The Wizard of Gore

(1970)

★ 5.4 IMDb · 116 votes

Genres: Horror

Year: 1970

Runtime: 95 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis

Cast: Ray Sager, Judy Cler, Wayne Ratay, Phil Laurenson, Jim Rau, Don Alexander, John Elliot, Karin Alexana, Corinne Kirkin, Monica Blackwell

Plot

A talk show hostess and her boyfriend investigate a shady magician who has the ability to hypnotize and control people's thoughts in order to stage gory onstage illusions using his powers of mindbending.

A magician performs a show where he selects a female volunteer and appears to put swords, drills, and such through them. They walk away and everyone applauds, then they show up somewhere else, dead of the same injuries they sustained in the magic show. Police are baffled and can't tie the murders to the magician. A man whose girlfriend is infatuated with the show begins to investigate on his own.