John Skipp is a splatterpunk horror and fantasy author and anthology editor, as well as a songwriter, screenwriter, film director, and film producer. He collaborated with Craig Spector on the 1989 anthology Book of the Dead, and has also collaborated with Marc Levinthal and Cody Goodfellow. He worked as editor-in-chief of both Fungasm Press and Ravenous Shadows.Skipp has also been a past contributor to liner notes for cult film distributors Grindhouse Releasing/Box Office Spectaculars on the North American Blu-ray/DVD release of An American Hippie in Israel.
My work has always been socially conscious. That's what I like. That's what I do. That's something I'm always looking for in others.
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When we think we're alone -- cast adrift in an alien and hostile universe -- that's where the terror kicks in. And that's terrifying shit.
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We are here to do what we can. To learn what we can. To experience what we must, in order to take it to the next order of magnitude. So death is not the end. There is no end.
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The trick is to introduce real human people that you care about, then tear them apart limb from limb.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dark Dreamers
2011
TV Series
Misty Beethoven the Musical!
2004
Video
Drummer (as Maxwell Hart)
Truckstop Trixie
2003
Video
Diner Patron (as Maxwell Hart)
Night of the Living Dead
1990
Zombie in Leather Jacket
Nightbreed
1990
Hotel Room Corpse (uncredited)
Death Collector
1988
Splatterpunk #1
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tales of Halloween
2015
segment "This Means War"
Animals
2008/I
novel
Misty Beethoven the Musical!
2004
Video as Maxwell Hart
Class of 1999
1990
uncredited
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
1989
story
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Monsterland
2016
Clowntown
2015
Short
Tales of Halloween
2015
segment "This Means War"
Stay at Home Dad
2012
Short
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Misty Beethoven the Musical!
2004
Video as Maxwell Hart
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Misty Beethoven the Musical!
2004
Video singing voice: Tyce Buné, "Three Rods" - uncredited
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Clowntown
2015
Short producer
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Fast Zombies Suck
2015
Short thanks
Abed
2012
Short special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
2015
Documentary
Himself
This Week in Horror
2011
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010
Video documentary
Himself - Screenwriter
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2012
Audience Award
Fantasia Film Festival
Best Short Film
Stay at Home Dad (2012)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2015
Rondo Statuette
Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards
Best Independent Film
Tales of Halloween (2015)
2005
AVN Award
Adult Video News Awards
Best Music
Misty Beethoven the Musical! (2004)
2005
AVN Award
Adult Video News Awards
Best Screenplay - Video
Misty Beethoven the Musical! (2004)
3rd Place Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2016
Horror Society Award
Horror Society Awards
Best Horror Film
Tales of Halloween (2015)
Known for movies
Tales of Halloween (2015) as Writer
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989) as Writer
$800,000
