Horror filmmaker Herschell Gordon Lewis has died in his sleep, aged 87
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Herschell Gordon Lewis, the horror filmmaker known as the "godfather of gore", has died at the age of 87.
Lewis' spokesman James Saito says the director of such films as Blood Feast and Two Thousand Maniacs died in his sleep early on Monday.
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Lewis pioneered the horror genre in the 1960s known as the splatter film, which intentionally focused on gore and gruesomeness.