
Jim Van Bebber
Acting
Biography
An actor and director known for horror/exploitation films. attended Wright State University where he studied cinema. Instead of using a bank loan to pay for a second year of college, he used the money to finance Deadbeat at Dawn, and founded the indie film company Asmodeus Productions with several colleagues. The Manson Family took more than ten years to complete. A documentary about VanBebber titled Diary of a Deadbeat: The Story of Jim VanBebber covering his life from 2010 to 2015 was released in 2015.
Known For

A couple of young women are abducted and become the unwilling stars of a snuff film, wherein they are brutally tortured.
American Guinea Pig: Bouquet of Guts and Gore

A young woman, after driving her father to suicide, is examined by the Catholic Church, who determine that the girl is in fact possessed, and a wave of priests wade in and out of the demonic gore.
American Guinea Pig: The Song of Solomon

A documentary primarily focusing on the filming and release of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth

A dramatization of the horrific and notorious Manson Family Murders, in the form of super 8 home movies.
The Manson Family

A trifecta of 80s throwback terror with mauling monsters, home invasions gone haywire and stomach-turning human sacrifice.
Last American Horror Show

in a near future where AIDS is the number one killer disease, an evil pharmaceutical boss, Dr. Hex, creates a drug called Serocaine, promoted as a miracle cure, that in reality results in hideous mutations. When Hex's top scientist discovers the truth he and his family are butchered by Hex's henchmen; their son Brian survives being drilled through the head though and becomes an unstoppable maniac bent on revenge....
Drillbit

As another year begins a man of God, American soldier Jake Reeves has come back after ten years from a life of war in the middle east, when he receives a call from his deathly ill father who believes the Christ is coming back and that his long lost brother Johnny has been located. Now with his father's last wishes, to find Johnny and bring him back home and the possibility that the world may be coming to a end as he knows it. Jake's faith will be tested as he must take a journey into the unknown to face his past and fight through the dark days ahead to find a brother who he may not know anymore. Setting the stage for a psychological battle of good and evil.
Christ Rising

This is an ultra-rare film that was never officially distributed and is hardly even mentioned anywhere on the internet, even though it features some legendary actors.
First You Live Then You Die

This thirty minute documentary features interviews with Giovinazzo's key contemporaries discussing the continued impact and influence of Combat Shock twenty-five years later.
Post Traumatic: An American Nightmare

Shocking music videos and interviews with Necrophagia. Film works as an introduction to the underground that influences this particular music movement and showcases moments of intense performances.
Through Eyes of the Dead

A demented Vietnam veteran and his pals run amok at an alligator farm in 1973 Florida.
Gator Green

Goose leaves the gang life behind after pleas from his girlfriend. But it isn't long before he's pulled back into the world of violence.
Deadbeat at Dawn

Documentary following some stoner friends over the course of roughly a day. Featured here is Bill, a guy who got kicked out of the Marines for doing dope steadily for six years (I'm not gonna do it forever--or maybe I will, who knows?) and Barry, a forklift-driving doper who wins the Employee of the Month plaque while stoned (Live for yourself--live today and then worry about tomorrow when it gets here--that's the way I go).
Doper

Music video compilation of the trailblazing industrial legend no. 1. Includes: Dig It, Stairs And Flowers, Far Too Frail, Smothered Hope, Deep Down Trauma Hounds, Testure, Spasmolytic and Killing Game.
Skinny Puppy: Video Collection (1984 - 1992)

The story of Ricky Kasso, an American teenager who murdered his friend, Gary Lauwers, in an alleged "Satanic sacrifice" during the summer of 1984.
The Acid King

A group of directionless, bored, drug-using teenagers get involved in a cult, resulting in a murder.
My Sweet Satan

Archival footage - from the 1992 Cincinnati, OH show (filmed on June 2, 1992 at Bogart's).
Skinny Puppy: Last Rights Archival Footage

Behind the chaos and creativity of the making of 2003's THE MANSON FAMILY directed by Jim Van Bebber. This feature-length documentary was included on the film's unrated DVD and Blu-ray releases from Severin Films.
The VanBebber Family

Most people have vanished from the plague. There are a few thousand that still walk the earth. Among them, two outlaws, Harry Russo and Terry Hawkins come face to face with one another in a clash that sets them on a road into destiny, to find the heart of America.
The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell

A man named John Martin offers a couple with a broken-down car a ride to the nearest gas station, little do they know he’s actually taking them back to his place for dinner.