Richard Perello

Richard Perello? Yeah, he’s got his fingerprints all over some oddball cult favorites and a couple of wild rides you probably caught at midnight or on cable reruns. Super Troopers (2001) is one of those movies you quote with friends way too much—those Vermont state troopers with their dumb pranks, syrup chugging, and that mustache game? Just chaos, honestly. Perello was a big wheel behind the scenes, making sure Broken Lizard’s jokes actually landed and that the whole thing had the kind of budget where you could afford a car chase or two. Club Dread (2004) is a different flavor but equally nuts—sort of a slasher parody with margaritas, sunburn, and a psycho on a tropical island. It’s the kind of movie that’s so self-aware, it makes fun of itself before you can. Then he goes and flips the script in 2021 with The Forever Prisoner, which is straight-up serious: documentary, no winking at the camera, just a deep, uncomfortable dive into the world of CIA black sites and what the “war on terror” meant for actual people. Perello produced that too, and it’s a whole different side of storytelling. So, the guy’s not stuck in one lane—he jumps from raunchy comedy to pitch-black real-world drama like it’s nothing. Makes you wonder what he’ll back next, right? Basically, if his name’s in the credits, you’re in for something memorable—maybe hilarious, maybe disturbing, but never boring.