Eric Spudic

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Eric Spudic
Born (1979-06-07) June 7, 1979 (age 46)
Mount Olive, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, screenwriter, film director, stunt performer, stunt coordinator
Notable work Maniacal
Night of the Tommyknockers
Relatives Fred Olen Ray (cousin)

Eric Spudic is an American actor, screenwriter, film director, stuntman and stunt coordinator.

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Spudic is a distant cousin of film director Fred Olen Ray. [1]

Career

Spudic is known for such films as Psycho Santa, [1] [2] [3] Prey starring Ryan Phillippe, [4] Troma Entertainment's Zombiegeddon , [5] Dead Clowns, [1] [6] Aquanoids , [7] Night of the Bastard, [8] Creepies, [1] Driller, [9] Night of the Tommyknockers , [10] Bikini Chain Gang [11] and Maniacal . [12]

Spudic was also a contributor to the non-fiction horror themed book trilogy My Favorite Horror Movie alongside other such contributors as Film Threat writer Chris Gore, drummer London May of the heavy metal band Samhain, author C. Courtney Joyner and scream queen and horror actress Felissa Rose. [13]

Directorial debut

Spudic made his feature directorial debut with the revenge film Killers by Nature starring Spudic, Jason Contini, William Clifton and Nicholas J. Hearne. [1]

In his review for Killers by Nature Bill Gibron of DVD Talk said that Spudic, "Appears to have a sense for the basics of moviemaking – i.e. focus, framing and editing," adding, "Though there is nothing stopping Eric Spudic from making it big in movies – "B" or otherwise – this preliminary attempt at motion picture production doesn't bode well for his artistic, or financial, future." [1]

Media

Christopher Null of Contactmusic.com gave Spudic's film Maniacal a 2/5, and opened his review with, "I've not laughed this hard at a horror movie in years," adding, "Eric Spudic's script is predictable." [12]

Conversely, Joe Bob Briggs stated in his review for Maniacal, "What the script lacks in originality, and the execution lacks in acting, is more than made up for by some of the most gruesome special effects you'll see this side of the 60 Minutes makeup room." [14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gibron, Bill (November 14, 2005). "Killers By Nature". DVD Talk. Archived from the original on August 11, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Psycho Santa". Psychotronic Video . No. 40. Internet Archive. 2004. p. 70.
  3. ↑ "Psycho Santa". Screen Rant .
  4. ↑ "Prey". IMDb. 2024.
  5. ↑ Gibron, Bill (July 1, 2006). "Zombiegeddon". DVD Talk.
  6. ↑ Gibron, Bill (July 22, 2007). "Dead Clowns". DVD Talk.
  7. ↑ Condit, Jon (2005-05-31). "Aquanoids (2003)". Dread Central . Retrieved 2015-03-03.Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  8. ↑ "Night of the Bastard". Dark Sky Films.
  9. ↑ Buchanan, Jason. "Driller". AllMovie . Retrieved November 16, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Night of the Tommyknockers". Screen Rant.
  11. ↑ "Bikini Chain Gang / Bikini Airways DVD (Double Feature)", Blu-ray.com, retrieved 2024-01-05
  12. 1 2 Null, Christopher (November 2005). "Maniacal". contactmusic.com. Contactmusic.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  13. ↑ Millican, Josh (June 16, 2020). "MY FAVORITE HORROR MOVIE Writers Raise Funds for Black Lives Matter". Dread Central.
  14. ↑ Briggs, Joe Bob (11 December 2002). "Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In: Maniacal". upi.com. United Press International . Retrieved 21 February 2016.


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