Two Sentence Horror StoriesJeffrey Reddick
S1E8 - Get A (Plant) Life!
Jeffrey Reddick made his first connection to the film industry at age 14 when he wrote a prequel to “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and mailed it Bob Shaye, the President of New Line Cinema. Bob returned the unsolicited material. But the persistent young kid, from Eastern Kentucky, wrote Bob a passionate letter and won him over. Five years later, when Jeffrey went to New York, at age 19, Bob Shaye offered him an internship at New Line Cinema, which turned into an 11-year stint at the studio.
Jeffrey shot to horror fame with the creation of Final Destination, which was produced and released by New Line Cinema. He also created a little bit of history by becoming the first person of color to create a horror film franchise released by a major motion picture studio. Jeffrey shot to horror fame with the creation of Final Destination, which was produced and released by New Line Cinema. He also created history by becoming the first person of color to create a horror film franchise released by a major motion picture studio. As a writer and producer Jeffrey has sold, or optioned, over 40 projects for film and television.
Jeffrey’s produced feature credits include Lionsgate’s thriller, Tamara, the remake of George Romero’s classic, Day of the Dead and The Call, starring Lin Shaye and Tobin Bell. In television, Jeffrey served as a supervising producer on Season 3 of HereTv’s Dante’s Cove and a story editor on Season 2 of NBC’s Midnight, Texas and has written on two animated series for Netflix; A Tale Dark and Grimm and Samurai Rabbit, The Usagi Chronicles. Jeffrey Reddick’s feature directorial debut Don’t Look Back, a mystery thriller, was released on October 2021. Jeffrey is slated to direct his next film, Dead Rules, in Spring of 2022.
