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The Gruesome Twosome

1967 ·1h 12m · ★ 4.8 (29)

A demented elderly woman has her mentally incompetent son kill and scalp various young women to use their hair for her wig shop while a persistent co-ed tries to link various killings on a local Florida college campus to them.

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Director

Herschell Gordon Lewis Herschell Gordon Lewis
9 horror films in catalog
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The Gruesome Twosome
The Gruesome Twosome 1967
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Cast

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
71
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
17
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
43
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
0
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
67
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
67
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
0
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
50
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Content Warnings

Taboo ContentBody HorrorDehumanization
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TMDB Keywords

gruesomescalpingwigwigs

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