David J. Schow (born July 13, 1955) is an American author of

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, and screenplays. His credits include films such as '' Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III'', ''

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'' and '' The Hills Run Red''. Most of Schow's work falls into the subgenre

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, a term he is sometimes credited with coining. In the 1990s, Schow wrote ''Raving & Drooling'', a regular column for ''

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'' magazine. All 41 installments were collected in the book ''Wild Hairs'' (2000), winning the International Horror Guild's award for best non-fiction in 2001. In 1987, Schow's novella ''Pamela's Get'' was nominated for a

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for best long fiction. His short story ''Red Light'' won the 1987

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for Best Short Fiction. 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. As an editor, Schow's work includes three volumes of writings by

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and a book of short stories by John Farris. Schow has also been a past contributor to

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for cult film distributors

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, notably on the North American DVD release of Italian filmmaker

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's horror film, '' Cat in the Brain''.Icons of Fright News and Updates: Lucio Fulci's Cat in the Brain Coming to DVD March 31st
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and

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, and has done DVD commentaries for

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, The Green Mile,

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, Thriller and

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. An upcoming Blu Ray and DVD edition of season one of The Outer Limits features commentary by Schow on several episodes as well as a booklet essay written by him.

Bibliography

Novels

* ''The Kill Riff'' (1988) * ''The Shaft'' (1990) * ''Rock Breaks Scissors Cut'' (2003) * ''Bullets of Rain'' (2003) * ''Gun Work'' (2008) * ''Hunt Among the Killers of Men'' (2010) (under the pseudonym "Gabriel Hunt") * ''Internecine'' (2010) * ''Upgunned'' (2012) * ''The Big Crush'' (2019)

Short story collections

* ''Seeing Red'' (1990) * ''Lost Angels'' (1990) * ''Black Leather Required'' (1994) * ''Crypt Orchids'' (1998) * ''Eye'' (2001) * ''Zombie Jam'' (2005) * ''Havoc Swims Jaded'' (2006) * ''A Little Aqua Book of Creature Tails'' (2014) * ''DJSturbia'' (2016) * ''DJStories: The Best of David J. Schow'' (2018) * ''Monster Movies'' (2020) * ''Weird Doom'' (2021) * ''Suite 13'' (forthcoming)

Non-fiction

* ''The Outer Limits: The Official Companion'' (1986) (with Jeffrey Frentzen) * ''The Outer Limits Companion'' (1998) * ''Wild Hairs'' (2001) * ''The Art of Drew Struzan'' (2010) (with Drew Struzan) * ''The Outer Limits at 50'' (2015) * ''The Ultimate Outer Limits Companion'' (forthcoming)

As editor

* ''Silver Scream'' (1988) * ''The Lost Bloch Volume 1: The Devil with You'' (1999) * ''The Lost Bloch Volume 2: Hell on Earth'' (2000) * ''The Lost Bloch Volume 3: Crimes and Punishments'' (2002) * ''Elvisland'' (2003) (by John Farris)

Screenplays

* ''

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—"Safe Sex"'' (1989) * '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child'' (1989) (uncredited) * '' Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III'' (1990) * ''

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'' (1991) * ''

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'' (1992) * ''

'' (1994) * '' The Outer Limits—"Corner of the Eye"'' (1995) * ''The Outer Limits—"The Voice of Reason"'' (1995) (excerpts) * ''Perversions of Science—"The Exile"'' (1997) * ''The Hunger—"Red Light"'' (1997) * '' The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning'' (2006) * '' Masters of Horror—"Pick Me Up"'' (2006) * '' Masters of Horror—"We All Scream for Ice Cream"'' (2007) * '' The Hills Run Red'' (2009) * ''

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'' —''"His Banana Majesty"'' (2013) * ''

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'' —''"The Finger"'' (2019) * ''

'' —''"Bunny Didn't Tell Us"'' (2021) (unaired) "Seeing More Better Redder (1990-2021)" in David J. Schow, ''Seeing Red''. Santa Clara, CA : Cimarron Street Books, 2021, . * ''

'' —''"Mums"'' (2021) (with

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) (based on a story by Joe Hill)

References

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