David F. Friedman, producer of B movies of the 1960s and ’70s including the cult classic “Blood Feast,” died of heart failure in Anniston, Ala., on Feb. 14. He was 87.

David F. Friedman, the godfather of B-movie gore who produced 1963’s “Blood Feast,” which paved a bloody path that led to increasingly graphic horror movies, has died. He was 87.

B-movie producer David Friedman, a Birmingham native who produced such low-budget splatter films as "Blood Feast," "Two Thousand Maniacs!" and "Color Me Blood Red," died Monday. Mr. Friedman, who ...

David F. Friedman, the B-movie producer of the 1960s and '70s who turned out the cult classic "Blood Feast," died Monday at age 87, his niece said.