Jeffrey Obrow

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Jeffrey Obrow is an American film director and a professor at USC School of Cinematic Arts. [1] He has also produced many music videos with Propaganda Films.

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Career

Obrow's first project, The Dorm That Dripped Blood , was underfinanced but through that low budget a new type of horror movie trope emerged by accident (flashlit basements). [2]

Filmography

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References

  1. "USC Summer Film Program - Faculty". Archived from the original on 2008-02-24. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
  2. Normanton, Peter. "Mammoth Book of Slasher Movies". Google Books. Peter Normanton. Retrieved 27 July 2018.