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Frank Henenlotter

Aug 29, 1950 (75 years old) in New York City, New York, USA

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

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What's in the Basket?
Self
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The Last Moguls
Self
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They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé
Himself
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Basket Case
Theater Patron (uncredited)
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Frankenhooker
Passenger (uncredited)
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Rewind This!
Self
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That's Sexploitation!
Himself
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Under the Scares
Himself
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Mau Mau Sex Sex
Himself
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Cult of Terror
Self - Filmmaker

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