The Wizard of Gore1970

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Horror Vault's take

A stage magician with a gift for hypnosis draws packed audiences to his increasingly disturbing grand guignol performances — but when bodies start turning up bearing wounds that mirror his on-stage carnage, a TV hostess and her boyfriend begin pulling at a thread that may unravel something far darker than showbiz trickery. Director Herschell Gordon Lewis doubles down on his trademark shock tactics, staging sequences designed to test the limits of viewer endurance. Equal parts grindhouse spectacle and paranoid mystery, the film blurs the line between what the audience — both on screen and off — is truly witnessing.

Content: Extreme Graphic Gore, Graphic Depictions Of Torture And Bodily Mutilation, Disturbing And Prolonged Violence Against Individuals On Stage