The most common one is most likely, the lack of a third act. Most of my films do not have happy endings or any endings at all for that matter. I don't like having filmmakers tie up all the loose ends for me at the end of a film so I tend to go out of the way to leave as many possibilities open at the end of the movie. But other than that, I have tried to make these films as different as possible. ‘Orgy of Blood’ is a very old time Gothic mixed with 70's Italian where as ‘Vaginal Holocaust’ is an homage to ‘I Spit on Your Grave’, and ‘Caged Lesbos’ is a crappy 60's film shot on crappy 60's set pieces. ‘He’ is very much a psychological horror and ‘Corporate Cut Throat’ is a Horror Comedy. And then ‘O.C. Babes’ is just awful. It’s really bad but in a fun way. I try to keep the films very far apart in terms of look, color and scope. The film that we just wrapped a couple days ago, ‘The Brothers Cannibal’, is by far my best film up ‘til now. It’s a dark comedy and looks beautiful.

I imagine filming that many films also is sort of a crash course in film making, especially since you tend to direct, produce, write, edit, compose, act as cinematographer, etc.  What things are the biggest lessons you have learned that you would like to pass on to all the novice filmmakers out there?  

It is. It is a crash course in filmmaking for sure. I didn't go to film school so i got most of my learning from books on film making (Rebel without a Crew, Make your own Damn Movie are two of my fave's) and also watching the commentaries on DVDs. not the fun ones with the cast but the boring ones with the sound editor or the color timer or whatever other boring ass job you can have on a project. You learn loads listening to those and then you have the visual aid right there. I do get this question a lot and my answer is still the same. Make your fucking movie. Just make it. If you run out of money, if you break up with your girlfriend and can't use her place anymore to shoot in, it doesn't matter. Finish the film. Finish it any way that you can. Like when I got my budget cut down by 2/3's while making ‘O.C. Babes’, I had only shot 30 pages of a 90 page script. I used cuts from ‘Night of the Living Dead’ in there. Not the best idea ever, but the film was done, it got picked up and now it’s everywhere getting bad reviews but, I finished the film. I know a lot of people who call themselves filmmakers who have never made a film. They have this great script that they have been sitting on for the last 5 years or so and hanging on to maybes and what ifs. The only way you are going to get your first film made, is to freaking make it. The other thing I learned is that the film is a living breathing creature that has a mind of its own. It will change from your script. Something will happen that will force you to rewrite something on set whether it be a misplaced prop that is important to the plot, loosing a location, firing an actress. Any of these things could happen. You have to come up with a quick fix to work into the story to get your movie from point A to point B. The worst thing in the world is having a half shot film. Allow yourself to let go of certain parts of your story. You can use them in the next one. But completing the project is should always be first on your list, especially if you are using other people’s money.

So which of those many hats you wear during the making of one of your films do you see as your greatest strength and which do you see as the one that is the most difficult for you?

Writing and directing are my strong suits for sure. The hardest thing has been either acting or editing. Both rewarding, just really hard.

So in the 5 years that you were with the punk/goth band Creepersin this Creep Creepersin persona was developed.  Since his incarnation you've done numerous CDs, books, and films.  What do you see yourself saying as an artist with all this and how do you see yourself evolving?

There just isn't enough time in the day to do all of these things. On top of all those jobs you mentioned, I'm also a husband and a father that just took his son to his first formal dance. That was weird. I have a lot of half finished books, and we are finally recording the new Creepersin album but there are a ton of movies that I still want to make. I think as an artist I am coming into my own where its not like "oh that creep guy is the next so and so" it becoming more like "oh that's how creep does it" so with that said it makes me happy as an artist that I am gaining that kind of recognition but I'm am hoping with all of the big push that I'm having right now, that I will have the means and funds to be able to create on the level that I really want to. I am also getting back into my artwork as a painter which I haven't had time to do in years. I will be having at least on of my new pieces at the Land of Odd gallery next month so that will be nice. a lot of people don't know this but all the art work in the film ‘Erection’ is mine so that's kind of nice to be able to do that kind of stuff again.

What's the best damn thing about making movies?

Creating. Watching something being born. It is a very spiritual experience. And at the end of a hard shoot, getting to see what you created and catching a glimpse of capturing those few seconds in time is very otherworldly. It’s hard to explain.

Do you have any other projects lined up you would like to let the racksandrazors.com readers know about?

‘The Brothers Cannibal’ we just wrapped. Next month I am shooting a post apocalyptic vampire flick called ‘The Brides of Sodom’ that has a lot of returning cast and crew from ‘Orgy of Blood’. In April I am going to be shooting a film co writing by actor Chandler Maness called ‘The Perfect Roommate’. And hopefully I will be able to do my Final Girl Trilogy this spring which is by far my most ambitious project yet. I have some more main stream flicks that I'm trying to bang the kinks out of but this year is looking fantastic for me. And for those of you who are in the Las Vegas area, the Las Vegas Grindhouse Film Fest by Pollystaffle.com is have a Creep Creepersin night where we show a bunch of my films and have a Q&A afterwards. I think that's May 15th. Could be wrong but go to pollygrind.com to find out more.

You've made so many films in such a short period of time.  What has been the most frightening thing that has ever happened during the actual filming of one of your movies?

On ‘Brothers Cannibal’ our AC had a huge power supply fall on his head before we got the first shot off. I thought for sure we were going to have to take him to the hospital but he was a trooper. other than that, having a crazy actress destroy hard drives because she was mad about a scene and made it to where we had to re shoot almost the whole movie

Vampires, werewolves, zombies, witches, creatures, aliens, telemarketers...what does it for you horror wise Creep and why?

I like to feel anxious. To feel that way from a film is so surreal. I grew up with Frankenstein and Jason as my idols. So being a horror kid and getting to do this now as an adult kind of gives me this fountain of youth thing that a lot of people never get to experience. But I like to have my heart race, I like to feel like after I watch a movie that there might be someone in my house, the fright of it all. It’s amazing.

What was the first movie to scare the shit out of you?

The first real horror movie I ever watched was ‘Halloween 3’. It was scary because I was a kid and here's this kid getting his head ripped off by a mask and then snakes are coming out of him. That was pretty fucked up. I remember watching ‘The Elephant Man’ on TV and my mom or my sister made me watch it with my head under an Afghan. I think that made it 100 times creeper. But when I became a father, the film ‘Funny Games’ turned my life upside down. I became agoraphobic, I couldn't leave my family alone for a couple minutes without thinking someone would come in and hurt my family. It destroyed my life for a couple of years. And then I thought, wow, if I can make someone feel like that by a movie I make, that would be one of the most rewarding things in the world.

And what was the last horror movie you saw that really annoyed you?

It’s hard to say because I have to watch really great movies when I'm in production. I can't watch crap during that time. I'm afraid that I will get the bad mojo. And since I’ve been working so much, I've only be watching movies that I know are fantastic. But I will say I saw ‘Avatar’ and I thought it was kind of predictable.

Okay, we're pulling into the Creep Creepersin Drive In. What three horror flicks are on the triple bill for tonight and what goodies are they going to be serving up at the concession stand? 

‘Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me’, ‘Visitor Q’, and ‘Double Agent 73’. And they will have strippers and little people serving popcorn and sour patch kids with mummies on roller skates bringing it to the car. There will be men on stilts walking around just to make it difficult for you to get to the restroom and a line of senior citizens pointing right above your head and laughing and when you turn around nothing's there which makes you feel a little uneasy, but when you get into the bathroom there is a guy standing in the corner, facing the corner. He is giggling and you don't know why. you wash your hands in front of a fun house mirror and by the time you get back to your car, you forgot that you were there to see the movies because of the show you just got when all you wanted to do was piss out the last 44 oz. of coke you just drank to make room for the next 44.

And your favorite horror flick death scene?

The meat hook in TCM how can you beat that entire scene.

What's the best Halloween costume you ever had?

I was ET when I was a kid. I scared the hell out of all the little kids on the block for some reason.

What scares you in real life?

Sound, old people, fake smiles, and not having my family. And also that guy who is standing behind you right now as you read this. You don't want to turn around because you know it’s crazy. But wouldn't it be crazy not to look on the off chance that someone might be standing right behind you, ready to strike? You should take a glace.