KENNETH J. HALL

HORROR AND HILARITY

KENNETH J. HALL

Kenneth J. Hall
President & CEO,
BV Entertainment Inc.

Born in Jacksonville, Florida, Mr. Hall spent his early years watching horror movies at his neighborhood theater and acting in school theater. As a teenager, he wrote and produced live shows at the local planetarium, designed animatronic characters for Sally Industries, and staged promotional events for Plitt Theaters.

He moved to Hollywood in 1982, where he first became established as a makeup effects artist, working on numerous features, including THE TERMINATOR, GREMLINS II, BATMAN RETURNS, ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES, and CONEHEADS. He was shop supervisor at Mechanical & Makeup Imageries, overseeing several productions and crews of up to 45 people. He has been responsible for the creation of many large movie creatures, among them the 16 foot star of Roger Corman’s CARNOSAUR and the giant octopus prop from Tim Burton’s ED WOOD.

During this time, Mr. Hall began writing scripts, which led to his first screenplay assignment, THE TOMB. Working as associate producer on set, he held cue cards for the legendary John Carradine, hand-doubled for Cameron Mitchell, and hung grenades on Sybil Danning. Then came EVIL SPAWN, which he also directed. Featuring a storyline described as a cross between SUNSET BOULEVARD and THE FLY, this ultra-low-budget quickie starred Bobbie Bressee and (thanks to some “generic” footage provided by the producer) John Carradine again.

These efforts caught the attention of Charles Band at Empire Pictures (later to become Full Moon Productions). There, Mr. Hall created the original PUPPET MASTER, the first of Paramount’s successful direct-to-video series, along with other scripts for I WAS A TEENAGE SEX MUTANT (aka DR. ALIEN) and TEST TUBE TEENS FROM THE YEAR 2000, which starred Morgan Fairchild.

He developed GHOST WRITER, writing and directing the PG-rated syndicated television feature for Audrey and Judy Landers. Also during this period came THE GIRL I WANT and LINNEA QUIGLEY’S HORROR WORKOUT, done under the pseudonym Hal Kennedy.

Mr. Hall returned to acting in Darin Scott and Rusty Cundieff’s comedy, FEAR OF A BLACK HAT. The same producer/director team gave him the chance to combine his effects background with his directing as the Special Makeup and Visual Effects Supervisor/Effects Second Unit Director on TALES FROM THE HOOD, a Savoy Picture executive produced by Spike Lee.

In 1995, he formed his own effects company, Total Fabrication, where he’s created characters and creatures for STAR TREK VOYAGER, BIG BAD BEETLEBORGS, POWER RANGERS, KRAA THE SEA MONSTER, and the infamous killer snowman film, JACK FROST. During that time, he wrote the original script for THE CLOWN AT MIDNIGHT, starring Christopher Plummer and Margot Kidder.

Most recently, he resumed his independent production by starting BV Entertainment. The company's first project is a horror feature, THE HALFWAY HOUSE, starring Mary Woronov, written and directed by Mr. Hall.

THE HALFWAY HOUSE
Horror starring Mary Woronov

Below is a list of Kenneth J. Hall's credits as a producer, director, writer, and actor prior to forming BV Entertainment. For a list of Mr. Hall's special effect credits, go to the Total Fabrication website.

Writer
THE CLOWN AT MIDNIGHT (GFT/Paquin)
Horror starring Christopher Plummer, Margot Kidder

Effects Second Unit Director / Effects Co-ordinator
TALES FROM THE HOOD (Savoy Pictures)
Horror starring Corbin Bernsen, David Alan Grier, Clarence Williams III

Actor
FEAR OF A BLACK HAT (ITC)
Comedy starring Rusty Cundieff

Director / Writer
GHOST WRITER (Rumar / Prism)
Comedy MOW starring Audrey and Judy Landers, Jeff Conaway

Co-Writer
PUPPET MASTER (Full Moon / Paramount)
Horror starring Paul LeMat, William Hickey

Writer
TEST TUBE TEENS (TorchLight / Paramount)
Science fiction comedy starring Morgan Fairchild

Writer
DIE WATCHING (Ashton / New World)
Erotic thriller starring Christopher Atkins, Tim Thomerson

Associate Producer / Writer
DR. ALIEN (aka I WAS A TEENAGE SEX MUTANT) ( Paramount)
Science fiction comedy starring Judy Landers

Writer
THE GIRL I WANT (FilmTrust)
Youth comedy starring Elizabeth Kaitan, Lyle Waggoner

Executive Producer / Director / Writer
LINNEA QUIGLEY'S HORROR WORKOUT (KDRQ)
Video spoof of horror films and exercise tapes

Associate Producer / Writer
NIGHTMARE SISTERS (Cinema Home Video / TWE)
Comedy thriller starring Linnea Quigley

Co-Writer
TERROR NIGHT
Horror starring John Ireland

Director / Writer
EVIL SPAWN (aka METAMORPHOSIS) (American Independent )
Horror starring Bobbie Bresee, John Carradine

Associate Producer / Writer
THE TOMB (TWE)
Action/horror starring Cameron Mitchell, Sybil Danning

KENNETH J. HALL is available for projects, speaking engagements, personal appearances and conventions, for more information on booking Mr. Hall please contact Aine at HotHorrorHarlot@aol.com

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