John A. Russo

AKA: John Russo
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1939-02-02

Biography

John A. Russo, sometimes credited as Jack Russo or John Russo, is an American screenwriter and film director most commonly associated with the 1968 horror classic film Night of the Living Dead, which he co-wrote with director George Romero.

Crew Roles

Night of the Living Dead
Screenplay
The Devil and Sam Silverstein
Other
Scream Queens Naked Christmas
Screenplay
Scream Queens Naked Christmas
Director
Children of the Living Dead
Executive Producer
Santa Claws
Writer
Santa Claws
Director
Santa Claws
Producer
Zombie Jamboree
Director
There's Always Vanilla
Producer
Midnight
Director
The Booby Hatch
Writer
The Booby Hatch
Producer
The Booby Hatch
Director
Midnight 2
Director
Heartstopper
Writer
Heartstopper
Director
Night of the Living Dead
Producer
Night of the Animated Dead
Original Film Writer
Monster Make-Up
Director
The Red Tide Massacre
Director
The Night They Came Home
Producer
The Night They Came Home
Screenplay
Midnight
Writer
Midnight
Executive Producer
1-900 Vampire
Director
Horror Effects: Hosted by Tom Savini
Producer
Scream Queens Swimsuit Sensations
Director
Scream Queens Knockout Workout
Director
My Life with the Living Dead
Writer
The Mob Boss & the Soul Singer
Screenplay
The Mob Boss & the Soul Singer
Director
My Uncle John Is a Zombie!
Screenplay
My Uncle John Is a Zombie!
Director
The Return of the Living Dead
Story
Another Night of the Living Dead
Writer
Midnight 2
Writer
Midnight
Novel
Midnight
Special Effects
Midnight
Screenplay
The Majorettes
Screenplay
The Majorettes
Novel
The Majorettes
Producer
Dead Good Night
Screenstory
Night of the Living Dead
Original Film Writer
Night of the Living Dead 3D
Original Film Writer
Night of the Living Dead Live
Original Film Writer
Spawn of the Living Dead
Writer
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {26}

Washington Military Reporter

1968-10-04 7.614

Night of the Living Dead

A group of strangers trapped in a farmhouse find themselves fending off a horde of recently dead, flesh-eating ghouls. ...
Genre :Horror

Self

2021-09-17 5

The History of Metal and Horror

A documentary that explores the history of heavy metal music, horror films, and how the two genres have merged together over time. ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

Detective

1996-10-22 3.1

Santa Claws

A young man finds his divorced mother having sex with a man in a Santa Claus hat and shoots them both dead. Years later, now thinking he is Santa Claus, the man develops an obsession with an erotic ho ...
Genre :Horror

Himself

1993-10-01 10

Zombie Jamboree

A documentary on the Zombie Jamboree, the 25th Anniversary of Night of the Living Dead convention that took place in 1993. Guests included numerous cast and crew of the Romero Living Dead movies as we ...
Genre :Horror, Documentary

Lewis Smith

2023-11-23 3.563

Crackcoon

When a synthetically-altered street drug is discarded in the woods by a drug dealer during a car chase with police, the fallout proves nothing less than horrific when an innocent raccoon eats it, tran ...
Genre :Horror, Comedy

Coroner

1986-10-27 4.9

The Majorettes

A hooded psycho is murdering high-school girls. A devil-worshiping, drug-dealing biker gang is suspected. ...
Genre :Horror, Action, Crime, Mystery

Father Stephen

2020-10-29 3.5

Midnight

A teenage girl named Nancy runs away from home to escape an abusive relationship. She is befriended by a couple on a camping trip, however, their trip turns deadly when the group is attacked by a Sata ...
Genre :Horror

Himself

2011-10-18 7.6

More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead

Retrospective documentary about the making of the horror cult classic "The Return of the Living Dead." ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2022-04-09 0

Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film

A feature-length documentary exploring the history of the Spanish zombie film. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2014-01-28 0

Dead Meat Walking: A Zombie Walk Documentary

A real-life zombie epidemic is spreading. Inspired by the increasing popularity of zombie movies and television shows, men, women, and children across the globe use gruesome makeup and costumes to bec ...
Genre :Documentary, Horror

John A. Russo

2023-11-03 2

Slice 2! Children of the Course

The Bogey man has played eighteen holes of terror and opened the gates of hell! Only Chase Webb and Jack Pepper banshee hunter can save the world from demons, monsters, and big breasted banshees! Can ...
Genre :Horror

Self (archival footage)

2009-09-22 0

Autopsy of the Dead

Board up the windows and doors! More than 40 years after filming the 1968 horror masterpiece Night of the Living Dead, the 'dead' return in the all-new documentary Autopsy of the Dead. Packed with ext ...
Genre :Documentary

Himself

2024-03-02 0

My Life with the Living Dead

MY LIFE WITH THE LIVING DEAD is a documentary feature based on the career of John A. Russo - the man who created flesh eating zombies and co-wrote the 1968 classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. ...
Genre :Documentary

Himself

1989-01-01 6.5

Horror Effects: Hosted by Tom Savini

Tom Savini has served as a makeup artist for some of Hollywood's most terrifying -- and disgusting -- creature features. In this instructional program, he takes fans behind the scenes to reveal the se ...
Genre :Documentary

Himself

1987-01-02 6

Drive-In Madness!

A compilation of trailers and previews from classic low-budget sci-fi and horror films. ...
Genre :Documentary, Horror

Self

2004-10-01 3.5

UnConventional

Halloween 2003 marked the 13th anniversary of the Chiller Theatre Horror Movie Convention ... but there was nothing conventional about it. UnConventional is Revolution Earth's second feature-length do ...
Genre :Horror, Documentary

Uncle John

2017-10-01 1.667

My Uncle John Is a Zombie!

A zombie kept in hiding by his niece and nephew for over forty years suddenly becomes famous when the world discovers he can talk and reason as though he were alive. As his popularity grows, he is dis ...
Genre :Horror, Comedy

Self

2015-10-16 6.5

Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini

Tom Savini is one of the greatest special effects legends in the history of cinema, but little is known about his personal life until now. For the first time ever a feature length film has covered not ...
Genre :Documentary

Minister

1990-01-01 2.5

The Inheritor

When her twin sister dies in an area called Windsor Lake, a young woman teams up with a local cop to try to find out what happened. ...
Genre :Horror

Doctor / Various Characters (uncredited)

1976-09-01 4.4

The Booby Hatch

The creators of the original NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD bring you THE BOOBY HATCH, a zany comedy full of schlocky humor, nudity and sex! Sweet and innocent Cherry Jankowski (Sharon Joy Miller) is a prod ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

2015-08-01 7

Chronicles of the Living Dead

The inside story of the important horror classic "Night of the Living Dead" as told by those who were there and those who were inspired by it. Including rare archival interviews, new interviews and vi ...
Genre :Documentary

Burt

2017-07-21 4.25

Killer Campout

Two youth counselors bring a group of emotionally troubled teens deep into the woods for a weekend of solitude and confrontational therapy. The trip turns deadly when they are terrorized by a cannibal ...
Genre :Horror

Self

2023-05-16 5

Stale Popcorn & Sticky Floors

Take a front row seat as we sit down to chat with some of the creators and stars of the best and most beloved exploitation and grindhouse films of the 1970s and 80s. Featuring interviews with John Dug ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

1999-01-01 0

The Dead Walk: Remaking a Classic

Documentary about the making of "Night of the Living Dead" (1990) featuring interviews with director Tom Savini, producers and effects artists. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

1999-01-01 0

The Devil Ant

A barrel of radioactive waste dumped by a careless mad scientist turns an ordinary ant into the Fearsome Formicid - The Devil Ant. ...
Genre :Comedy, Horror

Self

1988-08-05 10

The Incredibly Strange Film Show

A series of documentaries focusing on the world of psychotronic movies; focusing on the lives of filmakers such as Hershell Gordon Lewis, Saim Raimi, Doris Wishman, Ed Wood Jr, and Tsui Hark. Covers w ...
Genre :Documentary