
Biography
A multiple award winning author and filmmaker who specializes in the horror genre. As an author, he is a three time winner of the IPPY Gold Medal for Horror and a three time Bram Stoker Award finalist. His novels include Johnny Gruesome, Black Creek, the occult detective series The Jake Helman Files (Personal Demons, Desperate Souls, Cosmic Forces, Tortured Spirits, Storm Demon and Human Monsters), The Julian Year, and the werewolf trilogy The Frenzy Cycle (The Frenzy Way, The Frenzy War, The Frenzy Wolves). His novellas include Carnage Road and Scaremonger, and he is the author of the instructional filmmaking book Cheap Scares: Low Budget Horror Filmmakers Share Their Secrets.
Directed 13
2010s
- 2019
Widow's Point
Director
- 2018
- 2015
Killer Rack
Director
- 2013
Dry Bones
Director
- 2010
Slime City Massacre
Director
2000s
- 2007
Gruesome
Director
1990s
- 1999
- 1991
1980s
- 1988
Slime City
Director
Wrote 9
2020s
- 2025
- 2022
Showdown in Yesteryear
Writer
2010s
- 2019
Widow's Point
Screenplay
- 2018
- 2013
Dry Bones
Writer
- 2010
Slime City Massacre
Writer
2000s
- 2007
Gruesome
Writer
1980s
- 1988
Slime City
Writer
Produced 7
2020s
- 2025
- 2024
Special Needs Revolt!
Consulting Producer
- 2022
2010s
- 2014
Bloodmarsh Krackoon
Publicist
2000s
- 2007
Gruesome
Producer
1980s
- 1988
Slime City
Producer
No release date
The Damnation
Associate Producer
Acted in 1
2010s
- 2016
Edited 1
1980s
- 1988
Slime City
Editor
Appearances3
2010s
- 2017
Greetings from Tromaville!
Self
Listen to the Light: The Making of 'Brain Damage'
Himself
- 2011
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
Self
Thanked in the credits2
2020s
- 2023
- 2022