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John A Russo


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John A. Russo, sometimes credited as Jack Russo or John Russo, is an American screenwriter and film director most commonly associated with the 1968 horror classic Night of the Living Dead. As a screenwriter, his credits include Night of the Living Dead, The Majorettes, Midnight, and Santa Claws the latter two he also directed. He has also performed small roles as an actor, most notably the first zombie who is stabbed in the head in Night of the Living Dead as well as cameos in There's Always Vanilla and House of Frankenstein 1997.
 


Genres: Horror, Western
 
New and upcoming books
September 2024

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Dead Time in Deadwood
 
October 2024

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Channel 666
 
October 2024

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A Long-Ago Murder
 
November 2024

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Dead Boys
 
Novels
   The Majorettes (1979)
   Midnight (1980)
   Limb to Limb (1981)
   Black Cat (1982)
   Bloodsisters (1982)
   The Awakening (1983)
   Day Care (1985)
   Inhuman (1986)
   Voodoo Dawn (1987)
   Day of the Dead (1988) (with George A Romero)
   Living Things (1988)
   Hell's Creation (1995)
   Dealey Plaza (2012)
   The Academy (2014)
   The Booby Hatch (2014)
   Belly Timber (2015) (with Solon Tsangaras and Gary Lee Vincent)
   My Uncle John Is A Zombie! (2018)
   The Darkest Web (2022)
   The Night They Came Home (2022)
   The Unearthly (2022)
   Weep No More (2022)
   Etta (2022)
   The Killer Next Door (2022)
   Dead Lives Matter (2022)
   The Sanity Ward (2023)
   Passion, Pleasure, and Pain (2023)
   The Hog Lady (2023)
   The Hate Crime (2024)
   1-800-Vampire (2024)
   Die Laughing (2024)
   Dead Time in Deadwood (2024)
   Channel 666 (2024)
   A Long-Ago Murder (2024)
   Dead Boys (2024)
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Collections
   Holiday of the Dead (2011) (with others)
   Murder, Mayhem, Mystery (2013)
   John Russo's Dirty Jokes (2021)
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Books containing stories by John A Russo
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A Time For Violence (2019)
Stories with an Edge
edited by
Andy Rausch and Chris Roy
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Horror 201: The Silver Scream (2015)
edited by
Emma Audsley and Joe Mynhardt

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John A Russo recommends
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The Desert (2007)
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