February 2, 1939 · 87 years old
John A. Russo, sometimes credited as Jack Russo or John Russo, is an American screenwriter and film director most commonly associated with the 1968 horror classic film Night of the Living Dead, which he co-wrote with director George Romero.

A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.

When the unburied dead return to life and seek human victims, seven refugees shelter in a house in the Pennsylvanian countryside.

A high school majorettes are being methodically killed by a mysterious masked figure. Meanwhile, a local gang are involved in suspicious activities around the school.

A B-horror movie actress is stalked by a deranged fan bent on claiming her for himself.

A raccoon ingests a discarded synthetic drug and mutates into a vicious killer. It rampages through a mountain community, threatening campers, tourists, and residents. No one is safe from the monstrous raccoon's violent onslaught.

A frontier lawman partners with an Indian detective to hunt down a ruthless band of teenage criminals known as the Rufus Buck Gang.

A rookie female reporter investigates a string of mysterious murders during an environmental disaster in Florida. The killings lead to an escaped convict, who has morphed into a bloodthirsty monster after he disappears into the re...