Frank Henenlotter
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 29, 1950
- Birthplace
- 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."
Filmography
Son of Psycho TBA
Director
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders 2026
as Self
In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994 2024
as Self
Boiled Angels: The Trial of Mike Diana 2018
Director
Basket Case 3-1/2: An Interview With Duane Bradley 2018
Director
Belial's Dream 2017
Characters
Cult of Terror 2017
as Self - Filmmaker
They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé 2016
as Self
Chasing Banksy 2015
Director
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street 2015
as Self
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film 2015
Actor
Rewind This! 2013
as Self
That's Sexploitation! 2013
as Himself, Writer, Editor, Director
- Your Date's on a Plate: The Making of Frankenhooker
Your Date's on a Plate: The Making of Frankenhooker 2012
as Himself
What's in the Basket? 2011
as Self
Under the Scares 2010
as Self
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore 2010
Actor, Director
Bad Biology 2008
Director, Writer, Editor
Skinned Deep 2004
Thanks
Mau Mau Sex Sex 2001
as Himself
Basket Case 3 1992
Writer, Director
Frankenhooker 1990
as Passenger (uncredited), Director, Writer
Basket Case 2 1990
Director, Writer
Brain Damage 1988
Director, Writer, Editor
- The Last Moguls
The Last Moguls 1986
as Self
Basket Case 1982
as Theater Patron (uncredited), Director, Writer, Editor
Slash of the Knife 1976
Director, Screenplay, Cinematography
Credits from TMDB.