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Barry J. Gillis

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Barry J. Gillis
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Barry J. Gillis checking out a shot.
BornBarry James Gillis
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
🏡 ResidenceEdmonton
🏳️ NationalityCanada-Canadian
Other namesKing of Canuxploitation
🏫 EducationW.A. Porter Collegiate, Breton Education Centre, N.A.I.T.
💼 Occupation
Known forHorror Films, based on reality, or imagined reality.
👶 Children1
🌐 Websitehttps://barryjgillis.com/
👍 Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/Barry-J-Gillis-109192580644618

Barry J. Gillis (born Barry James Gillis) is a Canadian Screenwriter, Film Producer, Actor, Film Editor, and Film Director.[1][2][3]

His movies include Things (1989),[4] Wicked World (1991),[5] The Killing Games (2014).[6] 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘖𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 (2020) He is currently in Post Production on 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘡𝘰𝘯𝘦. He has edited a book of horror short stories, The Day They Hanged My Best Friend Jimmy... And 21 Other Weird Tales: To Get You Through The Coldest Nights (2009).

Career[edit]

Gillis' film The Killing Games premiered at the Calgary International Film Festival.[7]

Gillis is the founder of the Edmonton Festival of Fear International Festival. Landmark Cinemas threatened to pull the plug on his film festival, after complaints from citizens in the city of Edmonton, about a frightening image used to advertise the festival.[8][9][10][11]

Filmography[edit]

  • Things (1989) – released in the United States and Canada on VHS tape by Toronto Distribution company, Lettuce Entertain You Inc.
  • Wicked World (1991)
  • The Killing Games (2012) – released by Typhoon Films
  • The 12 Slays Of Christmas (2016)
  • Boogieman: Reincarnation (2016)

Books edited by Gillis[edit]

  • The Day They Hanged My Best Friend Jimmy... And 21 Other Weird Tales: To Get You Through The Coldest Nights. Interamericanada, 2009. ISBN 978-0968593776 Search this book on ..[12]

References[edit]

  1. Caelum Vatnsdal, They Came from Within: A History of Canadian Horror Cinema, Arbeiter Ring Publishing, 2004, ISBN 9781894037211 Search this book on .
  2. Michael J. Weldon, The Psychotronic Video Guide To Film, Psychotronic Video, St. Martin's Griffin / St. Martin's Press, 1996, ISBN 978-0312131494 Search this book on .
  3. Robin Bougie, Cinema Sewer Volume 1: The Adults Only Guide to History's Sickest and Sexiest Movies!, Cinema Sewer, FAB Press, 2007. ISBN 978-1903254455 Search this book on .
  4. "Canuxploitation Review: Things". www.canuxploitation.com.
  5. "Canuxploitation Review: Wicked World". www.canuxploitation.com.
  6. Moore, Debi (April 18, 2014). "Typhoon Films to Release Controversial The Killing Games on VOD on April 22nd". Dread Central.
  7. "Killing Games | Calgary International Film Festival". Calgary International Film Festival.
  8. "Frightening image pulled after complaints about Edmonton Festival of Fear ad". National Post. 2017-07-20. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  9. "Edmonton Festival of Fear advertisement pulled after online backlash". CTV News Channel (Canada) (Edmonton). 2017-07-19. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  10. "Frightening image pulled after complaints about Edmonton Festival of Fear ad". CityNews. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  11. Dhariwal, Min (July 18, 2017). "Edmonton movie festival removes questionable branding after online backlash". CBC News.
  12. Gillis, Barry J.; Lovecraft, Howard Phillips; Poe, Edgar Allen; Shelley, Mary; Bierce, Ambrose; Blackwood, Algernon; Doyle, Arthur Conan; Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn; Quinn, Seabury (2009-06-19). The Day They Hanged My Best Friend Jimmy... and 21 Other Weird Tales: To Get You Through the Coldest Nights. Tangled Vines Press. ISBN 9780968593776. Search this book on

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