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Jim O’Rear has been involved in the entertainment industry for over twenty five years, beginning his career on tour as The Youngest Professional Magician with David Copperfield, Harry Blackstone Jr., and The Great Tomsoni and opening for acts like Cheap Trick and John Anderson.
With his “magical†background and having been trained in New York at The American Academy Of Dramatic Arts, it was only natural that Jim move into the realm of film, television, and theatre where he has worked steadily as an actor, stuntman, and special make-up effects artist on such projects as DAY OF THE DEAD, STAR TREK 4, THE VAMPYRE WARS, LETHAL WEAPON 3, CREATURE FEATURE, HAYRIDE SLAUGHTER, COP & ½, PSYCHO BEACH PARTY, EVITA, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, NO RETREAT NO SURRENDER 3, MORTAL KOMBAT: CONQUEST, and many more with actors including Martin Sheen, Burt Reynolds, Mel Gibson, Amanda Plummer, Maximillian Schell, Robert Englund, Jon Voight, Chris Sarandon, and others.
Wanting to get some of his own ideas onto the screen, Jim successfully moved into the area of screenwriting. Although competition is tough, he has written and sold a number of horror-related screenplays, including The House Of Pain (in development with Robert “Freddy†Englund, Gunnar “Leatherface†Hansen, Tom “Friday The 13th†Savini, Bill “ChopTop†Moseley, and Debbie “Scream Queen†Rochon), Hayride Slaughter, Hayride Slaughter 2, The Deadly Obligation, Vampyre Tales, and Wolfsbayne. Jim also placed third for Best Screenplay in TSA’s screenwriting competition and is a current finalist in the Fade In Screenplay contest and Writer’s Network competition. Pre-production has just begun in Los Angeles on his new screenplay, Hellbreak, featuring an all-star horror cast.
Jim’s horror writing has not stopped there. He has also contributed many articles to national publications, such as Scary Monsters Magazine, Haunted Attraction Magazine, Comics Interview, and Underground Entertainment, and has been recognized in Fangoria Magazine, Alternative Cinema, Fright Times, and Femme Fatale Magazine. Jim was also “immortalized†as a comic book character opposite Thor in an issue of MARVEL Comic’s “What The…?†and will soon be appearing as himself (alongside Ken Foree, Tom Savini, Debbie Rochon, Brinke Stevens, James Gunn, and more) in the new fictional horror novel BAD MOON RISING… the third installment of Jonathan Mayberry’s GHOST ROAD BLUES trilogy. Jim, also, has written a paranormal book (coming out soon) about true hauntings in the state of Tennessee.
Currently, Jim continues to work as an actor and stuntman on several films per year, having recently cast opposite Andrew Divoff (WISHMASTER, LOST, AIRFORCE ONE), Jason Carter (BABYLON 5, ANGEL, CHARMED), and Tom Savini (GRINDHOUSE, FROM DUSK TIL DAWN) in Edward Douglas' and Robert Kurtzman's THE DEAD MATTER, acting in a new Manson-based movie with Linnea Quigley titled MISS MANIAC, starring with Gunnar "Leatherface" Hansen and Debbie Rochon in THE DEEPENING, playing a Rebel Soldier opposite Tiffany Shepis, Gunnar Hansen, Ed "Hitcher" Neal, and John "Grandpa" Dugan in SHUDDER, making a cameo in Lion’s Gate’s new horror film DARK HARVEST 3, playing a zombie slayer in EAT THE LIVING, portraying an alien bounty hunter in IT CAME FROM TRAFALGAR (with Butch Patrick, Gunnar Hansen, Brinke Stevens, Ed Neal, Linna Quigley, Hank Williams III, Rudy Ray Moore, and Kenny Miller), pulling double duty as the star and martial arts stunt coordinator on OPERATION ETERNAL DARKNESS, and is in development deals for three more of his screenplays. As if that isn’t enough, Jim continues to write for horror publications all over the world and consult for horror-related projects internationally.=== PARTIAL FILMOGRAPHY: ===
The Dead Matter
Chainsaw Cheerleaders
Dog
Scream Farm
Shudder
Torture Room
It Came from Trafalgar
Thong Girl 3: Revenge Of The Dark Widow
The Deepening
Dorm of the Dead
Vampyre Tales
Wolfsbayne
Red Lips: Eat the Living
Dark Harvest 3 aka Skarecrow
Reunion
Dead End
Hayride Slaughter II
Miss Maniac aka Charlie and Sadie
Hayride Slaughter
Blue Valley Songbird
Gone Fishin’
The Vampyre Wars
The Break
seaQuest DSV
Thunder in Paradise
Cop & ½
Street Knight
Lethal Weapon 3
No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
Cyborg
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Cocoon
Summer Rental
Invasion U.S.A.
Day of the Dead
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ABOVE: Watch the trailer to my horror film THE DEEPENING... featuring Gunnar "Leatherface" Hansen, Debbie Rochon, Ted Alderman, and Debbie D... hitting DVD store and rental shelves February 26th, 2008!! Order your copy now at Amazon.com!!
SCREAM FARM Teaser Trailer
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ABOVE: Watch the teaser trailer for my new zombie film SCREAM FARM!
TORTURE ROOM Teaser
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ABOVE: Watch the teaser for the new film I am directing for Nytemare Productions... TORTURE ROOM.
Thong Girl 3 Movie Trailer
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ABOVE: Watch me fight Thong Girl in this hilariously campy trailer of the new feature film THONG GIRL 3 (yep, the one you heard about on Jay Leno)... Now Available On DVD!
Vampyre Tales Trailer
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ABOVE: Trailer from VAMPYRE TALES... a collection of short vampire stories hosted by myself and Debbie Rochon ala CREEPSHOW style!
