Biography
David J. Schow (born July 13, 1955) is an American author of horror novels, short stories, and screenplays.
His credits include films such as Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, The Crow and The Hills Run Red. Most of Schow's work falls into the subgenre splatterpunk, a term he is sometimes credited with coining. In the 1990s, Schow wrote Raving & Drooling, a regular column for Fangoria magazine. All 41 installments were collected in the book Wild Hairs (2000), winning the International Horror Guild's award for best non-fiction in 2001.
In 1987, Schow's novella Pamela's Get was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for best long fiction. His short story Red Light won the 1987 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction. And in 2015, The Outer Limits at 50 won the Rondo Award for Book of the Year in a tie with The Creature Chronicles by Tom Weaver, of which Schow was a contributor.As an editor, Schow's work includes three volumes of writings by Robert Bloch and a book of short stories by John Farris.
Schow has also been a past contributor to liner notes for cult film distributors Grindhouse Releasing/Box Office Spectaculars, notably on the North American DVD release of Italian filmmaker Lucio Fulci's horror film, Cat in the Brain. He has also written text supplements for the DVDs of Reservoir Dogs and From Hell, and has done DVD commentaries for The Dirty Dozen, The Green Mile, Incubus, Thriller and Creature from the Black Lagoon. The 2018 Kino Lorber Blu-ray and DVD editions of both seasons of The Outer Limits feature commentary by Schow on several episodes as well as booklet essays written by him.
Filmography
all 27
Movies 19
Writer 13
self 9
TV Shows 8
Screenplay 2
Creepshow (2019)
Space Madness: The Making of Critters 4 (2018)
You Are What They Eat: The Making of Critters 3 (2018)
Mob City (2013)
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th (2013)
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger (2012)
The Psycho Legacy (2010)
The Lost Skeleton Returns Again (2010)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
The Hills Run Red (2009)
We All Scream for Ice Cream (2007)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
Pick Me Up (2006)
Masters of Horror (2005)
Book of Dreams: Dream 1 - Frank's Dream (2005)
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man (2004)
Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film (2000)
Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle (2000)
The Hunger (1997)
Perversions of Science (1997)
The Shining (1997)
The Outer Limits (1995)
The Crow (1994)
Critters 4 (1992)
Critters 3 (1991)
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)
Freddy's Nightmares (1988)
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GenderMale
Birthday1955-07-13 (68 years old)
Birth PlaceMarburg, Germany
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsWorld Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction
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