Jim Van Bebber
Nascimento : 1964-11-24, Greenville, Ohio, USA
História
An actor and director known for horror/exploitation films. attended Wright State University where he studied cinema. Instead of using a bank loan to pay for a second year of college, he used the money to finance Deadbeat at Dawn, and founded the indie film company Asmodeus Productions with several colleagues. The Manson Family took more than ten years to complete. A documentary about VanBebber titled Diary of a Deadbeat: The Story of Jim VanBebber covering his life from 2010 to 2015 was released in 2015.
Himself
The story of Ricky Kasso, an American teenager who murdered his friend, Gary Lauwers, in an alleged "Satanic sacrifice" during the summer of 1984.
Himself
Detailed documentary about the making of Jim Van Bebber's Deadbeat at Dawn.
Rick
A trifecta of 80s throwback terror with mauling monsters, home invasions gone haywire and stomach-turning human sacrifice.
Father Blake
A Igreja Católica está tentando salvar uma alma inocente dos estragos da possessão satânica. Onda após onda de homens santos são enviados para enfrentar os possuídos.
Himself
A documentary of uncompromising, outlaw, cult underground filmmaker Jim Van Bebber, covering his life from 2010-2015 while he tries to make a comeback and make a new exploitation film after years of struggling to work.
The Editor
Two victims are graphically tortured in this American reimagining of the popular underground Japanese film series.
Jack Andrew
A demented Vietnam veteran and his pals run amok at an alligator farm in 1973 Florida.
Writer
A demented Vietnam veteran and his pals run amok at an alligator farm in 1973 Florida.
Director
A demented Vietnam veteran and his pals run amok at an alligator farm in 1973 Florida.
Venue Owner
The Mirk Riders is a movie about what you can't escape. Seen through the eyes and memory of band leader, Eve, as she leads her band through the desert after their last show of their tour. But a brief car problem sends the band into an unwinding downward spiral.
Himself
This thirty minute documentary features interviews with Giovinazzo's key contemporaries discussing the continued impact and influence of Combat Shock twenty-five years later.
Himself
Behind the chaos and creativity of the making of 2003's THE MANSON FAMILY film directed by Jim Van Bebber. This feature-length documentary was included on the Blu-ray/DVD set of THE MANSON FAMILY from Severin Films.
Editor
Group of shocking Music-videos linked by interviews with band members of this Death Metal band with Guest appearances by a beloved TV Horror Hosts. Film works as a feature length introduction to the Underground world that influences this particular music movement and showcases moments of intense performance by the band. The videos reflect the genius of Indie Wunderkind, Jim Van Bebber whose long awaited feature CHARLIES FAMILY (AKA: THE MANSON FAMILY) is finally seeing the light of day in British theaters, soon to follow in the USA. Van Bebber's characteristic frenetic cuts, neo-primitive animation and deconstructive look at Pop Culture make this worth watching even if the music ain't your thing.
Director
Group of shocking Music-videos linked by interviews with band members of this Death Metal band with Guest appearances by a beloved TV Horror Hosts. Film works as a feature length introduction to the Underground world that influences this particular music movement and showcases moments of intense performance by the band. The videos reflect the genius of Indie Wunderkind, Jim Van Bebber whose long awaited feature CHARLIES FAMILY (AKA: THE MANSON FAMILY) is finally seeing the light of day in British theaters, soon to follow in the USA. Van Bebber's characteristic frenetic cuts, neo-primitive animation and deconstructive look at Pop Culture make this worth watching even if the music ain't your thing.
Himself
For 11 years, the FantAsia Film Festival in Montreal has been the premiere showcase in North America of fantasy, horror and action films from around the world. Every July, sold out crowds of 900 line up around the block before each screening; the festival itself lasts approximately 3 weeks. Shot during the 2 year of the festival in 1997, In the Belly of the Beast chronicles the intense struggles that five filmmakers in attendance went through to complete their films. Crew rebellions, corporate embezzlers and bankrupt studios are just a few of the memories conjured up during candid interviews, while the camera captures the latest challenge: the public acceptance - or rejection - of their films.
Himself
A documentary primarily focusing on the filming and release of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Hatchet Biker
Branch-Davidian-style cultists battle both zombies and bikers.
Ivan's Dad
Ivan is a young man who travels a barren wasteland performing shows of self mutilation to small but adoring crowds. He is doing so to attempt to understand the cycle of child abuse he has been a part of. Through flashbacks and halucinations we see his Father murder his mother as well as the psysical abuse Ivan suffered. He must make peace within himself through a sacrifice of blood and honor.
Writer
A dramatization of the horrific and notorious Manson Family Murders, in the form of super 8 home movies.
Editor
A dramatization of the horrific and notorious Manson Family Murders, in the form of super 8 home movies.
Producer
A dramatization of the horrific and notorious Manson Family Murders, in the form of super 8 home movies.
Bobby
A dramatization of the horrific and notorious Manson Family Murders, in the form of super 8 home movies.
Director
A dramatization of the horrific and notorious Manson Family Murders, in the form of super 8 home movies.
Director
Music video compilation of the trailblazing industrial legend no. 1. Includes: Dig It, Stairs And Flowers, Far Too Frail, Smothered Hope, Deep Down Trauma Hounds, Testure, Spasmolytic and Killing Game.
To the outside world, the old boarding house seemed safe and inviting, tucked away on a tree-lined street in a cozy and quiet neighborhood. But appearances can be deceiving. One by one the boarders are about to learn its terrifying secret. A secret they'll carry to their graves. 'Demented' is an exercise in unrelenting, mind-numbing terror. Based on a shocking true story, the film is all the more horrifying because it really happened... maybe in your own town!
This is an ultra-rare film that was never officially distributed and is hardly even mentioned anywhere on the internet, even though it features some legendary actors.
Director
Documentary following some stoner friends over the course of roughly a day. Featured here is Bill, a guy who got kicked out of the Marines for doing dope steadily for six years (I'm not gonna do it forever--or maybe I will, who knows?) and Barry, a forklift-driving doper who wins the Employee of the Month plaque while stoned (Live for yourself--live today and then worry about tomorrow when it gets here--that's the way I go).
Director
A man named John Martin offers a couple with a broken-down car a ride to the nearest gas station, little do they know he’s actually taking them back to his place for dinner.
Ricky Kasslin
A group of directionless, bored, drug-using teenagers get involved in a cult, resulting in a murder.
Writer
A group of directionless, bored, drug-using teenagers get involved in a cult, resulting in a murder.
Director
A group of directionless, bored, drug-using teenagers get involved in a cult, resulting in a murder.
Narrator
in a near future where AIDS is the number one killer disease, an evil pharmaceutical boss, Dr. Hex, creates a drug called Serocaine, promoted as a miracle cure, that in reality results in hideous mutations. When Hex's top scientist discovers the truth he and his family are butchered by Hex's henchmen; their son Brian survives being drilled through the head though and becomes an unstoppable maniac bent on revenge....
Director
Master Ota demonstrates all 18 Shorin Ryu Kata, both at a learning speed and at full speed. All forms are performed in the traditional Okinawan style
Editor
Goose leaves the gang life behind after pleas from his girlfriend. But it isn't long before he's pulled back into the world of violence.
Screenplay
Goose leaves the gang life behind after pleas from his girlfriend. But it isn't long before he's pulled back into the world of violence.
Director
Goose leaves the gang life behind after pleas from his girlfriend. But it isn't long before he's pulled back into the world of violence.
Goose
Goose leaves the gang life behind after pleas from his girlfriend. But it isn't long before he's pulled back into the world of violence.
Director
Jim Van Bebber's eight-millimeter kung fu short, a prototype for Deadbeat at Dawn.
The terrifying tale of three friends who ventured out in search of the Mothman and didn't return.
