Brad Miska is an American film producer and founder of Bloody Disgusting, a horror genre website known for covering horror films, video games, comics, and music. His films include the V/H/S franchise, Under the Bed, A Horrible Way to Die and Southbound.
Brad Miska | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Mr. Disgusting |
| Occupation | Film producer |
| Known for | Founder of Bloody Disgusting |
| Website | Bloody-Disgusting |
Career
editMiska founded Bloody Disgusting in 2001 (under the pseudonym "Mr. Disgusting") with co-founder Tom Owen.[1] Together, they run the site along with Adam Dodd and Jonathan Barkan. By 2007, the site had 1.5 million unique visitors and 20 million page views each month.[2] In September 2007 a minority stake was purchased by The Collective, a Beverly Hills–based management company.[3] In 2011 Bloody Disgusting began distributing and producing films.[4]
Bloody Disgusting Selects
editIn 2011, Bloody Disgusting partnered with AMC Networks and The Collective to create a distribution company named Bloody Disgusting Selects, releasing genre films in AMC theaters and on DVD, Blu-ray, and VOD platforms. Films distributed via Bloody Disgusting Selects films are:[5]
- Alyce Kills
- Atrocious (Directed by Fernando Barreda Luna)
- Blood Runs Cold
- Chop
- Coldfish
- Crawl
- Delivery
- Exit Humanity
- Fever Night
- The Haunting of Helena
- Hellacious Acres
- Macabre
- Outcast
- The Pack
- Phase 7
- Rammbock
- Truth or Die
- The Woman (Directed by Lucky McKee, written by Jack Ketchum)
- Yellowbrickroad (winner best film at the 2010 New York City Horror Film Festival)
Filmography
edit- His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th (Documentary film; 2009) - himself (uncredited)
- A Horrible Way to Die (associate producer) - premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. It also played at Fantastic Fest[3] where it received three major awards: Best Screenplay for Simon Barrett, Best Actor for AJ Bowen and Best Actress for Amy Seimetz
- V/H/S (concept, producer) - premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival
- Under the Bed (producer) - premiered at the 2012 Fantasia International Film Festival
- V/H/S/2 (concept, producer) - premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival
- V/H/S: Viral (concept, producer) - premiered at the 2014 Fantastic Fest film festival
- Southbound (producer, actor) - premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival
- Siren (producer) - premiered at the 2016 Horror Channel FrightFest
- V/H/S/94 (concept, producer) - premiered at the 2021 Fantastic Fest film festival
- V/H/S/99 (producer) - premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival
- Kids vs. Aliens (producer) - premiered at the 2022 Fantastic Fest film festival
- V/H/S/85 (producer) - premiered at the 2023 Fantastic Fest film festival
- V/H/S/Beyond (producer) - premiered at the 2024 Fantastic Fest film festival
References
edit- ^ "Site of the Week: Bloody-Disgusting". AMC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-21.
- ^ Hefflinger, Mark (13 September 2007). "The Collective Buys Horror Film Site Bloody-Disgusting.com". DMW Daily. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 2007-11-09.
- ^ Graser, Marc (12 September 2007). "Collective nabs Bloody-Disgusting". Variety. Retrieved 2007-11-09.
- ^ Zeitchik, Steve. "Horror site Bloody Disgusting now a movie producer, distributor". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Donato, Matt (2012). "Bloody Disgusting Selects: This Is Only The Beginning". We Got This Covered.