"When asked in a 1982 interview if he'd ever been offended by a film, John Carpenter opined, "Yes, I have. There was a movie called 'Blood Feast'..." This notorious item, the work of cult favorite and "Godfather of Gore" Herschell Gordon Lewis, was the first real American splatter film (of course, foreign movies ranging from 1960's Jigoku to the Hammer films all the way back to Un Chien Andalou had been distributing plasma for years). As such, it enjoys an avid following that has nothing much to do with its quality ? or lack thereof; in fact, its fans treasure its very dearth of professionalism." - Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com