Fred Dekker

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Fred Dekker is the writer and director of the Cult classic films Night of the Creeps and The Monster Squad (written with Shane Black). He contributed the story ideas for both House (1986) and Ricochet (1991). He also directed and wrote Robocop 3 (co-written with Frank Miller). Dekker was born on April 9th, 1959 in San Francisco, CA.

Night of the Creeps has yet to be released on Region 1 DVD (except for some pirated copies). In an interview with Movies Made Easy (a part of simplycinema.blogspot.com) on June 20th, 2005, Dekker expressed interest in contributing to a Special Edition DVD release. Per that same interview, Dekker is currently working on a, "scary, end-of-the-world thriller."

Contents 1 Directing credits 2 Writing Credits 2.1 Film 2.2 Television 2.2.1 HBO's Tales from the Crypt 2.2.2 Star Trek: Enterprise 3 External links and references

[edit] Directing credits

• Night of the Creeps (1986)
• The Monster Squad (1987)
• HBO's Tales from the Crypt (TV show) Season 2 Episode The Thing From the Grave (1990)
• Robocop 3 (1993)

[edit] Writing Credits

[edit] Film

• House (1986) (story)
• Night of the Creeps (1986)
• The Monster Squad (written with Shane Black) (1987)
• Ricochet (written with Menno Meyjes and Steven E. de Souza) (1991)
• If Looks Could Kill (written with Darren Star) (1991) (story)
• RoboCop 3 (written with Frank Miller)(1993)

[edit] Television

[edit] HBO's Tales from the Crypt

• "And All Through the House" (based on story from The Vault of Horror #35) (1989)
• "Only Sin Deep" (based on story from The Haunt of Fear #24) (1989)
• "The Thing From the Grave" (based on stories from Tales From the Crypt #22 and The Haunt of Fear #1) (1990)
• "Lower Berth" (based on a story from Tales From the Crypt #33)(1990)
• "Split Personality" (based on story from The Vault of Horror #30) (1992)

[edit] Star Trek: Enterprise

• "The Andorian Incident" (written with Rick Berman and Brannon Braga) (2001)
• "Sleeping Dogs" (2002)
• "Vox Sola" (written with Rick Berman and Brannon Braga) (2002)

[edit] External links and references

• Fred Dekker at the Internet Movie Database
• Copy of Movies Made Easy interview with Fred Dekker on MvMMDI http://www.moviesmademe.com/show_commentary.php?d=35
• A follow-up interview with Fred Dekker on MvMMDI from May '07 http://www.moviesmademe.com/show_commentary.php?d=23