Mark Thomas McGee (born 1947 in San Gabriel, California) is a screenwriter and author. Most of his movie work was for Fred Olen Ray and Jim Wynorski. Although he played bit parts in some of these movies, he is not an actor and has been confused with a Mark McGee who actually is an actor. When he was in high school, Mark teamed with Dennis Muren and David Allen to make The Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural, released to theaters in an altered version by producer Jack H. Harris. He is also the author of a number of books on motion pictures, mostly concerning low budget movies and their makers. He is retired and living in Palm Desert where he continues to write books. He wrote a book on

Roger Corman Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American film director, producer, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of Corman's films are based on works t ...

and told Corman that he wanted to write a script for him. McGee did drafts of ''

Sorority House Massacre II ''Sorority House Massacre II'' (also known as ''Sorority House Massacre II: Nighty Nightmare'') is a 1990 American slasher film directed by Jim Wynorski, featuring scream queens Melissa Ann Moore and Gail Harris (credited as Robyn Harris). Much ...

'' (1989) that were not used. He also wrote an un-used script for

Joe Solomon Joseph Stanislaus Solomon (born 26 August 1930) is a former international cricketer who played 27 Test matches for the West Indies from 1958 to 1965, scoring 1,326 runs, mainly from number six and seven in the batting line-up. He was born in ...

and did a week's work on the script for ''

Transylvania Twist ''Transylvania Twist'' is a 1989 comedy film that parodies horror films. Originally released by Concord Production Inc., this film is distributed on home video by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In the film Angus Scrimm reprises his role of the "Tall Man" ...

'' with

Jim Wynorski Jim Wynorski (born August 14, 1950) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. Wynorski has been making B-movies and exploitation movies since the early 1980s, and has directed over 150 feature films. His earliest films were releas ...

. He was fired at the behest of

. However when Wynorski hired MgGee to work on the script for ''

Hard to Die ''Sorority House Massacre III: Hard to Die'' (also known as ''Tower of Terror'' or simply ''Hard to Die'') is a 1990 American slasher film written by Mark Thomas McGee and James B. Rogers, directed by Jim Wynorski, and starring Gail Harris and M ...

'' Corman did not object.

Select screenplay credits

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Equinox A solar equinox is a moment in time when the Sun crosses the Earth's equator, which is to say, appears directly above the equator, rather than north or south of the equator. On the day of the equinox, the Sun appears to rise "due east" and se ...

'' (1970) *'' Bad Girls from Mars'' (1990) *''

'' (1990) *'' Inner Sanctum'' (1991) *''

Stepmonster ''Stepmonster'' is a 1993 American comedy horror film directed by Jeremy Stanford, executive produced by Roger Corman, and starring Alan Thicke, Robin Riker, George Gaynes, Ami Dolenz, Corey Feldman, Edie McClurg, John Astin, and Billy Corben. It ...

'' (1993) *''

Sins of Desire ''Sins of Desire'' is a 1993 erotic thriller directed by Jim Wynorski and starring Tanya Roberts. The film was one of the first of many low-budget erotic thrillers inspired by the success of ''Basic Instinct'' (1992) and made primarily for the vid ...

'' (1993) *''

Mind Twister ''Mind Twister'' is a 1994 American erotic thriller film directed by Fred Olen Ray, written by Mark Thomas McGee, and produced by Luigi Cingolani and Smart Egg Pictures. After the profitable release of his previous erotic thriller '' Inner Sanct ...

'' (1994) *''

Possessed by the Night ''Possessed by the Night'' is a 1994 erotic thriller directed by Fred Olen Ray, who also co-wrote and had a brief appearance in the film. It also stars Shannon Tweed. Synopsis When a horror writer named Howard Hansen buys an oversized jar contai ...

'' (1994) *'' Sorceress'' (1995) *'' Witch Academy'' (1995)

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*''J. D. Films: Juvenile Delinquency in the Movies'' with R.J. Robertson (1982) *''Fast and Furious: The Story of American International Pictures'' (1984) *''The Little Shop of Horrors Book'' with John McCarty (1988) *''Faster and Furiouser: Revised and Fattened Fable of American International Pictures'' (1996) *''Roger Corman: The Best of the Cheap Acts'' (1998) *''Beyond Ballyhoo: Motion Picture Promotion and Gimmicks'' (2001) *''The Rock and Roll Movie Encyclopedia of the 1950s'' (2002) *''Invasion of the Body Snatchers: The Making of a Classic'' (2012) *''You Won't Believe Your Eyes: A Front Row Look at the Sci-Fi Horror Films of the 50s'' (2013) with R.J. Robertson *''Talk's Cheap, Action's Expensive - The Films of Robert L. Lippert '' (2014) *''Katzman, Nicholson, Corman Shaping Hollywood's Future'' (2016) Bullets Are My Business (2021) NovelAmazon

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