Richard W. Haines (born 1957) is an American independent genre
filmmaker and film historian best known for his cult movies Space
Avenger, Run for Cover in 3-D, and Splatter University, and the book
Technicolor Movies.A 1979 graduate of the film school at NYU, Haines'
first job was as an assistant editor for the low-budget 1980
exploitation film Mother's Day, directed by Charles Kaufman. This job
led to a six-year association with Troma Entertainment as the
company's post-production supervisor when Charles Kaufman sent Haines
over to his brother Lloyd Kaufman after Haines satisfied them with his
editing and sound editing work on the film.Haines edited several films
for Troma including the 1984 cult classic The Toxic Avenger.During
this period Haines also made his feature directorial debut
independently with the widely known 1984 slasher film Splatter
University. A testament to the cult popularity of Splatter University
is the reference by the character Randy Meeks (played by Jamie
Kennedy) in a phone conversation in Wes Craven's Scream 2 (1997). A
slasher film with rare social and religious commentary as one of the
more recent print reviews states, "Even some of the lesser ones have
something interesting to offer, trying to go beyond the usual hack and
slash routine. One such film surprisingly enough, is Splatter
University...."
filmmaker and film historian best known for his cult movies Space
Avenger, Run for Cover in 3-D, and Splatter University, and the book
Technicolor Movies.A 1979 graduate of the film school at NYU, Haines'
first job was as an assistant editor for the low-budget 1980
exploitation film Mother's Day, directed by Charles Kaufman. This job
led to a six-year association with Troma Entertainment as the
company's post-production supervisor when Charles Kaufman sent Haines
over to his brother Lloyd Kaufman after Haines satisfied them with his
editing and sound editing work on the film.Haines edited several films
for Troma including the 1984 cult classic The Toxic Avenger.During
this period Haines also made his feature directorial debut
independently with the widely known 1984 slasher film Splatter
University. A testament to the cult popularity of Splatter University
is the reference by the character Randy Meeks (played by Jamie
Kennedy) in a phone conversation in Wes Craven's Scream 2 (1997). A
slasher film with rare social and religious commentary as one of the
more recent print reviews states, "Even some of the lesser ones have
something interesting to offer, trying to go beyond the usual hack and
slash routine. One such film surprisingly enough, is Splatter
University...."
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