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."
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Cult of Terror
as Self - Filmmaker
2017
Mau Mau Sex Sex
as Himself
2001
Rewind This!
as Self
2013
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
as Self
2015
That's Sexploitation!
as Himself
2013
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
2010
What's in the Basket?
as Self
2011
Basket Case
as Theater Patron (uncredited)
1982
They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé
as Himself
2016
Your Date's on a Plate: The Making of Frankenhooker
as Himself
2012
Under the Scares
as Self
2010
Frankenhooker
as Passenger (uncredited)
1990
The Last Moguls
as Self
1986
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2015
In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994
as Self
2024
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
as Self
2026