Bio

Eric Red is a master storyteller, beginning with his first script in which he single handedly made picking up a hitchhiker as scary as Jaws did with going back in the water. After 30 years, The Hitcher remains one of the most popular horror movies ever and has continued running on cable and now streaming all over the world. His next film, Near Dark, completely changed the world of vampires by delivering some truly distinctive twists and themes to a very familiar genre and still inspires current movies and TV shows like Twilight and The Vampire Diaries. The same can be said for many of his other films that showcase his unique perspective on werewolves, body transplants and even mobsters.

His film, 100 Feet, starring Famke Jansen and Bobby Canavale “will be remembered as one of his best” hails top horror review site, Bloody Disgusting. The Hitchcockian thriller took the J-film genre to the next level with its uniquely personal psychological torture. Scream Magazine says, “Like Red’s best work – from his intense power script trio of the original HITCHER, the moody vampire pic NEAR DARK, and the glossy thriller BLUE STEEL; to his directorial wham-bang double of COHEN & TATE and the awesomely bonkers BODY PARTS – 100 FEET is another concentrated blast of slick entertainment.”

Mr. Red continues to challenge the status quo in any genre he tackles. Most recently his new best-selling western novel series Noose has been hailed as breathing new life into the Western genre by Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Roundup Magazine, Scream Magazine and Historical Novels Review. True West Magazine recently had this to say, “When Red brings his modern pacing and gift for gore to the classic Western genre, the result is something like the bloody lovechild of Jack Reacher and Louis L’Amour. Pulp Fiction meets High Noon, and it’s glorious.”

Whether the genre is horror, thriller or western, Mr. Red’s talent is digging into the psychology of people’s fears and bringing those front and center to the imagination. Comic Book Review said this about Mr. Red’s graphic novel, Containment. “How can you beat zombies in space? How can you top having Eric Red, screenwriter on the horrifying vampire movie Near Dark, creating a comic book where astronauts are millions of miles away in outer space, trying to fight off flesh-eating zombies? You can’t, so you just sit back and enjoy every creepy moment of it.”

In 1998, Stephen King proclaimed The Hitcher and Near Dark were on his top five desert island films in The New York Post. In 2019, The Hitcher remains on his list in a recent interview with JoBlo.com.

Mr. Red’s works have garnered a huge audience and deep fan loyalty over the years as his projects continue to inspire and push the envelope. Throughout his career, he has always featured strong women characters and female-driven stories from Blue Steel, Bad Moon, 100 Feet to the Noose series.