
Frank Henenlotter
Known for: Directing
Born: August 29, 1950
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…
Known for

That's Sexploitation!
2013

What's in the Basket?
2011
Your Date's on a Plate: The Making of Frankenhooker
2012

Mau Mau Sex Sex
2001

Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
2010
The Last Moguls
1986

They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé
2016

Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2015

Rewind This!
2013

Under the Scares
2010

42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
2015

In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994
2024

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
2026

Basket Case
1982

Frankenhooker
1990

Cult of Terror
2017