Gary P. Cohen
Also Known As: Gary P. Cohen
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.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: New York
Adult: No
Birthday: March 11, 1952
Age: 73 years old
Gender: Male
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Adjust Your Tracking: The Untold Story of the VHS Collector

Overview: A documentary capturing the modern day VHS culture and VHS collectors.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-05
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VHS Revolution

Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-08-28
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Video Violence Part 2

Overview: 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.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Halloweenville

Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-31
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Captives

Overview: Referred to as “the most accomplished SOV horror film from this era,” Captives, is the sophomore effort of director Gary Cohen (Video Violence 1&2). Three weirdoes invade the home of a well-to-do family while the husband is at work. They aren't there to steal anything; they have a video they want to show the wife. On it is the past life of her husband, something much more violent and drug-fueled than she ever could have expected. When things go wrong for the invaders and blood gets shed, the wife must reconcile what she has seen and what she knows, and her new knowledge of the past makes her future unthinkable.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-05
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Frankenstein (I Swear on My Mother's Eyes) The True Story

Overview: A shot-on-video straight-to-television comedy adaptation of the Frankenstein story. Co-written by, and starring Gary Cohen (director of Video Violence).
Genres: Comedy Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-10-31
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S.O.V. The True Independents

Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-18
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