Richard W. Haines (born 1957) is an American independent genre filmmaker and film historian best known for his cult movies Space Avenger in Technicolor, Run for Cover in 3-D, and Splatter University, and the book Technicolor Movies.
A 1979 graduate of the film school at NYU, Haines' first job was as an assistant editor for the low-budget 1980 exploitation film Mother's Day, directed by Charles Kaufman. This job led to a six year association with ...
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Richard W. Haines (born 1957) is an American independent genre filmmaker and film historian best known for his cult movies Space Avenger in Technicolor, Run for Cover in 3-D, and Splatter University, and the book Technicolor Movies.
A 1979 graduate of the film school at NYU, Haines' first job was as an assistant editor for the low-budget 1980 exploitation film Mother's Day, directed by Charles Kaufman. This job led to a six year association with Troma Entertainment as the company's post-production supervisor when Charles Kaufman sent Haines over to his brother Lloyd Kaufman after Haines satisfied them with his editing and sound editing work on the film.
Haines edited several films for Troma including the 1984 cult classic The Toxic Avenger.
During this period Haines also made his feature directorial debut independently with the widely-known 1984 slasher film Splatter University. A testament to the cult popularity of Splatter University is the reference by the character Randy Meeks ...
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