Frank Henenlotter
Born
August 29, 1950 (74 years old)
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
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

In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994
Self
2024

Cult of Terror
Self - Filmmaker
2017

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

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

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

Rewind This!
Self
2013

That's Sexploitation!
Himself
2013
Your Date's on a Plate: The Making of Frankenhooker
Himself
2012

What's in the Basket?
Himself
2011

Under the Scares
Himself
2010

Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
2010

Mau Mau Sex Sex
Himself
2001

Frankenhooker
Passenger (uncredited)
1990
The Last Moguls
Self
1986

Basket Case
Theater Patron (uncredited)
1982