David R. Bowen

David R. Bowen’s filmography? Honestly, it’s a wild little cocktail of cult weirdness and straight-up 80s/90s horror energy. If you’re into the kind of movies that feel like they belong in a smoke-filled VHS rental shop, his stuff will hit the spot. Take “The Secret Life: Jeffrey Dahmer.” It’s not your glossy Hollywood true-crime drama—this one feels uncomfortably close to the real deal. The film dives into Dahmer’s dark psyche without shying away from the grimy details, and Bowen’s involvement adds this raw, unsettling vibe. You watch it, and you’re like, “Should I be seeing this?” but you can’t look away. Jump over to “Witchtrap,” and you’re in for a totally different ride. Haunted house, a bunch of ghost hunters who are honestly in way over their heads, and things go off the rails pretty fast. The effects are bonkers (in that low-budget, practical way that somehow makes the scares even more fun), and you can practically smell the hairspray and cheap whiskey. It’s the sort of movie you throw on with friends just to see who jumps first. “Season of Fear” rounds things out with some classic thriller action. Not as flashy as the other two, but it’s got this slow-burn tension, and Bowen brings a kind of gritty realism to the cast. You end up caring way more than you thought you would. All in all, his credits are a time capsule for a certain flavor of offbeat, no-rules filmmaking—maybe not for everyone, but if you get it, you get it.