Joel M. Reed

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1933-12-20

Deathday 2020-04-12 (86 years old)

Place of Birth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Joel M. Reed

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joel M. Reed is an American film director, producer and writer. Reed is best known for directing the controversial Blood Sucking Freaks. Blood Sucking Freaks was a notorious horror comedy that has since achieved cult status but upon its initial release was the subject of protests. Reed is also known for the films The G.I. Executioner, Career Bed, Blood Bath, and Night of the Zombies. Reed wrote and directed Blood Bath (Terror, Night and the City) which was produced by the Trans-Orient Entertainment Corporation and had a budget of $100,000. In a 1974 interview with The New York Times, he described the film as a "contemporary, episodic occult-horror adventure". Harve Presnell starred in the film as a producer of horror films who arranges in his studio a Black Mass. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joel M. Reed, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Writer

1981
1976
1975
Blood Bath

as Writer

1971
Wit's End

as Screenplay

1969
Career Bed

as Screenplay

1968

Actor

2014
2012
I Spill Your Guts

as The Veteran

2011
Dead Eye

as Uncle Joe

1981
Night of the Zombies

as Neo-Nazi CIA Informer

1969
Career Bed

as Sound man / Prof. Carlton (uncredited)

1968
Sex by Advertisement

as Sadist in Park / Transvestite (uncredited)

Director

1981
1976
1975
Blood Bath

as Director

1971
Wit's End

as Director

1969
Career Bed

as Director

1968

Editor

1968