Chad Ferrin is an American

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Biography

Ferrin first broke into the film industry as a production assistant on films such as '' Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers'' and '' Hellraiser: Bloodline''. He moved on to directing episodes of the

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television series '' Troma's Edge TV''. '' Unspeakable'' marked Ferrin's writing and feature directing debut. The film, shot for $20,000,DVDTalk review of ''Unspeakable: SE''
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The Ghouls ''The Ghouls'' (also known as ''Cannibal Dead: The Ghouls'') is a 2003 independent American horror film that was written and directed by Chad Ferrin. Plot Eric Hayes (Timothy Muskatell) makes his living as a news stringer finding gruesome atroc ...

''. Called "a no-budget horror opus"''The Ghouls''
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for $15,000. After ''The Ghouls'', Ferrin directed one segment of the Troma film '' Tales from the Crapper'' in 2004. This direct-to-

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and

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. Ferrin's film '' Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill! '' has become a cult classic with horror fans worldwide. The DVD for Chad's film

Someone's Knocking at the Door ''Someone's Knocking at the Door'' is a 2009 American comedy horror film co-written, directed and produced by Chad Ferrin. The film stars Noah Segan, Andrea Rueda, Ezra Buzzington, Jon Budinoff, Silvia Spross, Elina Madison, Ricardo Gray, Lew T ...

was released on 25 May 2010. Both of Ferrin's films ''Someone's Knocking at the Door'' and ''Easter Bunny Kill! Kill!'' are part of the Dark Delicacies collection 2010. Chad is set to direct the horror/thriller Dances With Werewolves in 3-D. Ferrin narrated his film ''Someone's Knocking at the Door'' upon its re-release on 24 July 2010 at the Sci-Fi Center in Sin City. Chad is the director of the upcoming 2016 horror film ''The Chair'', based on the graphic novel from Alterna Comics, and starring

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. Chad is also set to direct, produce the forthcoming western thriller ''Horse''.

Partial filmography

Actor

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'' (2003) – Father **aka ''Cannibal Dead: The Ghouls'' (UK: video title) *''Troma's Edge TV'' (2000) – Chad Ferrin *'' Unspeakable'' (2000) – Joey

Writer

*'' Parasites'' (2016) *''

'' (2011) *'' Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill!'' (2006) *''

'' (2003) **aka ''Cannibal Dead: The Ghouls'' (UK: video title) *'' Unspeakable'' (2000)

Director

*''Pig Killer'' (2022) *''

The Deep Ones ''The Deep Ones'' (also known as ''H.P. Lovecraft's the Deep Ones'' or ''H.P. Lovecraft was a Deep One'') is a 2020 American horror science fiction film written and directed by Chad Ferrin and based on H.P. Lovecraft's 1931 novel ''The Shadow o ...

'' (2020) *''

Exorcism at 60,000 Feet ''Exorcism at 60,000 Feet'' is a 2019 comedy horror film that was directed by Chad Ferrin, based on a script written by Robert Rhine and Daniel Benton. Rhine also served as one of the film's producers and as one of the actors. Synopsis The mov ...

'' (2020) *''Horse'' (2017) *''Parasites'' (2016) *''The Chair'' (2016) *''

'' (2011) *'' Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill!'' (2006) *'' Tales from the Crapper'' (2004) *''

'' (2003) *'' Unspeakable'' (2000)

References

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