The Wizard of Gore is a 2007 splatter/noir horror film directed by Jeremy Kasten and starring Kip Pardue, Bijou Phillips, Crispin Glover, Joshua Miller, Brad Dourif, Jeffrey Combs, and the Suicide Girls.

[1] A magician named Montag the Magnificent puts on elaborate magic shows in a dilapidated post-punk Los Angeles in which he seemingly kills, in brutal torturous fashions, beautiful young women who nevertheless appear alive and unharmed at the end of the trick.

Ed Bigelow, a young journalist with a trust fund and vintage style, tries to solve the mystery, but ends up discovering that he may be more involved than he first thought.

[2] Steve Barton of Dread Central rated the film 4 out of 5 and praised it saying "I applaud it for its overall insanity.

"[4] Bloody Disgusting said "I’m partially (and sarcastically) impressed that someone could take The Wizard of Gore and make it worse.