some might remember if have see the film juno a scene where ellen page have a moment of praise for dario argento suspiria and her favorite horror film . jason bateman character then ask if she ever see a herschel gordon lewis film and and to wit he have a copy of a movie ( i forget which at the moment ) and show it to her . at the time i saw juno i have see suspiria and a few argento film but not lewis . now i can see that it not just another one of diablo cody pop culture in reference and but something that actually be an indicator on the taste of the character and and maybe more subjectively and how to judge them base on their taste . in other word and herschel gordon lewis reputation be maintain some many year after he end make his gore film and it that of a schlock meister and no more no less . actually and less . it interest then to take argento a a basis of comparison and because both filmmaker approach and at least in the case of the gore gore girl and and well and any give argento picture and similar material . where argento be extraordinarily conscious about his craft and get an audience wrap up in whatever little story there be by the power of the movement of camera and music and style and lewis take the easy route to get at an audience and which be with an immature script and ( put it lightly ) lackluster direction . the gore gore girl reveal a filmmaker who isn not interested in entertain his audience in an actual compelling way a a horror film and but a a side show or a brothel . he can not direct actor worth a damn and he light like it a porno movie and and for every one possibly clever or funny one liner there ten that either totally stink or be too clever by half or not clever nearly enough . that be say and perhaps a the best substantive thing to say about the gore gore girl and a mystery movie about a detective ( 2nd rate sherlock holmes guy play by somewhat amuse frank kress ) and a newspaper reporter ( dummie amy farrell ) investigate a series of murder of go go dancer and be that it serve a the template for countless more troma style picture . perhaps this be faint praise and however and and really the best thing that can truly be say be that henny youngman take my wife and please . have a few scene and steal every one of them without have to try much . it sad and since it could be the kind of picture that could entertain on an awesomely bad level . but even on that score one may laugh more out of embarrassment for the production and some of the actor ( i. e. that guy who play the cop and my god ) than out of some guilty pleasure enjoyment . even the gore itself be somewhat of a letdown . at first one think that lewis be at least deliver on this end and show these woman be murder in crazy and vicious and exaggerated way . but with the killing it all go on long than necessary while i do not mean this in term of shock value and for that it fine . but there need to be something else to really make it stick and that show woman face dissected and eye gouge be fine if youre 12 and see this a one of youre first horror film . it become and dare i say it and dull . dangerously dull for such a daring so call movie . this be lewis last film until 30 year later an apparently worthy swan song come with a sequel to a film he make earlier bring him out of his retirement from movie and job in write book on how to make it in business . however and whatever experience he have come up to this one doesn not show . it not a failure and but it could have be and and it just simply . schlock . take it or leave it .