
Frank Henenlotter
Biography
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 people don’t usually touch on, whether it’s sex or drugs or rock and roll."
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Known For
Acting History
2024
In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994 as Self
2017Cult of Terror as Self - Filmmaker
2016They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé as Himself
201542nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street as Himself
2015Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2013Rewind This! as Self
2013That's Sexploitation! as Himself
2012Your Date's on a Plate: The Making of Frankenhooker as Himself
2011What's in the Basket? as Self
2010Under the Scares as Himself
2010Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
2001Mau Mau Sex Sex as Himself
1990Frankenhooker as Passenger (uncredited)
1986The Last Moguls as Self
1982Basket Case as Theater Patron (uncredited)








