Chris Vander Kaay

Chris Vander Kaay (born March 17, 1978) is a screenwriter and author primarily known for his work in the horror genre. He was the subject of the 2018 documentary Fear Man, exploring the sociological and psychological implications of horror fandom. With his wife Kathleen Fernandez-Vander Kaay he co-authored the 2018 book Indie Science Fiction Cinema Today: Conversations with 21st Century Filmmakers, about 21st century science fiction cinema. From 2016 to 2018, he was a contributing writer for Bloody Disgusting. With Chance Shirley he cofounded Subspace, a sci-fi movie curation service.

As of 2023 he serves as the Creative Director of the Brain Trust Legal Group, with whose founder Darryl Isaacs he co-authored the 2023 book Build Your Billion-Dollar Law Firm!: I Did It, and You Can, Too.

Novels

 * Life After Death (2020)

With Wayne Clingman

 * Bones Beneath the Pale (2019)
 * Narco Saints (2019)

Short fiction

 * Year’s Best Transhuman (appeared in SF 2017 Anthology- November 2017)

With Kathleen Fernandez

 * The Anatomy of Fear: Conversations with Cult Horror and Science Fiction Filmmakers (2014)
 * Horror Films by Subgenre: A Viewer’s Guide (2016)
 * Indie Science Fiction Cinema Today: Conversations with 21st Century Filmmakers (2018)
 * Spoiler Alert! The Badass Book of Movie Plots (2020; co-written with Steven Espinoza)

With Darryl Isaaacs

 * Build Your Billion-Dollar Law Firm: I Did It, and You Can, Too! (2023)

Filmography

 * The Redemption of Henry Myers