Recently his screenplay for Escape of the Living Dead was made into a five-part comic book released by Avatar to great acclaim it made the Top Ten of Horror Comics nationally and spawned two graphic novels and ten sequels. He has had a long, rewarding career, and he shows no signs of slowing down. John Russo wants people to know he’s “just a nice guy who likes to scare people” - and he’s done it with novels and films such as Return of the Living Dead, Midnight, The Majorettes, and Heartstopper. Quentin Tarantino and many other noted filmmakers have stated that Russo’s books helped them launch their careers. His books on the art and craft of movie making, such as How to Make Exciting Money Making Movies, have become bibles of independent production. John Russo – With twenty books published internationally and nineteen feature movies in worldwide distribution, John Russo has been called a “living legend.” He began by co-authoring the screenplay for Night of the Living Dead, which has become recognized as a “horror classic.”
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