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Richard Bates Jr. is an American filmmaker. Films he has directed include Excision (2012), Suburban Gothic (2014), Trash Fire (2016), Tone-Deaf (2019) and King Knight (2021).
Richard Bates Jr. is known for Excision (2012), Trash Fire (2016) and Tone-Deaf (2019). More at IMDbPro. Contact info.
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Aug 20, 2014 · Richard Bates Jr’s second film Suburban Gothic recently premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal, and served as a contrast to his first movie, Excision, a one-of-a-kind horror...
- Smartphone-Era Psycho
- Directing Robert Patrick and Geeking Out Over The X-Files
- Directing Ray Wise and Geeking Out Over Twin Peaks
- Midnight Movie Escapism
- Next Up: A Pagan Comedy
It seemed to me sort of a Smartphone-era Psycho but with generation gap comedy overlaid. How did the idea come to you? Richard Bates, Jr.: Well, you know, there’s so much content being made right now, right, but from sort of an inside perspective about meetings I take, you really have to work from like 5 or 6 formulas in order to sell something. An...
You do have some hysterically funny and perceptive dialogue in the movie and of course you have an excellent cast. I don’t think there’s anybody in here who doesn’t have 50 or 60 credits. Let’s start with Robert Patrick because one, I’ve been a fan of his since Terminator 2,and second, he’s billed as an executive producer. How important was his con...
You also have Ray Wise in a small but pivotal role, which further upped the geek appeal for me. The X-Files and Twin Peaksare two of my favorite shows of all time. Richard Bates, Jr.: Those are my two favorite shows of all time – hands down – my two favorite shows. This is my third movie with Ray. I love Ray. I wish it was my fourth. I tried to get...
Richard Bates, Jr.: Right, so part of the idea was to touch upon things but also to create the sense of midnight movie escapism. So everyone is larger than life, you know what I mean, it is a heightened stylized reality. The good thing about the fact that this is my fourth movie is—my other movies are sort of out there—is no actress has ever been i...
What’s next for you? Richard Bates, Jr.: Actually I’m shooting a new movie in less than a month. I wrote this movie that no one would finance, this pagan comedy, and at a certain point I handed it to my friend Matthew Gray Gubler, this actor from Criminal Minds, and he was like, “Dude this is great, f*ck it, let’s just do it.” So, we are self-finan...
Excision is a 2012 American psychological horror film written and directed by Richard Bates Jr., and starring AnnaLynne McCord, Traci Lords, Ariel Winter, Roger Bart, Jeremy Sumpter, Malcolm McDowell, Matthew Gray Gubler, Marlee Matlin, Ray Wise, and John Waters. The film is a feature-length adaptation of the 2008 short film of the same name.
Oct 8, 2021 · King Knight: Directed by Richard Bates Jr.. With Matthew Gray Gubler, Angela Sarafyan, Andy Milonakis, Kate Comer. Thorn and Willow appear to have it all as the revered high priest and priestess of a coven of new age witches.
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Aug 8, 2021 · With films like the grisly Excision and violent social satire Tone-Deaf, Richard Bates Jr. has a reputation as a provocateur. But even if he newest film, King Knight, seems softer he doesn't see...
