Rebekah McKendry (born October 8, 1980 in Winchester, Virginia) is an American film director, producer, film journalist, and academic. She is best known for her work on Tales of Halloween (2015) and All the Creatures Were Stirring (2017).
Career In 2005, McKendry joined the team at Fangoria Entertainment and was heavily involved in project development and production as Director of Marketing. In 2015, she left Fangoria to work for Blumhouse Productions, becoming the Editor-in-Chief of Blumhouse.com.
Along with Elric Kane and Rob Galluzzo, McKendry hosted the Killer POV podcast, which ran for 140 episodes on Geeknation. In 2016, the team moved to Blumhouse.com and were joined by Ryan Turek to form the Shock Waves podcast.
McKendry co-directed her first feature film with her husband David Ian McKendry titled All the Creatures Were Stirring (2017) starring Constance Wu, Jonathan Kite, Amanda Fuller, and Brea Grant.
McKendry is currently a professor at USC School of Cinematic Arts.
In 2021, McKendry co-wrote a horror film reboot of the 2000 film Bring It On with writer Dana Schwartz. The film was produced by SYFY.
Education McKendry has a doctorate focused in Media Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Filmography
Film Year Title Director Writer Producer 2018 All the Creatures Were Stirring 2019 Psycho Granny 2022 Glorious 2023 Elevator Game 2026 Sundown
Actress Year Title Role 2015 Tales of Halloween Mother
Executive producer The Dead Thing (2024)
Short film Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes2011 Zombie's Day Out Role: Co-Worker Feather also choreographer 2012 The Dump 2013 The Barista Scary Mask Witches Brew 2014 Found 2015 Zombies Gone Wild! Documentary short Eli Roth on Your Vice and the Genius of Martino Exquisite Corpse 2020 Separation
Executive producer Wednesday the 13th (2013)
Television Year Title Writer Producer Notes 2011 Zombies March TV movie 2012-2013 Blood and Guts with Scott Ian 2012 The Double Life of Deanna Sinclair 1 episode Inside Horror 1 episode 2021 2021 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards TV special 2022 Bring It On: Cheer or Die TV movie
Awards and nominations Year Festival Award Nominated work Result2018Chattanooga Film FestivalAudience Choice AwardAll the Creatures Were StirringRondo Hatton Classic Horror AwardsBest Independent Film
References
External links
Blumhouse.com Shock Waves podcast Killer POV podcast Interview with McKendry