Jack Ketchum

Jack Ketchum

Born: November 10, 1946
Died: January 24, 2018
in Newark, New Jersey, USA
Jack Ketchum is the pseudonym for American author Dallas Mayr (born in Livingston, New Jersey on November 10, 1946). He is the recipient of four Bram Stoker Awards and three further nominations. Many of his novels have been adapted to film, including The Girl Next Door (2007 film) and Red (2008 film). In 2011 Ketchum received the World Horror Convention Grand Master Award for outstanding contribution to the horror genre.

Ketchum lives in New York City.

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Movies for Jack Ketchum...

The Life of Death
Title: The Life of Death
Character: Himself
Released: December 15, 2015
Type: Movie
This documentary explores how death is perceived by group horror professionals and its influence on their work. Includes interviews and insights from Troma head honcho Lloyd Kaufman, artist Bob Fingerman, Jack Ketchum, special effects artist Tom Sullivan and Scream Queens Debbie Rochon and Caroline Munro, along with a host of many other others.
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Offspring
Title: Offspring
Character: Max Joseph
Released: February 5, 2009
Type: Movie
The local sheriff of Dead River, Maine, thought he had killed them off ten years ago -- a primitive, cave-dwelling tribe of cannibalistic savages. But somehow the clan survived. To breed. To hunt. To kill and eat. And now the peaceful residents of this isolated town are fighting for their lives...
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Red
Title: Red
Character: Bartender (as Dallas Mayr)
Released: August 8, 2008
Type: Movie
Avery, a reclusive older man, has a best friend in his dog, Red. When three teens kill Red without reason, Avery sets out for justice and redemption, attempting to follow the letter of the law. But when the law fails him, and the boys' father clearly defines right and wrong in his own way, Avery must avenge himself by any means possible.
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The Lost
Title: The Lost
Character: Teddy Panik
Released: March 11, 2006
Type: Movie
A charismatic psycho suspected of killing two innocent campers in a cold-blooded double homicide grows increasingly unstable as his suburban empire starts to crack at the foundations.