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Fred Dekker (born April 9, 1959) is an American screenwriter and film director best known for his cult classic horror comedy films Night of the Creeps and The Monster Squad (written with Shane Black). [1] [2] He contributed the story ideas for House (1985) and Ricochet (1991), and also directed and co-wrote RoboCop 3 with Frank Miller.
Director Fred Dekker originally wanted to shoot the film in black and white. He included every B movie cliche he could think of and insisted on directing the script himself. Most of the main characters (Romero, Carpenter, Raimi, Landis, Hooper, Cronenberg, Cameron, Miner, Craven, Bava) are named after horror movie makers. [3]
The Monster Squad is a 1987 American horror comedy film directed by Fred Dekker, and written by Dekker and Shane Black. Peter Hyams and Rob Cohen served as executive producers. It was released by TriStar Pictures on August 14, 1987. The film features pastiches of the Universal Monsters, led by Count Dracula. They are confronted by a group of ...
Miner hired Fred Dekker to write the screenplay, who completed the first draft in a few weeks. [4] Miner would later admit that he hired Dekker "on a fluke". Dekker had stated the reason why Miner hired him was because Dekker was not a Godzilla fan, finding the original films to be "cheesy", stating, "He did not want to make a cheesy film, and ...
Fred Dekker (5 March 1946) is a Dutch doctor, cardiologist and former politician on behalf of the Pim Fortuyn List. Dekker is a cardiologist and worked in Belgium and the Netherlands. He was elected to parliament as a member of the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) at the 2002 Dutch general election , but lost his seat in 2003 and left politics after.
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Dekker is a Dutch occupational surname equivalent to English Thatcher. Notable people with the surname include: ... Fred Dekker (born 1959), American film director ...
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