The Wizard of Gore

A 1970 American splatter film directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis and starring Ray Sager, Judy Cler, and Wayne Ratay, "The Wizard of Gore" follows a talk show hostess and her boyfriend as they investigate a shady magician with the ability to hypnotize and control people's thoughts to stage gruesome onstage illusions. The movie takes a dark turn when the magician appears on their show, hypnotizing everyone in attendance, including Sherry Carson, the hostess herself, who later reveals that none of what has happened was real – a mind-bending twist that leaves audiences questioning reality.