Brad Sykes

Sykes attended Boston University's film program.^[1] After moving to Los Angeles, Sykes made his feature debut with the horror comedy Scream Queen.^[2]

Sykes has since written and directed multiple horror films, including Camp Blood and its first two sequels. Sykes' other writing-directing credits include Goth, Mad Jack, Demon's Kiss, and Plaguers.^[2]

Sykes lives in Los Angeles with his wife, producer Josephina Sykes, where they operate Nightfall Pictures, a development and production company they started in 2004.^[3] Sykes published his first book "Terror in the Desert: Dark Cinema of the American Southwest" (McFarland and Co.) in 2018.^[4] In 2023, Brad's second book Neon Nightmares - L.A. Thrillers of the 1980-s, is published by Bear Manor Media, a book dedicated to the neo noir off the beaten paths movies shot in the City of Angels.^[5]

Writer-director only

• Camp Blood (V – direct-to-video release, 1999)^[3]
• Nightmare in Shallow Point (2000; writer only)
• Camp Blood 2 (V, 2000)
• Babes in the Woods (V, 2000)
• Mad Jack (V, 2000; also producer)
• Zombie Chronicles (V, 2001; director only)
• Evil Sister 2 (V, 2001)
• B-Witched (V, 2001)
• Witchcraft XII: In the Lair of the Serpent (V, 2002)
• Loving Angelique (V, 2002)
• Death Factory (V, 2002)^[3]
• The Coven (V, 2002; director only)
• Demon's Kiss (V, 2002)
• Lord of the Vampires (2002; also producer)
• Liars (V, 2002; writer only)
• Scream Queen (V, 2002)^[6]
• The Pact (2003; writer only)^[6]
• Goth (V, 2003)^[3]
• Bloody Tease (V, 2004; director only)
• Within the Woods (unofficial third Camp Blood film) (V, 2005)
• Mutation (V, 2006)
• Plaguers (2008)^[3]
• "Hi-8" /"Horror Independent 8" (2013)^[3]
• "Hi-Death" (2018)^[3]
• "Hi-Fear" (2022)

Producer

• Dead Letters aka Cold Ones (2009; co-producer)
• Burying the Ex (2008; producer)
• Burying the Ex (2014; co-executive producer)