Jeremy Craig Kasten is an American

United States

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 filmmaker, known for his work in the field of independent

Independent film

An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...

 horror

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

 as well as an editor

Film editing

Film editing is part of the creative post-production process of filmmaking. It involves the selection and combining of shots into sequences, and ultimately creating a finished motion picture. It is an art of storytelling...

.

Career

Kasten attended Emerson College

Emerson College

Emerson College is a private coeducational university located in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of oratory," Emerson is "the only comprehensive college or university in America dedicated exclusively to communication and the arts in a liberal arts...

 in Boston, Massachusetts and soon after moved to Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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 working various roles in film crews until learning the craft of film editing. Soon after, he was able to begin work on The Attic Expeditions

The Attic Expeditions

The Attic Expeditions, aka Horror in the Attic, is a 2001 horror movie starring Andras Jones and Seth Green, and featuring Alice Cooper and Ted Raimi. The film has been criticized for being "random", "incoherent", "violently confusing", and lacking any plot whatsoever, at any point...

, a low-budget experimental horror film starring Andras Jones

Andras Jones

Andras Jones is an American actor who has worked in movies and in television. He is perhaps best known for his role in the 1988 hit horror movie A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master as the central character Rick Johnson....

, Seth Green

Seth Green

Seth Benjamin Green is an American actor, comedian, voice actor, and television producer. He is well known for his role as Daniel "Oz" Osbourne in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as Dr. Evil's son Scott in the Austin Powers series of comedy films, Mitch Miller in That '70s Show, and the voice of Chris...

, and Jeffrey Combs

Jeffrey Combs

Jeffrey Alan Combs is an American actor known for his horror film roles and his appearances playing a number of characters in the Star Trek franchise.-Early life:...

. The response to the film was mixed, due to its complex plot.

His 2005 film All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos

All Souls Day (film)

All Souls Day, or All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos, is a 2005 zombie film written by Mark A. Altman and directed by Jeremy Kasten. It premiered 11 June 2005 on Sci Fi Channel. There is also an uncut version on dvd.-Plot Overview:...

uses the Mexican Day of the Dead

Day of the Dead

Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and around the world in many cultures. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. It is particularly celebrated in Mexico, where it attains the quality...

 as a backdrop for zombie

Zombie

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 horror. The 2006 film The Thirst

The Thirst (film)

-Plot:Recovering drug addicts Maxx and Lisa are persuaded by vampire clan leader Darius to give up their humanity and join him as vampires. They do so, but then give up the vampire's blood addiction - the Thirst. After enduring the withdrawal symptoms, the couple turns against the band of...

is a vampire

Vampire

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 horror film, and Kasten's only film without Jeffrey Combs.

In 2007, Kasten released his remake of the Herschell Gordon Lewis

Herschell Gordon Lewis

Herschell Gordon Lewis is an American filmmaker, best known for creating the "splatter film" subgenre of horror...

 classic The Wizard of Gore

The Wizard of Gore (2007 film)

The Wizard of Gore is a 2007 splatter/noir film directed by Jeremy Kasten. It stars Crispin Glover as Montag the Magnificent, Kip Pardue as Ed Bigelow, Bijou Phillips as Ed's girlfriend Maggie, and the Suicide Girls as Montag's victims...

, starring Kip Pardue

Kip Pardue

Kevin Ian "Kip" Pardue is an American actor and model, best known for his roles in the films Remember the Titans, Driven, The Rules of Attraction, and Thirteen....

, Crispin Glover

Crispin Glover

Crispin Hellion Glover is an American film actor, director and screenwriter, recording artist, publisher, and author. Glover is known for portraying eccentric people on screen such as George McFly in Back to the Future, Layne in River's Edge, unfriendly recluse Rubin Farr in Rubin and Ed, the...

, Bijou Phillips

Bijou Phillips

Bijou Lilly Phillips is an American actress, model, and singer. Phillips began her career as a model but soon transitioned herself into acting and singing. When she was 13, she started as a model and became one of the youngest people to grace the cover of Interview Magazine and Italian Vogue....

, Combs, Brad Dourif

Brad Dourif

Bradford Claude "Brad" Dourif is an American film and television actor who gained early fame for his portrayal of Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and has since appeared in a number of memorable roles, including the voice of Chucky in the Child's Play franchise, Younger Brother in...

, and the Suicide Girls. His "cover" adds a film noir

Film noir

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 edge to the splatter of the original, while maintaining the crucial ratio of blood

Blood

Blood is a specialized bodily fluid in animals that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells....

 and breasts.

In Summer 2009 Kasten entered production for his latest film, The Dead Ones.

Filmography

• The Attic Expeditions
  The Attic Expeditions
  The Attic Expeditions, aka Horror in the Attic, is a 2001 horror movie starring Andras Jones and Seth Green, and featuring Alice Cooper and Ted Raimi. The film has been criticized for being "random", "incoherent", "violently confusing", and lacking any plot whatsoever, at any point...
  
  (2001)
• All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos
  All Souls Day (film)
  All Souls Day, or All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos, is a 2005 zombie film written by Mark A. Altman and directed by Jeremy Kasten. It premiered 11 June 2005 on Sci Fi Channel. There is also an uncut version on dvd.-Plot Overview:...
  
  (2005)
• The Thirst
  The Thirst (film)
  -Plot:Recovering drug addicts Maxx and Lisa are persuaded by vampire clan leader Darius to give up their humanity and join him as vampires. They do so, but then give up the vampire's blood addiction - the Thirst. After enduring the withdrawal symptoms, the couple turns against the band of...
  
  (2006)
• The Wizard of Gore
  The Wizard of Gore (2007 film)
  The Wizard of Gore is a 2007 splatter/noir film directed by Jeremy Kasten. It stars Crispin Glover as Montag the Magnificent, Kip Pardue as Ed Bigelow, Bijou Phillips as Ed's girlfriend Maggie, and the Suicide Girls as Montag's victims...
  
  (2007)
• The Dead Ones (2010)

External links

• http://jeremykasten.com