
John Patrick Brennan
Directing
Biography
John Brennan is an actor and a musician, currently featured on the revival of "Up All Night" with Rhonda Shear. Previously, he served as a songwriter, production manager, music supervisor & 'third banana' on the hit TV series "The Last Drive-In" with Joe Bob Briggs, which aired on SHUDDER and AMC+. Starting from the show's acclaimed premiere in 2018, John wrote, produced & performed more than fifty musical numbers with his band Brennan and the Bigfeet, renowned horror host Joe Bob Briggs, and esteemed guests such as GWAR, Fabio Frizzi (The Beyond), Tim Cappello (The Lost Boys), Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), Linnea Quigley (The Return of the Living Dead), Reggie Bannister (Phantasm), Ace Von Johnson (LA Guns), Danhausen (AEW / WWE), and many more. Beyond his duties on "Up All Night" and "The Last Drive-In," John has produced, written, directed, edited & scored countless hours of content for Troma Entertainment, most notably serving as a producer on two feature films directed by Lloyd Kaufman: "Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High aka Vol. 2" (2017) and "#ShakespearesShitstorm" (2020). For more information about John please visit him @badtechno on social media platforms, or at Yuki and John's Patreon Buffet. Hogzilla! Hogzilla! Hogzilla!
Known For

A show for Fanboys by Fanboys. Set in uber-geek Kevin Smith's iconic comic shop Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash, the show explores every nook and cranny of Fanboy culture from A to Z. Endless circular debates about the technical accuracy of the USS Enterprise's warp-core schematics? Snarky comic aficionados with an encyclopedic knowledge of every Marvel back issue? You bet.
Comic Book Men

Joe Bob, Darcy, and a few surprise guests are up all night to party like jungle animals for The Last Drive-In: Nightmareathon, a dusk-to-dawn marathon event celebrating 6 years and 6 seasons with 6 killer movies... just like the devil intended.
The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs: Nightmareathon

Following the events of Volume 1, the mutated glee club continue their violent rampage in Tromaville. Chrissy and Lauren, two innocent lesbian lovers, must fight not only the Cretins, mutants, and monsters but also the evil Tromorganic Foodstuffs Conglomerate. Can they, and Kevin the Wonder Duck, save Tromaville High School and the world?
Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em High aka Vol. 2

Alicia Stone returns in this gore-drenched sequel. Having lost all hope, husband Jason calls on the help of Paranormal TV host Tyson to confront the demonic forces that have plagued the Stone household.
Blood Curse II: Asmodeus Rises

Maria, a fearless soldier, and TS-347, a man with superhuman strength, are being pursued by a military cell responsible for scientific experiments that have resulted in a zombie apocalypse. On the way, they will meet Pedro, a man with few ambitions and a great hangover. Together, they will try to escape to a safe place, but complications will cross their paths in the form of a nuclear bomb.
Mutant Blast

Mad scientist Prospero runs away with his blind daughter Miranda to Tromaville, hiding from evil pharmaceutical execs, including his own sister Antoinette who ruined his career after he found the cure against opioid addiction. With the help of a handicapped crack-whore, he releases a massive amount of laxative to whales, while his enemies are on a cruise ship to North Korea. A humongous shitstorm washes the boat away and brings them to Tromaville, where Prospero can now fully realize his ultimate vengeance.
#Shakespeare's Shitstorm

A zombie kept in hiding by his niece and nephew for over forty years suddenly becomes famous when the world discovers he can talk and reason as though he were alive. As his popularity grows, he is discovered by zombie hunters who want to kidnap him and hunt him for sport.
My Uncle John Is a Zombie!

The Amityville legend lives on when a resident of a local boarding house dies under mysterious circumstances. Her two best friends, Brigitta and Bermuda, Bermuda's sister Sentinel, and the owner of the boarding house, Ms. Ernie, are absolutely devastated. This is not helped by the arrival of an eccentric and crude detective who never takes off his cowboy outfit, Hank Denton. Tensions run high as the girls begin to suspect their friend Margaret may still be alive; and as the detective's behavior becomes more out of control, the house itself may very well be turning on it's residents.
Amityville: Vanishing Point

Iconic director Lloyd Kaufman, creator of “The Toxic Avenger,” and the Troma Team wage a punk-spirited battle championing independent art at Cannes.
Occupy Cannes!

An alcoholic spends all his time spying on his neighbor, waiting for the right moment to kill him.
Alcoholist

Turkeyman is murdering Tromaville citizens with toxic gravy. Only Dolphinman can save the day.
Dolphinman vs Turkeyman

Grindsploitation 4 is going to be nastier than ever, more shocking, more gore, more blood. Killer faux grindhouse film trailers a homage to the video nasty era of films.
Grindsploitation 4: Meltsploitation

There's something in them woods and it's killin' hunters. On his bachelor party deer killin', beer drinkin', huntin' trip weekend; Randy's world is turned inside out. All's he wanted to do was to spend a lil' time with the fellers.
Curse of the Weredeer

A diverse collection of horror shorts by several different film makers. A few are presented as trailers.
Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty

Dodie and Rachel disguise themselves as elderly women in order to buy liquor and sell it to their friends for profit.
Dodie Goes Boom Boom

A full length documentary on the making of Return to Nuke 'em High volumes one and two.
2 Girls, 1 Duck

A documentary about the making of provocateur Lloyd Kaufman's cinematic opus, #Shakespeare's Shitstorm.
Brown is the Warmest Color

The documentary celebrates some of the unsung action stars of the late eighties/nineties in the North American Pictures Catalog. From Cynthia Rothrock and Bolo Yeung to Billy Blanks the film explores the martial arts craze in the U.S. and the ferocious appetite of video store customers for these titles. The eight-time award winning documentary (Gold Telly Award, San Francisco Independent Film Festival) is distributed by the legendary Vinegar Syndrome/ETR Media, Cineverse and MVD.
American Expendables: The Films of North American Pictures

The reason why Troma Team and Lloyd Kaufman will never return to Cannes Film Festival.
From Festival to Fascism: Cannes 2017

Three women with mysterious pasts, a nerdy boy, a company man, and Jesus Christ himself all plunge into an absurdist nightmare when a giant and magical prism descends upon planet Earth and warps reality. Featuring Lloyd Kaufman, Blondie's Matt Katz-Bohen, and a special appearance by indie superstar Mac DeMarco.