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Known For

Writing

Known Credits

24

Gender

Male

Birthday

1933-12-20

Day of Death

2020-04-12 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Joel M. Reed

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joel M. Reed is an American film director, producer and writer. Reed is best known for directing the controversial Blood Sucking Freaks. Blood Sucking Freaks was a notorious horror comedy that has since achieved cult status but upon its initial release was the subject of protests. Reed is also known for the films The G.I. Executioner, Career Bed, Blood Bath, and Night of the Zombies. Reed wrote and directed Blood Bath (Terror, Night and the City) which was produced by the Trans-Orient Entertainment Corporation and had a budget of $100,000. In a 1974 interview with The New York Times, he described the film as a "contemporary, episodic occult-horror adventure". Harve Presnell starred in the film as a producer of horror films who arranges in his studio a Black Mass. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joel M. Reed, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Sex by Advertisement

1968

Sex by Advertisement

as

Sadist in Park / Transvestite (uncredited)

Career Bed

1969

Career Bed

as

Sound man / Prof. Carlton (uncredited)

Tumors 2

2013

Tumors 2

as

I Spill Your Guts

2012

I Spill Your Guts

as

The Veteran

Night of the Zombies

1981

Night of the Zombies

as

Neo-Nazi CIA Informer

Dead Eye

2011

Dead Eye

as

Uncle Joe

Production

Crew

Directing