David Schow

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David J. Schow (born 1955 in Marburg, Germany) is an American author of horror novels, short stories, and screenplays. His credits include films such as The Crow and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. Most of Schow's work falls into the sub-genre splatterpunk, a term he is sometimes credited with coining.^[1] In the 1990's, Schow wrote a regular column for Fangoria magazine.

In 1987 Schow's novella Pamela's Get won a Bram Stoker Award for best long fiction.

David Schow has also been a frequent contributor to DVD extras content (liner notes) for horror film distributors Grindhouse Releasing/Box Office Spectaculars, notably on the upcoming North American DVD release of Italian horror filmmaker Lucio Fulci's Cat in the Brain.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Contents 1 Bibliography 1.1 Novels 1.2 Short story collections 1.3 Non-fiction 1.4 As editor 1.5 Screenplays 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Bibliography

A critical essay on Schow's novels and stories can be found in S. T. Joshi's book The Evolution of the Weird Tale (2004).

[edit] Novels

• Pamela's Get (1987) - novella
• The Kill Riff (1988)
• The Shaft (1990)
• Bullets of Rain (2003)
• Rocks Breaks Scissors Cut (2003)
• Gun Work (2008)

[edit] Short story collections

• Seeing Red (1990)
• Lost Angels (1990)
• Black Leather Required (1994)
• Crypt Orchids (1998)
• Eye (2001)
• Zombie Jam (2005)
• Havoc Swims Jaded (2006)

[edit] Non-fiction

• The Outer Limits:The Official Companion (1986)
• The Outer Limits Companion (1998)
• Wild Hairs (2001)

[edit] As editor

• Silver Scream (1988)
• The Lost Bloch Volume 1: The Devil with You (1999)
• The Lost Bloch Volume 2: Hell on Earth (2000)
• The Lost Bloch Volume 3: Crimes and Punishments (2002)
• Elvisland (2003)

[edit] Screenplays

• A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)
• Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1989)
• Critters 3 (1991)
• Critters 4 (1991)
• The Crow (1994)
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
• Masters of Horror—"Pick Me Up" (2006)
• Masters of Horror- "We All Scream For Ice Cream" (2007)

[edit] See also

• List of horror fiction authors
• Splatterpunk

[edit] References

1. ^ Bloch, R. 1998, "Look Out, He's Got a Knife!" in Crypt Orchids, David J. Schow, Subterranean Press, Burton, MI
2. ^ Icons of Fright News and Updates: Lucio Fulci's Cat in the Brain Coming to DVD March 31st
3. ^ DVD Trash: DVD Release: Cat in the Brain
4. ^ Fear.net "Final Cat in the Brain DVD Specs", Dec. 29, 2008, by Gabrielle DiPietro

[edit] External links

• official site