Brad Sykes Explained

Brad Sykes
Occupation:	Film director, producer, screenwriter
Yearsactive:	1998–present
Spouse:	Josephina Sykes

Brad Sykes is an American screenwriter and film director.

Biography

Sykes attended Boston University's film program.^[1] After moving to Los Angeles, Sykes made his feature debut with the horror comedy Scream Queen.^[2]

Sykes has since written and directed multiple horror films, including Camp Blood and its first two sequels. Sykes' other writing-directing credits include Goth, Mad Jack, Demon's Kiss, and Plaguers.

As of 2016, Sykes lives in Los Angeles with his wife, producer Josephina Sykes, where they operate Nightfall Pictures, a development and production company.^[3] Sykes published his first book "Terror in the Desert: Dark Cinema of the American Southwest" (McFarland and Co.) in 2018.^[4]

Filmography

Writer-director only

• Camp Blood (V – direct-to-video release, 1999)
• Nightmare in Shallow Point (2000; writer only)
• Camp Blood 2 (V, 2000)
• Babes in the Woods (V, 2000)
• Mad Jack (V, 2000; also producer)
• Zombie Chronicles (V, 2001; director only)
• Evil Sister 2 (V, 2001)
• B-Witched (V, 2001)
• Witchcraft XII: In the Lair of the Serpent (V, 2002)
• Loving Angelique (V, 2002)
• Death Factory (V, 2002)
• The Coven (V, 2002; director only)
• Demon's Kiss (V, 2002)
• Lord of the Vampires (2002; also producer)
• Liars (V, 2002; writer only)
• Scream Queen (V, 2002)^[5]
• The Pact (2003; writer only)
• Goth (V, 2003)
• Bloody Tease (V, 2004; director only)
• Within the Woods (unofficial third Camp Blood film) (V, 2005)
• Mutation (V, 2006)
• Plaguers (2008)
• "Hi-8" /"Horror Independent 8" (2013)
• "Hi-Death" (2018)
• "Hi-Fear" (2022)

Producer

• Dead Letters aka Cold Ones (2009; co-producer)
• Burying the Ex (2008; producer)
• Burying the Ex (2014; co-executive producer)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brad Sykes Bostonia . 2024-06-24 . Boston University . en.
2. Web site: Millican . Josh . 2019-11-20 . Trailer: "In Space, Everyone Screams"! Cult Classic PLAGUERS Available in 10th Aniversary Edition . 2024-06-24 . Dread Central . en-US.
3. Web site: Martin . Todd . 2016-10-02 . Interview: Brad Sykes (Hi-Death, Goth, Camp Blood, Death Factory) . 2024-06-24 . Horror News . en-US.
4. Web site: 16 April 2018 . Terror in the Desert: Dark Cinema of the American Southwest . 18 March 2023 . Barnes & Noble.
5. Web site: Schafer . Josh . 2014-09-03 . Veteran Filmmaker Brad Sykes Brings Together Old and New SOV Elite to Create the Throwback Horror Anthology HI-8! . 2024-06-24 . Lunchmeat VHS . en.