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.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Nature of the Beast: Making Bad Moon
2016
as Self
Documentary about the making of the werewolf horror film Bad Moon.

Night of the Wild
2015
Director
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
2008
Director, Writer
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
2007
Screenplay, Original Film Writer
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
2003
Characters
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?
2003
The making of 'The Hitcher'

Bad Moon
1996
Director, Screenplay
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
1996
Director, Writer
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
1993
Writer
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
1991
Director, Screenplay
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
1990
Writer
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
1989
Director, Screenplay
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
1987
Screenplay, Co-Producer
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
1986
Screenplay
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
1986
Director, Editor, Writer
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
1981
Director, Editor, Writer
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
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 ...