Mark Allen

Horror Writer
Screenwriter and Author

Port Orchard, Washington

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About Mark

I was born and raised in East Texas in the 60s and 70s, I developed a love for writing and for Universal Classic horror movies at an early age. I was writing short stories on an old Remington manual typewriter my grandfather gave me at 10 years old. I joined the Navy in 1980, and became a Navy Hospital Corpsman (FMF Warfare Specialist) and an IDC (Independent Duty Corpsman). I retired in May 2001.

My first project, DELIRIUM, got launched in 2005. I wrote, produced, directed, and edited, securing a worldwide DVD release in 2007. In 2008 when the market crashed the investors' money I had lined up for my next feature disappeared and sent my company into bankruptcy. I finally wrote and co-produced EARLY GRAVE in 2013.

2014 brought a Stage 4 Throat Cancer diagnosis. I was given a 23% chance of surviving 12 months. As I write this, I am 10 years in remission. So while I am quite the success story., I still deal with debilitating long-term effects of both the cancer, and the radiation/ chemo that killed my cancer.

In addition to DELIRIUM and EARLY GRAVE, I also had something to do with GHOSTLINE (2015) AND sold a suspense thriller, RESTITUTION, to Terror Films, Inc., an L.A.-based production company. The project is in post production now, with a 2024 release being eyed.

I also wrote the critically acclaimed vampire noir novel, NOCTURNAL(2017), followed by the award-winning (BookFest Fall 2023), BLOOD RED MOON. My latest, JUST BEFORE DAWN, a sequel to NOCTURNAL, hit the #1 spot on the Amazon bestseller list on Oct 26, 2023

I live quietly with my wife of many years in a small town in the Pacific Northwest. I write every day.

Unique traits: Low budget and micro-budget feature films. Horror, thriller, science fiction, action/ thriller, film noir. Having produced and directed in the past, I know how to write a script with a Producer's concerns in mind in regards to being able to break the script down for budgeting and scheduling purposes.

Gender:
Male

Height:
5' 7"

Weight:
190

Body type:
Average

Hair:
Bald

Hair color:
Brown

Eyes:
Brown

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

Certifications

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Loglines

ISOLATION Budget: $1M - $5M | Horror A renegade DEA agent, on the run from law enforcement and the Mexican drug cartels, finally gets held accountable for his sins by the ghosts of his past -- both the living, and the dead.
BITTER HAVEN Drama ⋄ Film-noir A wealthy, bickering couple take an injured woman to their rural cabin retreat. Once there, tempers flare, passions ignite, and deadly secrets are revealed.
SNUFF Mystery ⋄ Thriller Police race against the clock to track down a twisted killer who broadcasts murders across the Internet using their only clue - the sole survivor of a previous attack.
AMBUSH PREDATOR Budget: $5M - $10M | Horror ⋄ Sci-fi A small town Sheriff running from his past discovers a series of gruesome murders in his sleepy desert hamlet is actually the work of genetically mutated werewolves.
ADVENT Action ⋄ Thriller A reclusive Special Forces operative is lured out of retirement for one last mission -- to rescue the teenaged daughter he does not even know.

Credits

BLOOD ON THE BLEACHERS (in pre production) (2024 - 2025)
Film by Cut2TheChase Films Associate Producer
RESTITUTION (in post-production now) (2024)
Film by Terror Films, LLC (Thriller) Screenwriter
BROKEN INNOCENCE (in post production) (2023 - 2024)
Film by Cut2TheChase Films Executive Producer
GHOSTLINE (2015)
Film Special Thanks
EARLY GRAVE (2013)
Film by Forsaken Media Group, DiBacco Films Writer, Co - Executive Producer
DELIRIUM (2007)
Film by Forsaken Films, LLC Writer, Director, Producer, Editor