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Eric Red is a Director, Scriptwriter, Co-Producer and Editor American born on 16 february 1961 at Pittsburgh (USA)
Eric Red (born Eric Joseph Durdaller; February 16, 1961) is an American screenwriter and director, best known for writing the horror films The Hitcher and Near Dark.
Red was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Nancy (née Pickhardt) and Cornelius Gerard Durdaller. He attended the AFI Conservatory and graduated in 1983.
Writing career
The first film written by Red was Gunmen's Blues, a short he produced and directed while a student at the AFI Conservatory. He went broke trying to get national distribution for the film and had to drive a cab in New York for a year to recoup.
His AFI thesis script, The Hitcher, was produced in 1986. A major studio remake of The Hitcher was released in 2007 with Red as a consultant. He wrote the original script to Lost Boys: The Tribe and narrated the film at the 2010 Screamfest Horror Film Festival in Los Angeles.
Eric Red published his first novel, Don't Stand So Close in 2011.
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Birth name Eric Joseph Durdaller
Nationality USA
Birth 16 february 1961 (63 years) at Pittsburgh (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 16 february 1961 (63 years) at Pittsburgh (USA)
Biography
Early lifeRed was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Nancy (née Pickhardt) and Cornelius Gerard Durdaller. He attended the AFI Conservatory and graduated in 1983.
Writing career
The first film written by Red was Gunmen's Blues, a short he produced and directed while a student at the AFI Conservatory. He went broke trying to get national distribution for the film and had to drive a cab in New York for a year to recoup.
His AFI thesis script, The Hitcher, was produced in 1986. A major studio remake of The Hitcher was released in 2007 with Red as a consultant. He wrote the original script to Lost Boys: The Tribe and narrated the film at the 2010 Screamfest Horror Film Festival in Los Angeles.
Eric Red published his first novel, Don't Stand So Close in 2011.
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100 Feet (2008)
, 1h36Directed by Eric Red
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Famke Janssen, Bobby Cannavale, Ed Westwick, Michael Paré, Patricia Charbonneau, Jonathan Sanger
Rating54%
Marnie Watson (Famke Jannsen) is being driven home in a police car after killing her abusive husband in self-defense—to be placed under house arrest. She is escorted home by Shanks (Bobby Cannavale), a police officer and former partner of her husband. After they get inside, another officer arrives to fit Marnie's ankle bracelet telling her she cannot move more than 100 feet (30 m) from the detector in the hallway and if the alarm sounds for more than three minutes, the police will be notified.
Bad Moon (1996)
, 1h20Directed by Eric Red
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film
Actors Mariel Hemingway, Michael Paré, Mason Gamble, Ken Pogue
Rating58%
While making love in their tent during a work expedition in Nepal, photo-journalists Ted Harrison (Michael Paré) and his girlfriend Marjorie are attacked by a werewolf. The werewolf snatches Marjorie and Ted attempts to rescue her but gets bitten in his shoulder and thrown to the ground. Hurt but determined he crawls to his shotgun and manages to shoot the werewolf's head off but not before the beast kills Marjorie.
Bad Moon (1996)
, 1h20Directed by Eric Red
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Mariel Hemingway, Michael Paré, Mason Gamble, Ken Pogue
Rating58%
Après une expédition dans une jungle reculée, Ted (Michael Paré) rend visite aux États-Unis à sa sœur Janet (Mariel Hemingway) qui vit seule avec son fils Brett (Mason Gamble). Ted est en réalité un loup-garou qui tente de vaincre la malédiction grâce à l'amour de ses proches. Mais le berger allemand de la famille, Thor, flaire le danger et tente d'avertir et de protéger ses maîtres...
Body Parts (1991)
, 1h28Directed by Eric Red
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Jeff Fahey, Brad Dourif, Zakes Mokae, Kim Delaney, Paul Ben-Victor, Lindsay Duncan
Rating57%
Bill Chrushank (Jeff Fahey) is a psychologist working with convicted killers at a prison in addition to teaching classes at a university. Ray, a convict who murdered his cellmate recently, tells Bill he can’t do anything to fix him. At home, Bill wonders to his wife (Kim Delaney) if this is true. He wants to be able to fix someone like Ray but in all his research and studies has never seen proof it’s possible. The next day, while driving to work, Bill gets in a horrific car accident where he loses his arm. At the hospital, Dr. Agatha Webb (Lindsay Duncan) convinces Bill’s wife to sign off on an experimental transplant surgery to give him a new arm from a donor they have waiting. Heavily drugged, Bill is wheeled into the operating room where he groggily notes several armed cops in hospital scrubs. The cops leave as soon as Dr. Webb removes the unknown donor’s head from his body at a nearby operating table. Bill awakens from the surgery and struggles to rehabilitate his new arm, which is covered in gruesome scars. One day, while struggling to lift a tiny weight, his arm makes a violent unexpected move upward. After this happens Bill makes a swift recovery and is released from the hospital. After some initial awkwardness between his wife with the new arm, he pleasures her with it and they make love. Just when it seems things are back to normal, Bill starts seeing flashes of horrible acts of murder (as if he is committing them). Next, he loses control of his new arm and cuts his face while shaving. Then at the prison, Ray freaks out seeing that Bill has the same tattoo on his wrist, which is only given to inmates on death row. Bill has a police friend scan his new fingerprints and is shocked to discover the arm came from convicted serial killer Charley Fletcher (John Walsh), who had murdered 20 people.
Cohen and Tate (1990)
, 1h26Directed by Eric Red
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Roy Scheider, Adam Baldwin, Harley Cross, Suzanne Savoy, Cooper Huckabee, Marco Perella
Rating63%
Two professional assassins are sent to kidnap a 9-year-old boy named Travis Knight (Harley Cross), who is under the United States Federal Witness Protection Program after witnessing a mob killing in Texas. Cohen (Roy Scheider) is the older, jaded assassin with a little bit of humanity still in him. Tate (Adam Baldwin) is the younger, hotheaded and psychopathic killer.
Gunmen's Blues (1981)
, 26minutesDirected by Eric Red
Origin USA
Actors Darwin Joston
Rating63%
A mysterious, middle-aged man wearing a dark suit and black leather gloves is the only customer in a Hoboken, New Jersey bar. He looks longingly at a picture of a woman that he keeps in his wallet. He then has a tense conversation with the bartender, in which he reveals that he once lived in Hoboken years ago, but is now passing through "on business" because he is a "travelling salesman."
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100 Feet (2008)
, 1h36Directed by Eric Red
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Famke Janssen, Bobby Cannavale, Ed Westwick, Michael Paré, Patricia Charbonneau, Jonathan Sanger
Roles Writer
Rating54%
Marnie Watson (Famke Jannsen) is being driven home in a police car after killing her abusive husband in self-defense—to be placed under house arrest. She is escorted home by Shanks (Bobby Cannavale), a police officer and former partner of her husband. After they get inside, another officer arrives to fit Marnie's ankle bracelet telling her she cannot move more than 100 feet (30 m) from the detector in the hallway and if the alarm sounds for more than three minutes, the police will be notified.
The Hitcher (2007)
, 1h24Directed by Dave Meyers
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Serial killer films, Road movies
Actors Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, Zachary Knighton, Neal McDonough, Kyle Davis, Skip O'Brien
Roles Original Film Writer
Rating56%
Jim Halsey and Grace Andrews are driving across New Mexico on spring break. At night, a hitchhiker stands in the middle of the road, near his broken down car. Jim nearly hits him and his car spins out of control. Grace insists that someone else will stop to help him and they speed off.
, 1h33Directed by Louis Morneau
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Serial killer films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Kari Wuhrer, Jake Busey, C. Thomas Howell, Shaun Johnston, Janne Mortil, Mackenzie Gray
Roles Characters
Rating43%
Fifteen years after surviving the events of The Hitcher, Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell) now works as a police officer. He has recently been suspended for using excessive force on a kidnapping suspect, and decides to visit retired Captain Esteridge in Texas to talk about his lingering mental issues on what happened to him. Jim's girlfriend, Maggie (Kari Wührer), is unaware of Jim's past and pleads to come along.
Bad Moon (1996)
, 1h20Directed by Eric Red
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film
Actors Mariel Hemingway, Michael Paré, Mason Gamble, Ken Pogue
Rating58%
While making love in their tent during a work expedition in Nepal, photo-journalists Ted Harrison (Michael Paré) and his girlfriend Marjorie are attacked by a werewolf. The werewolf snatches Marjorie and Ted attempts to rescue her but gets bitten in his shoulder and thrown to the ground. Hurt but determined he crawls to his shotgun and manages to shoot the werewolf's head off but not before the beast kills Marjorie.
Bad Moon (1996)
, 1h20Directed by Eric Red
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Mariel Hemingway, Michael Paré, Mason Gamble, Ken Pogue
Rating58%
Après une expédition dans une jungle reculée, Ted (Michael Paré) rend visite aux États-Unis à sa sœur Janet (Mariel Hemingway) qui vit seule avec son fils Brett (Mason Gamble). Ted est en réalité un loup-garou qui tente de vaincre la malédiction grâce à l'amour de ses proches. Mais le berger allemand de la famille, Thor, flaire le danger et tente d'avertir et de protéger ses maîtres...
Body Parts (1991)
, 1h28Directed by Eric Red
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Jeff Fahey, Brad Dourif, Zakes Mokae, Kim Delaney, Paul Ben-Victor, Lindsay Duncan
Rating57%
Bill Chrushank (Jeff Fahey) is a psychologist working with convicted killers at a prison in addition to teaching classes at a university. Ray, a convict who murdered his cellmate recently, tells Bill he can’t do anything to fix him. At home, Bill wonders to his wife (Kim Delaney) if this is true. He wants to be able to fix someone like Ray but in all his research and studies has never seen proof it’s possible. The next day, while driving to work, Bill gets in a horrific car accident where he loses his arm. At the hospital, Dr. Agatha Webb (Lindsay Duncan) convinces Bill’s wife to sign off on an experimental transplant surgery to give him a new arm from a donor they have waiting. Heavily drugged, Bill is wheeled into the operating room where he groggily notes several armed cops in hospital scrubs. The cops leave as soon as Dr. Webb removes the unknown donor’s head from his body at a nearby operating table. Bill awakens from the surgery and struggles to rehabilitate his new arm, which is covered in gruesome scars. One day, while struggling to lift a tiny weight, his arm makes a violent unexpected move upward. After this happens Bill makes a swift recovery and is released from the hospital. After some initial awkwardness between his wife with the new arm, he pleasures her with it and they make love. Just when it seems things are back to normal, Bill starts seeing flashes of horrible acts of murder (as if he is committing them). Next, he loses control of his new arm and cuts his face while shaving. Then at the prison, Ray freaks out seeing that Bill has the same tattoo on his wrist, which is only given to inmates on death row. Bill has a police friend scan his new fingerprints and is shocked to discover the arm came from convicted serial killer Charley Fletcher (John Walsh), who had murdered 20 people.
Blue Steel (1990)
, 1h37Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Clancy Brown, Elizabeth Peña, Louise Fletcher, Philip Bosco
Roles Ecrivain
Rating58%
Megan Turner (Jamie Lee Curtis) is a rookie New York City policewoman who shoots and kills a suspect (Tom Sizemore) with her service revolver while he's holding up a neighborhood market. The suspect's handgun lands on the floor of the market in the shopping area as the suspect is blown backward through the front window.
Cohen and Tate (1990)
, 1h26Directed by Eric Red
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Roy Scheider, Adam Baldwin, Harley Cross, Suzanne Savoy, Cooper Huckabee, Marco Perella
Roles Ecrivain
Rating63%
Two professional assassins are sent to kidnap a 9-year-old boy named Travis Knight (Harley Cross), who is under the United States Federal Witness Protection Program after witnessing a mob killing in Texas. Cohen (Roy Scheider) is the older, jaded assassin with a little bit of humanity still in him. Tate (Adam Baldwin) is the younger, hotheaded and psychopathic killer.
Near Dark (1987)
, 1h35Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Western
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Vampires in film, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, Bill Paxton, Joshua John Miller
Rating68%
One night, Caleb Colton (Adrian Pasdar), a young man in a small town, meets an attractive young drifter named Mae (Jenny Wright). Just before sunrise, she bites him on the neck then runs off. The rising sun causes Caleb's flesh to begin to burn. Mae comes with a group of roaming vampires and takes him away. The most unsociable of all the vampires, the callous and sociopathic Severen (Bill Paxton), wants to kill Caleb, but Mae reveals she has turned him into a vampire. Their charismatic leader, Jesse Hooker (Lance Henriksen), reluctantly agrees to allow Caleb to remain with them for a week to see if he can learn to hunt and become a trusted member of their group. Caleb is unwilling to kill to feed, which alienates him from the others. To protect him, Mae kills for him and then has him drink from her wrist. After Caleb endangers himself to help them during a daylight police raid on their motel, Jesse and the others are temporarily mollified.