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Bruce G. Hallenbeck is an author, actor screenwriter and filmmaker. His books include 'The Hammer Vampire,Hammer Fantasy and Sci-Fi, The Amicus Anthology, Rock'N'Roll MonstersItalic text and Italic textPoe Pictures. As an actor, he has appeared in Shadow Tracker Vampire Hunter, Edge of Reality, Project D: ClassifiedItalic text and Italic textHalloween Horror Tales. His produced screenplays include Dr. Jekyll and Mistress Hyde, The Witches of Sappho SalonItalic text and Italic textThe Sexy Adventures of Van Helsing, while films he has written and directed include Vampyre, Fangs, Black EasterItalic text and Italic textThe Drowned.''

Bold textEarly Life

Hallenbeck was raised by his paternal grandparents, George and Martha Hallenbeck. He was especially attached to his grandmother, who encouraged his creative interests from a young age. By the age of eight, he was already collecting 8mm movie digests of Hollywood films such as Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein and staging what he called "monster tours" in the nearby woods to delight (and frighten) his family and friends.

Hallenbeck sold his first short story to a fantasy/horror magazine called Moonbroth when he was only nineteen, and subsequently had short fiction published in such magazines as Black Oracle, Space and Time and Spectra.