The Dead

Dave Friedman, father of the slasher movie has died. He was 87.

Mr. Friedman was proud of his work, in a manner of speaking.

“ ‘Blood Feast’ is probably the most maligned motion picture American critics have ever ripped asunder,” he wrote boastfully in his 1990 autobiography, “A Youth in Babylon: Confessions of a Trash-Film King.” 

He went on to quote the review in Variety:

“Incredibly crude and unprofessional from start to finish, ‘Blood Feast’ is an insult even to the most puerile and salacious audiences. The very fact that it is taking itself seriously makes the David F. Friedman production all the more ludicrous. It was a fiasco in all departments.”

Mr. Friedman then wrote: “Herschell and I have often wondered who told the Variety scribe we were taking ourselves seriously.”