Rebekah McKendry

Rebekah McKendry (born October 10, 1979) is an American film director, producer, film journalist, and academic. She is best known for her work on Tales of Halloween (2015) and All the Creatures Were Stirring (2017).

Rebekah McKendry
Born
Rebekah McKendry

(1979-10-10) October 10, 1979
Occupation(s)Director, Producer, Film Journalist, Professor
Years active2005 - Present
Notable workTales of Halloween (2015), All the Creatures Were Stirring (2017)
Spouse
David Ian McKendry
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(m. 2003)​
Children2

Career

In 2005, McKendry joined the team at Fangoria Entertainment and was heavily involved in project development and production as Director of Marketing. In 2015, she left Fangoria to work for Blumhouse Productions, becoming the Editor-in-Chief of Blumhouse.com.[1][2]

Along with Elric Kane and Rob Galluzzo, McKendry hosted the Killer POV podcast, which ran for 140 episodes on Geeknation.[3] In 2016, the team moved to Blumhouse.com and were joined by Ryan Turek to form the Shock Waves podcast.[4]

McKendry co-directed her first feature film with her husband David Ian McKendry titled All the Creatures Were Stirring (2017) starring Constance Wu, Jonathan Kite, Amanda Fuller, and Brea Grant.[5]

McKendry is currently a professor at USC School of Cinematic Arts.[6]

In 2021, McKendry co-wrote a horror film reboot of the 2000 film Bring It On with writer Dana Schwartz. The film is being produced by SYFY.[7]

Education

McKendry has a doctorate focused in Media Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Director Writer Producer
2018 All the Creatures Were Stirring[8] Yes Yes Yes
2019 Psycho Granny Yes No No
2022 Glorious Yes No No
2023 Elevator Game Yes No No

Executive producer only

Year Title Director Notes
TBA The Dead Thing Elric Kane Post-production

Short films
Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
2011 Zombie's Day Out No No Yes also actress: Co-Worker
Feather No No Yes also choreographer
2012 The Dump Yes Story Yes
2013 Wednesday the 13th No No Executive
The Barista Yes No Yes
Scary Mask No No Yes
Witches Brew Yes No No
2014 Found Yes No Yes
2015 Zombies Gone Wild! No No Yes Documentary short
Eli Roth on Your Vice and the Genius of Martino No No Yes
Exquisite Corpse Yes Yes No
2020 Separation Yes Yes No

Television
Year Title Writer Producer Notes
2011 Zombies March No Executive TV movie
2012-2013 Blood and Guts with Scott Ian No Yes
2012 The Double Life of Deanna Sinclair Story No 1 episode
Inside Horror Yes No 1 episode
2021 2021 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards No Yes TV special
2022 Bring It On: Cheer or Die Yes No TV movie

Awards and nominations
Year Festival Award Nominated work Result
2018 Chattanooga Film Festival Audience Choice Award All the Creatures Were Stirring Won
Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards Best Independent Film Nominated

References
  1. "Jason Blum: Announcing the Launch of Blumhouse.com". Red Seat Ventures. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  2. "Blumhouse.com Gets Horror Makeover Online - Dread Central". Dread Central. 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  3. "Bob Odenkirk returns to Nerdist a more experienced man". 2014-11-03. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  4. "'Killer POV' lives! The horror podcast team reassembles as 'Shock Waves'". EW.com. 2016-05-02. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  5. McNary, Dave (2015-12-15). "Constance Wu, Jonathan Kite to Star in Horror-Comedy 'All the Creatures Were Stirring'". Variety. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  6. "USC Cinematic Arts | School of Cinematic Arts Directory Profile".
  7. Kiefer, Halle (2021-05-16). "Let's See Those (Undead) Spirit Fingers for Syfy's Bring It On: Halloween". Vulture. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  8. "Christmas decor turns demonic in 'All the Creatures Were Stirring' movie poster". Entertainment Weekly.
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