfriend's finger and begins smearing her blood on his canvas. After attempting to 'paint' the picture himself, he soon realises that he doesn't have enough blood - so naturally, he kills his girlfriend. As you might expect, her blood doesn't go too far, and the only way to get more blood is the to kill more women...

    Obviously, this plot has been lifted straight from Roger Corman's B-movie classic 'A Bucket of Blood', but Herschell's style is all over it, and he succeeds in making the plot his own...although 'succeeds' might not be the right word. The movie is trash in every sense of the word, as the acting is as rubbish as it gets, and the film has a distinctly cheap and nasty feel running throughout it. The director's use of music is good, however, as while it does nothing to increase the film's credibility; it does give the movie a hilarious sense of humour, and it works really well with the plot. As I said, this isn't as gory as some of Herschell's earlier stuff, but it's still got plenty of blood and gore; although as anyone that has seen one of these movies before will know; it's absolutely impossible to take seriously. It's clear that Herschell was more interested in the red stuff than anything else, as there are a number of obvious plot devices on display and the artist's descent into insanity is a joke. But even so, this makes for a very fun viewing, and I wouldn't hesitate to name it as one of my favourite of Lewis' movies.
  • February 21, 2009
    As far as exploitation shockers go, Color Me Blood Red is solid. Not one of the gorier H.G. Lewis flicks (tame compared to The Wizard of Gore and The Gruesome Twosome) , but still a delightfully nasty flick. Of course, the dialogue is laughable, the story is suspiciously simila...( read more)r to 1959's A Bucket of Blood, and the acting is embarrassingly bad - but isn't that half the fun? Naturally, if you're not a fan of '60s exploitation, there's nothing to see here but a mean-spirited piece of retrotrash. For the rest of us: Color Me Blood Red may not be as good as it gets, but it's good fun from the Godfather of Gore nevertheless.
  • May 6, 2008
    This is the final film in the infamous Blood Trilogy from director Herschell Gordon Lewis and producer David Friedman. The trilogy also includes superior films "Blood Feast" and "Two Thousand Maniacs". While "Color Me Blood Red" is the most inferior film in the trilogy, it is sti...( read more)ll worth at least a one time viewing. The film does lack one thing that the other 2 films in the trilogy have and that is an original score. Both of the previous entries include a soundtrack that was scored by Lewis himself but for some odd reason he decided to use "canned" music for this one. The gore effects are also inferior to the other 2 entries...there aren't as many but one effect in particular is especially grotesque (this would be the scene where a woman is shown strung from the ceiling with her intestines dangling out and the villain squeezes the blood out of them in order to finish his painting). All in all this is one of the least entertaining of Lewis' gore films but is definitely worth a peek.
  • February 20, 2008
    There's something just beautiful about HGL's exploitation. And I owe so much the Something Weird Video for allowing the world to see his brilliance.
  • December 7, 2009
    bold cultish movie, has the quality of a cheap pulp novel and the actrattiveness of smart use of the color RED in the film (blood + costumes) , characters are slightly peculiar, its all about red blotches of paint or blood and odd murders! MUST SEE
  • September 28, 2009
    While not as fun as Herschell Gordon Lewis's other blood soaked flix like Blood Feast & 2,000 Maniacs this does have one golden shining moment when Don Joseph is mopping the canvas w/ his girlfriends bloody head. For a split second I thought 'wow that's almost art..well gutter ...( read more)art anyways'.
  • November 26, 2008
    The tagline reads: "Not for the eyes and ears of anyone under 16 years!" I would re-word that to "Not for the eyes of ears of anyone...with eyes and ears!" Technically, probably one of the worst films I've ever seen. The plot could have been good, but it was way too thin. Not onl...( read more)y the plot, but the acting was absolutely atrocious! Even worse than the acting, was the horrendous script. Literally, some of the worst lines ever spoken. Other than that, it was a very good attempt at a splatter flick and was very entertaining.
  • May 3, 2008
    conclusion of the BLOOD trilogy, Blood Feast, 2000 Maniacs, then this
  • August 20, 2007
    Classic HG Lewis. if you don't know who he is...you probably don't want to see it.

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