Jim Van Bebber
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
- Deadbeat at Dawn (1988)
- American Guinea Pig: The Song of Solomon (2017)
- The Manson Family (1997)
- Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth (2000)
- Last American Horror Show (2018)
- Deadbeat Forever (2018)
- First You Live Then You Die (1994)
- American Guinea Pig: Bouquet of Guts and Gore (2015)
- Post Traumatic: An American Nightmare (2009)
- In the Belly of the Beast (2001)
- Diary of a Deadbeat: The Story of Jim VanBebber (2015)
- The VanBebber Family (2005)
- Drillbit (1992)
- Zombie Cult Massacre (1998)
- My Sweet Satan (1994)
- The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell (2011)
- The Acid King (2021)
- Christ Rising (2023)
- The Mutilation Man (1998)
- Gator Green (2013)