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John Farris is a Director and Créateur de nouvelle American born on 1 january 1936

John Farris

John Farris
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Nationality USA
Birth 1 january 1936 (88 years)

John Farris, né en 1936 à Jefferson City dans le Missouri aux États-Unis, est un écrivain et un dramaturge américain, auteur de roman noir et de roman d’horreur. Il signe également des romans sous le pseudonyme Steve Brackeen

Biography

En 1956, il publie son premier roman La Porte d'à côté (The Corpse Next Door). Puis, en 1957, il aborde le roman noir avec The Body on the Beach qu'il signe Steve Brackeen. Sous ce pseudonyme, il publie cinq romans dont en 1958 En férocité (Baby Moll) qui selon Claude Mesplède et Jean-Jacques Schleret rappelle Pendez-moi haut et court de Geoffrey Homes et en 1959 Nid de rats (Danger in my Blood).

En 1959, il fait paraître Harrison High, premier volume d'une série de cinq romans très prisée par la jeunesse américaine. Ce premier roman est adapté au cinéma sous le titre Because They're Young dans une réalisation de Paul Wendkos.

Par la suite, son œuvre relève de l'épouvante ou du policier fantastique traitant notamment de la télépathie et des pouvoirs supra-normaux. En 1976, il écrit The Fury dont il signera l'adaptation pour le film de Brian De Palma Furie.

En 1967, sa pièce de théâtre The Death of the Well-Loved Boy est produite à Broadway.

Usually with

Jack Clement
Jack Clement
(1 films)
Will Geer
Will Geer
(1 films)
John Williams
John Williams
(2 films)
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Filmography of John Farris (4 films)

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Director

Dear Dead Delilah
Directed by John Farris
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Agnes Moorehead, Michael Ansara, Will Geer, Dennis Patrick, Anne Meacham
Rating53% 2.6643152.6643152.6643152.6643152.664315
A terminally ill matriarch in a Southern mansion finds herself surrounded by murderous relatives after her estate.

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The Fury
The Fury (1978)
, 1h58
Directed by Brian De Palma, Frank Yablans
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Children's films
Actors Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgress, Charles Durning, Amy Irving, Rutanya Alda
Roles Novel
Rating62% 3.1498753.1498753.1498753.1498753.149875
Peter Sandza (Kirk Douglas), a former CIA agent, is searching for his son Robin, who was kidnapped by a secret intelligence organization inside the CIA led by Ben Childress. This organization kidnaps psychics to turn them into weapons in the service of the United States government. To better control the psychics, they also kill their families. Peter survived the attempt on his life, but his son believes he was killed by Arab terrorists. After that they begin to systematically experiment with him to increase his powers and develop ability to control them, and these experiments make him progressively more mentally unstable.
When Michael Calls, 1h38
Directed by Philip Leacock
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Ben Gazzara, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley, Marian Waldman, Al Waxman
Roles Novel
Rating59% 2.998622.998622.998622.998622.99862
Helen Connelly is a woman whose nephew Michael died fifteen years earlier. She is separated from her husband, Doremus. She is close to Michael's brother, Craig. When mysterious happenings began taking place and she begins receiving phone calls from the supposedly dead Michael, Helen begins to wonder if Michael is really dead or if she is losing touch with reality.
Dear Dead Delilah
Directed by John Farris
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Agnes Moorehead, Michael Ansara, Will Geer, Dennis Patrick, Anne Meacham
Roles Writer
Rating53% 2.6643152.6643152.6643152.6643152.664315
A terminally ill matriarch in a Southern mansion finds herself surrounded by murderous relatives after her estate.