writing

Below is a brief overview of some of the projects that were completed between 1989 and present. Work includes original screen plays and adaptations.

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screenplays

ratz (1989)
When radioactive debris from outer space crashes through the roof of a rat infested house, a small mid-western town becomes the epicenter of a titanic battle between man and beast in this glorious homage to 1950s giant monsters flicks, 1970s eco-disaster epics and 1980s teen horror comedies like “Return of the Living Dead.”
hellacious (1990)
When the new girl in town and the local loner cross paths sparks fly, but it’s not romance that’s in the air. In this pre-Columbine odyssey down misanthropic teenager lane, two seriously maladjusted high school students channel their sexual frustrations into a killing spree after entering into a competition to see who can seduce and kill more victims in one month’s time. This coal black comedy is sort of like “Heathers” meets “Scream” with a twist of “Very Bad Things.”
equinox (1992)
In this modern take on the classic voyeuristic, Hitchcockian thriller, three roommates, looking forward to a hot night on the town, inadvertently witness the murder of a young woman and report it to the police only to find that there is no evidence of foul play. Their world is then thrust into a chaotic maelstrom of paranoia and terror when they return home to discover that the woman’s corpse has been planted their by the mysterious killer, thus beginning a deadly game of cat and mouse!
motorbreath (1995)
When a cooler-than-an-Eskimo’s-nuts hit man and his high-class hooker wife decide they need a well deserved vacation (following the murder of a corrupt vice detective) the duo make their minds up to take a cross-country road trip to Disney Land, where they hook up with everything from skinheads to cheerleaders to angels. Harkening back to classic road flicks, this movie is one part “Badlands,” one part “True Romance” and two parts “National Lampoon’s Vacation.”
tongue kissing ophelia (1997)

This high-octane adaptation of Hamlet, set amidst the pre-millennial angst of the 1990s, is full of sex, death, drugs, pop culture references and everything else the last decade of the 20th century was all about.

the hell candidate (1998)

This adaptation of Graham Masteron’s horror masterpiece concerns a presidential candidate who’s full of hell… literally

the godmother (1999)

This slapstick comedy about a female mob boss was based on an original screenplay by the famed Coen brothers – I was called in to “funny” it up, which I did in spades – now here’s hopin’ somebody makes the damn thing!

nocturna (2000)

This stylish murder mystery, composed in the tone of classic giallo and set in an all girls’ school for the musically gifted, twists and turns through a maze of terror and sexual perversity heading inevitably toward a shock ending that you won’t soon forget.

esmeraldero: emerald cowboy (2000)

This action packed biopic is based on the life and times of famed emerald czar Eishy Hyata, who left Japan for the rugged life of a treasure hunter in the harsh Colombian outland, eventually becoming the world’s largest emerald exporter.

eleven (2001)

Taking up where “Omega Man” left off, this post-apocalyptic black comedy deals with the life and times of the last man on Earth. A bleak world where cable is always out, porn is almost impossible to find and one must battle hordes of plague ridden vampires just to get a roll of toilet paper and a six-pack. Dark, twisted… fun.

the end of the night (2004)

Carpenter’s Cove is the perfect small town… to bad it sits on top of a hell mouth that’s poised to crack open spew forth demonic creatures hell-bent on plunging the entire planet into an apocalyptic inferno. This supernatural thriller combines the unraveling of a theological mystery ala’ the “DaVinci Code” with the balls-to-the-wall scares of classic horror opuses such as “Demons.”

osiris effect: genesis (2005)

The first in a trilogy of outlandishly epic living dead films which beg the question: “If the world had been taken over by zombies in the late 1960s, where would the human race be now?” This non-traditional take on the living dead genre has everything from rampaging zombie gorillas to samurai warriors to robo-corpses to a good, old fashioned confrontation with the former Red Menace itself.

fluffer (2006)

This hilarious coming of age comedy, set firmly in the tradition of classic John Hughes coming of age flicks, tells the tale of a young man who travels to L.A. to stay with his weed mogul brother (after unfairly losing his scholarship to NYU) and inadvertently finds himself working his way up behind the scenes through porn industry.


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sanchez o'brien: daredevil for hire (2007)

This southern-fried comedy tells the tale of a kid who idolizes the legendary Evel Kneivel, only to find himself comatose for seven years following an ill-fated stunt. He then wakes up to a world he doesn’t understand ready to track down the woman he loves kick some serious ass!

cherry bomb (2007)

This neo-noir mystery deals with a grizzled ex-cop cum private dick, a dying mob boss, a one legged hit man, a prom queen, an underage porn star, a set of sexy quintuplets, a Nazi priest, Mexican banditos, a deadly cheerleading squad, Hitler’s DNA, white slavery and a cache of stolen plutonium… Yeah, you can almost hear Bogie rolling around in his grave.

battle beneath the sea (2007)

Epic sci-fi adventure meets the ultimate disaster flick when the high-tech civilization of “Ichthyopoids,” who have been silently dwelling in the deepest regions of the seas, finally grow weary of the human race’s polluting ways and rise up to wage war on mankind with all manner of bizarre creatures and technology – pure fun!

25 pieces of bad (2007)

This neo-spaghetti western is a 21st century take on the classic themes of mercenary grit, cold blooded ruthlessness and old fashioned revenge that made Sergio Leone’s flicks so endearing.

the curse of the midnight dragon (2007)

A modern day fable in which a hard edged, Chinese-American cop finds out that he is heir to a mystical legacy and is sucked into a fantastic world of ancient Chinese sorcery, specters and dragons in order to rescue his son who has been kidnapped by an demonic entity hell-bent on tearing apart the fabric of reality and becoming the ruler of the world.

chain gang (2007)

This irreverent comedy explores the life and times of a group of petty criminals on a chain gang. Think “Cool Hand Luke” if it had been written by Broken Lizard.