Marcus Koch

Marcus Koch is a talented SFX/Makeup artist and director from Dunedin, Florida, USA.

100 Tears (2007)

After being accused of crimes he did not commit, a lonely circus performer exacts his revenge on those who unjustly condemned him. The act sparks something inside of him which he cannot stop and now, years later, his inner-demons have truly surfaced. Part urban ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcus Koch
CAST:  Raine Brown  •  Joe Davison  •  Georgia Chris  •  Jack Amos

After being accused of crimes he did not commit, a lonely circus performer exacts his revenge on those who unjustly condemned him. The act sparks something inside of him which he cannot stop and now, years later, his inner-demons have truly surfaced. Part urban ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcus Koch
CAST:  Raine Brown  •  Joe Davison  •  Georgia Chris  •  Jack Amos

American Guinea Pig: Bloodshock (2015)

A man is imprisoned by a psychotic doctor who tortures him in increasingly gruesome ways in order to extract chemicals from his bloodstream. Along the way, he develops a relationship with a female prisoner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcus Koch
CAST:  Barron Christian  •  Norm J. Castellano  •  Dan Ellis  •  Alberto Giovannelli

A man is imprisoned by a psychotic doctor who tortures him in increasingly gruesome ways in order to extract chemicals from his bloodstream. Along the way, he develops a relationship with a female prisoner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcus Koch
CAST:  Barron Christian  •  Norm J. Castellano  •  Dan Ellis  •  Alberto Giovannelli

Hi-8 (Horror Independent 8) (2014)

Horror - Segments from eight of the leading indie horror filmmakers including Tim Ritter, Brad Sykes, Donald Farmer, Todd Sheets, Chris Seaver, Ron Bonk, and Marcus Koch. - Vanessa Nocera, Alaine Huntington, Mike Malloy  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Seaver  •  Ron Bonk  •  Brad Sykes  •  Donald Farmer  •  Tim Ritter  •  Marcus Koch  •  Todd Sheets  •  Tony Masiello
CAST:  Jennie Russo  •  Danielle Nicole Rosario  •  Paul K. Richards  •  Baker Chase Powell

Horror - Segments from eight of the leading indie horror filmmakers including Tim Ritter, Brad Sykes, Donald Farmer, Todd Sheets, Chris Seaver, Ron Bonk, and Marcus Koch. - Vanessa Nocera, Alaine Huntington, Mike Malloy  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Seaver  •  Ron Bonk  •  Brad Sykes  •  Donald Farmer  •  Tim Ritter  •  Marcus Koch  •  Todd Sheets  •  Tony Masiello
CAST:  Jennie Russo  •  Danielle Nicole Rosario  •  Paul K. Richards  •  Baker Chase Powell

Fell (2010)

Bill has problems. He lost his job and his girlfriend, he quit the band, his medications are running out, and now there is a dead body in the bathtub.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcus Koch
CAST:  Jeff Dylan Graham  •  Katie Walters  •  Kristian Day  •  Barron Christian

Bill has problems. He lost his job and his girlfriend, he quit the band, his medications are running out, and now there is a dead body in the bathtub.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcus Koch
CAST:  Jeff Dylan Graham  •  Katie Walters  •  Kristian Day  •  Barron Christian

Groundhog (2017)

Witness a man, Logan Tanner. Who years ago, lost everything he holds dear, during the dawn of a long winter. Now, watch as the cracks begin to show. Until he reaches his breaking point. On a homicidal mission, slashing through everyone, and everything that gets in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David McDonough
CAST:  James Balsamo  •  Richard Chandler  •  Alexander Hauck  •  Ken Holmes

Witness a man, Logan Tanner. Who years ago, lost everything he holds dear, during the dawn of a long winter. Now, watch as the cracks begin to show. Until he reaches his breaking point. On a homicidal mission, slashing through everyone, and everything that gets in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David McDonough
CAST:  James Balsamo  •  Richard Chandler  •  Alexander Hauck  •  Ken Holmes

Beyond Horror: The History and Sub-Culture of Red Films (2019)

A documentary exploring the history and sub-culture of red films.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcus Koch  •  Jessie Seitz
CAST:  Fred Vogel  •  Domiziano Cristopharo  •  Dustin Mills  •  Lucifer Valentine

A documentary exploring the history and sub-culture of red films.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcus Koch  •  Jessie Seitz
CAST:  Fred Vogel  •  Domiziano Cristopharo  •  Dustin Mills  •  Lucifer Valentine

White Massacre (1989)

A guy in a bone-white mask kills a bunch of teenagers.  (more)

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A guy in a bone-white mask kills a bunch of teenagers.  (more)

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Lunch Meat (1990)

A cannibal killer falls in love.  (more)

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A cannibal killer falls in love.  (more)

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Rot (1997)

Gutter punks shouldn't play with dead things...or have sex with them. When Sarah (Tiffany Stinky) screws a corpse in the local funeral home she gets the "ROT," a deadly, flesh-eating virus that soon infects her punk rock boyfriend Muzzy (Billy Scam). Realizing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcus Koch
CAST:  Tiffany Stinky  •  Billy Scam  •  Joel D. Wynkoop

Gutter punks shouldn't play with dead things...or have sex with them. When Sarah (Tiffany Stinky) screws a corpse in the local funeral home she gets the "ROT," a deadly, flesh-eating virus that soon infects her punk rock boyfriend Muzzy (Billy Scam). Realizing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcus Koch
CAST:  Tiffany Stinky  •  Billy Scam  •  Joel D. Wynkoop

Snuff Perversions: Bizarre Cases of Death (1999)

A criminal psychologist and a police detective introduce what purports to be an educational police film intended to be shown to law enforcement cadets showing nearly every type of unnatural death and murder imaginable.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Hellfire  •  Marcus Koch  •  Pete Jacelone  •  Gary Whitson  •  D.J. Kary
CAST:  Paige Turner  •  Pamela Sutch  •  Steven Steel  •  Tina Krause

A criminal psychologist and a police detective introduce what purports to be an educational police film intended to be shown to law enforcement cadets showing nearly every type of unnatural death and murder imaginable.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Hellfire  •  Marcus Koch  •  Pete Jacelone  •  Gary Whitson  •  D.J. Kary
CAST:  Paige Turner  •  Pamela Sutch  •  Steven Steel  •  Tina Krause

Bad Blood (1997)

When the evil powers of darkness enlightens one vampire, Eric Henswich, the mortal world will go to Hell. Turning worthy mortals into ghoulish monstrosities, and gruesomely disposing the rest of the human race; leaving rotting carnage to clutter the Earth's face... ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcus Koch
CAST:  Karl Berberich  •  Conrad Brooks  •  Eric Gehring  •  Marguerite Andrews

When the evil powers of darkness enlightens one vampire, Eric Henswich, the mortal world will go to Hell. Turning worthy mortals into ghoulish monstrosities, and gruesomely disposing the rest of the human race; leaving rotting carnage to clutter the Earth's face... ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcus Koch
CAST:  Karl Berberich  •  Conrad Brooks  •  Eric Gehring  •  Marguerite Andrews

Texas Carlos Massacre (2021)

Guided by his doctor (or is it voices in his head?), a young director is given a mission: to go to Texas to make an abstract roadmovie (“Unfocused film! Focus is repressed!”) about the Housecore Horror Festival of Film and Music, a festival that brings together ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gurcius Gewdner
CAST:  Phil Anselmo  •  Autopsy  •  Stephen Biro  •  Jörg Buttgereit

Guided by his doctor (or is it voices in his head?), a young director is given a mission: to go to Texas to make an abstract roadmovie (“Unfocused film! Focus is repressed!”) about the Housecore Horror Festival of Film and Music, a festival that brings together ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gurcius Gewdner
CAST:  Phil Anselmo  •  Autopsy  •  Stephen Biro  •  Jörg Buttgereit

Symbolicus Vol. 1 (2021)

Symbolicus is an experimental anthology project developed by extreme horror maestro Marcus Koch (100 Tears, AGP: Bloodshock). Assigned with nothing more than a symbol, filmmakers were granted full control and creativity to construct absolutely anything they wanted. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gurcius Gewdner  •  Victor Bonacore  •  Marcus Koch  •  Michael Todd Schneider  •  James Bell  •  Kasper Juhl  •  Joe Meredith  •  Cidney Meredith  •  Jessie Seitz  •  Patrick Fortin  •  Matti Soikkeli  •  Jonathan Doe
CAST:  Linnea Quigley  •  Erin Brown  •  Victor Bonacore  •  Aminata Sylla

Symbolicus is an experimental anthology project developed by extreme horror maestro Marcus Koch (100 Tears, AGP: Bloodshock). Assigned with nothing more than a symbol, filmmakers were granted full control and creativity to construct absolutely anything they wanted. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gurcius Gewdner  •  Victor Bonacore  •  Marcus Koch  •  Michael Todd Schneider  •  James Bell  •  Kasper Juhl  •  Joe Meredith  •  Cidney Meredith  •  Jessie Seitz  •  Patrick Fortin  •  Matti Soikkeli  •  Jonathan Doe
CAST:  Linnea Quigley  •  Erin Brown  •  Victor Bonacore  •  Aminata Sylla