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."

Known For

Frankenhooker

1990•Movie•

6.3

Basket Case

1982•Movie•

6.2

In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994

2024•Movie•

7.9

Rewind This!

2013•Movie•

6.9

Cult of Terror

2017•Movie•

6.8

42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street

2015•Movie•

7.8

Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film

2015•Movie•

7.3

That's Sexploitation!

2013•Movie•

5.9

Filmography