Manny Velazquez
Directing
Biography
Manny Leo Velazquez (born: May 13, 1998) in Chicago, Illinois is a puerto rican independent filmmaker best known for his underground b-movies; Savage High (2015), I Recorded a Murder! (2016) and Dreamier: An American Nightmare (2017). Velazquez started making low-budget feature length films as a teenager and made his first feature length slasher film called Savage High (2015) at the age of 15 that was shot and edited at his high school. Afterwards he wrote and directed his second feature length indie psychological thriller film Shockwave (2016) and shot it the Summer of 2015. His third drama/suspense horror film called I Recorded a Murder! (2016) was also shot at his high school and premiered at the Patio Theater in Chicago, Illinois on September 25, 2016 for the 2016 Chicago Horror Film Festival. Then, Velazquez direct and produced his psychic thriller film Psychedelia (2016), Which won the Bronze Award at the 2016 'Fame'us International Film Festival'. Dreamier: An American Nightmare (2017) were filmed back-to-back from September, 2016 through October, 2016. In 2017, Velazquez launched 'Exploitation International Pictures' a company that produce and distribute custom independent grind-house horror/thriller/mystery films.
Known For
Underground filmmaker Manny Velazquez dives into the immortal history and legacy of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and its lesser known sequel Shock Treatment with a collection of interviews, convention footage and more.
Rocky Horror 45: The Movie
A b-movie horror-comedy/found footage film about a young student who records his last days of high school before he disappears.
Student Project
A Manny Velazquez underground slasher tribute about a number of serial killers on the loose in Chicago and begins a murder spree. Meanwhile,, a young man watches over his friends house over the weekend until he realizes that something is wrong.
Slasher Night
A campus urban legend myth comes true when fraternity brothers start to get killed off one by one by the infamous serial killer who used to live in the fraternity house 25 years ago.
Prank Week
A spirtual successor to Manny Velazquez's underground independent cult horror film Savage High (2015) that is a prequel and a sequel together taking place before and after the events of 'Savage High' exploding now involving a b-movie actress's cousin Kamila Sanchez (played by Angie Velazquez) is kidnapped by a madman who will not stop until he get's his revenge upon the actress Delia Fox (played by Adriana Carradero).
Berlin: Part 1
A Manny Velazquez Psychological Thriller about a young detective finds a handcrafted Indian sculpture in an alley, and takes it home with him, but he soon realizes that the sculpture is bringing his worst fears to life.
Dream Nightmare
A young punk teenager pulls a prank on the night of Halloween that will come back to haunt him a year later.
Octoberfest
Just as Wes thought his summer couldn't get any worse it got terrifying when he wakes up one morning to find a bloody mess with a letter to add the cherry on top to a confusing puzzle that leads to a gruesome trail of shock and horror.
Shockwave
Three students that are brutally murdered over the weekend as the students and staff are getting ready for the annual 'Wildcat Night', but the murderer walks among the peers ready to strike again, in this slasher flick.
Savage High
A Manny Velazquez underground independent horror film about a teenager who visits a burial ground and finds a Egyptian cross that awakens an evil curse that takes on the form of demented looking puppets that kill.
Tiny Terrors
A young man who is home alone gets terrorized by a clown.
Clown Night
A serial killer begins a massacre the night before Halloween in a small campus town in this slasher flick.
The Last House of Horror
A underground Klu Klux Klan cult plans their attack upon the small town of 'Kellerton' on the night of All Hallows' Eve to fulfill a long term ritual and take full control of the town.
KKKillers
A reality show team encounters a group of deranged killer clowns.
Clown Footage
When he’s brought back to life after a suicide, a writer makes it his destiny to get revenge on the B-movie actress and others who stole his idea.