HGL is one of my fave film-makers. ive got 9 or 10 of his films. i think hes made around 37 films to date, most recent was blood feast 2 in 2001 i think.
hes a very clever guy. he started out making trashy porn films then when he burnt that genre out he met a guy (cant remember his name) then the gore genre rose up. like been said before, his films are cheap, badly acted and not highly serious......nor was evil dead but we love that right! Yeah, HGL films should be in any serious film collectors collection.
check out HGL's official web:
http://www.herschellgordonlewis.com