Eric Red

1961-02-16 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 17 Credits

Biography

Eric Red (born Eric Joseph Durdaller, February 16, 1961) is an American screenwriter and director, best known for writing the horror classics The Hitcher and Near Dark.

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Nature of the Beast: Making Bad Moon

2016

as Self

Acting

Documentary about the making of the werewolf horror film Bad Moon.

Night of the Wild

Night of the Wild

2015

Director

3.8
Directing

A large meteor crashes into a quiet town, and pet dogs become mysteriously aggressive. attacking and killing the residents. Teenager Roslyn and her ol...

100 Feet

100 Feet

2008

Director, Writer

5.7
Directing Writing

After Marnie Watson kills her abusive husband in self-defense, she is condemned to house arrest... only to discover that the house is possessed by the...

The Hitcher

The Hitcher

2007

Screenplay, Original Film Writer

5.9
Writing

While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to a hitchh...

The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting

The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting

2003

Characters

4.7

A sadistic serial killer terrorizes a couple driving on a rural highway in Texas while killing numerous people and framing them for his killings.

The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made?

The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made?

2003

7.0
Acting

The making of 'The Hitcher'

Bad Moon

Bad Moon

1996

Director, Screenplay

6.7
Directing Writing

One man's struggle to contain the curse he hides within... and his last-ditch attempt to free himself with the love of family. But when it looks as if...

Undertow

Undertow

1996

Director, Writer

5.7
Directing Writing

After his car breaks down, Jack seeks shelter, lost in a thunderstorm in a remote shack in the woods. He finds himself held at gunpoint by a deranged ...

The Last Outlaw

The Last Outlaw

1993

Writer

5.3
Writing

The story follows a band of former Confederate soldiers who were part of a cavalry unit. Their commander, Graff, had once been a heroic and staunch su...

Body Parts

Body Parts

1991

Director, Screenplay

5.8
Directing Writing

A criminal psychologist loses his arm in a car crash, and becomes one of three patients to have their missing limbs replaced by those belonging to an ...

Blue Steel

Blue Steel

1990

Writer

5.8
Writing

Rookie cop Megan Turner orders a burglar to drop his gun. He whirls to shoot. Too late. Turner fires, killing him instantly. When someone lifts the as...

Cohen and Tate

Cohen and Tate

1989

Director, Screenplay

6.5
Directing Writing

A boy kidnapped by two mismatched hitmen puts them at each other's throats while being driven to their employers, possibly to be killed. Cohen, an old...

Near Dark

Near Dark

1987

Screenplay, Co-Producer

6.9
Writing Producing

A farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of vampires who roam the highways in stolen ...

The Hitcher

The Hitcher

1986

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a ...

Telephone

Telephone

1986

Director, Editor, Writer

Directing Writing

An emotionally-distraught and suicidal woman dials a random telephone number and gets a lonely man on the phone. With pistol in hand, she threatens to...

Gunmen's Blues

Gunmen's Blues

1981

Director, Editor, Writer

5.0
Directing Writing

A mysterious, middle-aged man wearing a dark suit and black leather gloves is the only customer in a Hoboken...

White Knuckle

N/A

Screenplay, Novel, Director

Writing Directing

A strong-willed woman survives a murder attempt by the serial killer trucker known as White Knuckle. Haunted by her encounter and the cops’ inability ...