Gary P. Cohen

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Mar 11, 1952 (73 years old)

Gary P. Cohen

Known For

S.O.V. The True Independents
2h 20m
Movie 2018

S.O.V. The True Independents

Series dedicated to preserving the legacy of shot on video horror movies. Hear the true stories from the innovators themselves on these important works in cinema history.

VHS Revolution
0h 53m
Movie 2017

VHS Revolution

Using testimonies by pioneers and witnesses of the times, delve into the feverish visual culture the media generated – with far-fetched examples of canine television games, seduction manuals, aerobics class while holding a baby, among others.

Adjust Your Tracking: The Untold Story of the VHS Collector
1h 24m
Movie 2013

Adjust Your Tracking: The Untold Story of the VHS Collector

A documentary capturing the modern day VHS culture and VHS collectors.

Halloweenville
1h 2m
Movie 2011

Halloweenville

Join Gary P. Cohen, director of Video Violence, Video Violence 2, and Captives aka Mama's Home as he travels to the seemingly normal small town of Lambertville, NJ and watches it transform into Halloweenville.

Video Violence Part 2
1h 15m
Movie 1988

Video Violence Part 2

The killers are back and now hosting their own TV show broadcast secretly from their basement. They examine the fine art of murder, letting other aspiring psychos send in videos of their handiwork for the world to enjoy.

Biography

Gary P. Cohen is the producing director of Plays-in-the-Park, a respected summer theater in New Jersey, where he has directed more than fifty plays and musicals. In the early 1970s he founded a 100-seat semiprofessional theater, where he honed his craft before joining Plays-in-the-Park in the 1980s. He is the author of The Community Theater Handbook (Heinemann, 2003). Cohen has co-authored Off-B'way's Frankenstein, A New Musical and A High School Monster Musical with Mark Baron, as well as The Reluctant Dragon. A former William Morris agent, Cohen has also written and directed three 80's cult shot-on-video horror films: Video Violence Video Violence Il, and Captives, currently on DVD & Blu-ray.

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