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Kevin Sean Michaels - Documentarian, VAMP Productions

It might seem strange to go from working with Lloyd Kaufman at Troma Entertainment (home of the Toxic Avenger) to becoming a festival winning documentary filmmaker, but not when the subject of your first documentary is Maila Nurmi, commonly known among fans as Vampira, the original goth girl. Long before Elvira made the undead look […]


Jason Murphy - Co-Producer and Director of “Zombies Zombies Zombies”

In 2006, Jason Murphy and with his filmmaking partner, Tony Giordano, set out to make their first feature-length film, a horror/comedy based on a simple premise: strippers vs zombies. Bringing a new twist to what has recently become a worn-out genre, the filmmakers wrote, produced, and directed the movie while holding down entertainment-related […]


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