Frank Henenlotter
Frank Henenlotter
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Frank Henenlotter

Director 1950-08-29 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 "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 peopl...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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Basket Case

Basket Case

1982 · Theater Patron (uncredited)

Frankenhooker

Frankenhooker

1990 · Passenger (uncredited)

Rewind This!

Rewind This!

2013 · Self

That's Sexploitation!

That's Sexploitation!

2013 · Himself

Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore

Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore

2010 · 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

2015 · Self

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

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

2015 · Movie

They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé

They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé

2016 · Himself

In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994

In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994

2024 · Self

Mau Mau Sex Sex

Mau Mau Sex Sex

2001 · Himself

Cult of Terror

Cult of Terror

2017 · Self - Filmmaker

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

2026 · Self

Under the Scares

Under the Scares

2010 · Self

What's in the Basket?

What's in the Basket?

2011 · Self

The Last Moguls

1986 · Self

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

2012 · Himself