David J. Schow | |
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 Schow during the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike | |
| Born | David James Schow July 13, 1955 |
| Pen name | Stephen Grave, Oliver Lowenbruck, Chan McConnell |
| Occupation | |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1977–present |
| Genre | Horror fiction, splatterpunk |
David James Schow (born July 13, 1955) is an American author of horror novels, short stories, and screenplays. [1] [2] His credits include films such as Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III , The Crow and The Hills Run Red . Most of Schow's work falls into the subgenre splatterpunk, a term he is sometimes credited with coining. [3] In the 1990s, Schow wrote Raving & Drooling, a regular column for Fangoria magazine. All 41 installments were collected in the book Wild Hairs (2000), winning the International Horror Guild Award for best non-fiction in 2001.
Contents
- Bibliography
- Novels
- Short story collections
- Non-fiction
- As editor
- Screenplays
- Literary Awards
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
In 1987, Schow's novella Pamela's Get was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Best Long Fiction. His short story Red Light won the 1987 World Fantasy Award for Short Fiction. [4] During the 1991 World Horror Convention, he served as Master of Ceremonies along with John Skipp, Craig Spector and Richard Christian Matheson. [5] And in 2015, The Outer Limits at 50 won the Rondo Award for Book of the Year in a tie with The Creature Chronicles by Tom Weaver, of which Schow was a contributor. [6]
As an editor, Schow's work includes three volumes of writings by Robert Bloch and a book of short stories by John Farris.
Schow has also been a past contributor to liner notes for cult film distributors Grindhouse Releasing/Box Office Spectaculars, notably on the North American DVD release of Italian filmmaker Lucio Fulci's horror film, Cat in the Brain . [7] [8] [9] He has also written text supplements for the DVDs of Reservoir Dogs and From Hell, and has done DVD commentaries for The Dirty Dozen , The Green Mile , Incubus , Thriller and Creature from the Black Lagoon . [10] In 2013, he was interviewed for a documentary film Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th . [11] The 2018 Kino Lorber Blu-ray and DVD editions of both seasons of The Outer Limits feature commentary by Schow on several episodes as well as booklet essays written by him. [12]
