Filmography

As screenwriter and director

• Escape of the Living Dead (2011)
• Saloonatics (2002)
• Santa Claws (1996) (as John Russo)
  • aka 'Tis the Season
• Scream Queens' Naked Christmas (1996)
  • aka Naked Christmas (USA)
• Heartstopper (1993)
  • aka Dark Craving (USA: video title)
• Midnight 2 (1993)
  • aka Midnight 2: Sex, Death and Videotape (USA: video title)
• Midnight (1982) (also novel)
  • aka Backwoods Massacre
• The Booby Hatch (1976) (screenplay) (story)
  • aka Dirty Book Store
  • aka The Liberation of Cherry Janowski

As screenwriter only

• Voodoo Dawn (1990)
  • aka Strange Turf (USA)
• The Majorettes (1986) (also novel) (as John Russo)
  • aka One by One
• Night of the Living Dead (1968) (screenplay; co-written by George A. Romero) (as John Russo)
  • aka Night of Anubis
  • aka Night of the Flesh Eaters

As director only

• Scream Queens Swimsuit Sensations (1992) (V) (as John Russo)

As an actor

• House of Frankenstein 1997 (1997) (miniseries) .... Honor Guard
• Santa Claws (1996) (as John Russo) .... Detective
  • aka 'Tis the Season
• The Inheritor (1990) .... Unknown role
• The Majorettes (1986) (as John Russo) .... Coroner (Dr. Gibson)
  • aka One by One
• There's Always Vanilla (1971) (uncredited) .... Music producer
  • aka The Affair
• Night of the Living Dead (1968) (uncredited) .... Washington military reporter/Ghoul in house

As producer

• Children of the Living Dead (2001) (executive producer)
• Santa Claws (1996) (producer)
  • aka 'Tis the Season
• Night of the Living Dead (1990) (producer)
• The Majorettes (1986) (producer)
  • aka One by One
• There's Always Vanilla (1971) (producer)
  • aka The Affair

Documentary appearances

• "One For the Fire:The Legacy of Night of the Living Dead" (2008)...Himself
• UnConventional (2004) .... Himself
• The Dead Walk: Remaking a Classic (1999) (V) .... Himself

Note: this is a "making-of" special featured on the DVD edition of the 1990 remake of Night of the Living Dead.

• A-Z of Horror (1997) (mini) TV Series .... Himself
  • aka Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror (UK: complete title)
• Night of the Living Dead: 25th Anniversary Documentary (1993) (V) .... Himself

Note: this is a 25th Anniversary special featured on a video release of the original Night of the Living Dead film.

• Horror F/X (1989) (V) .... Himself

Note: Russo interviews frequent collaborator and fellow Pittsburgh horror movie maker, Tom Savini, in this low-budget shot-on-video documentary.

• Drive-In Madness! (1987) .... Himself
  • aka Screen Scaries (USA: video title)

Bibliography

• Night of the Living Dead (1974) ISBN 0-446-76410-8
• Return of the Living Dead (1978) ISBN 1-55197-508-4
• Majorettes (1979) ISBN 0-671-82315-9
• Limb to Limb (1981) ISBN 0-671-41690-1
• Bloodsisters (1982) ISBN 0-671-41692-8
• Black Cat (1982) ISBN 0-671-41691-X
• The Awakening (1983) ISBN 0671-45259-2
• Day Care (1985) ISBN 0-671-45261-4
• Return of the Living Dead (1985) -Novelization Version- ISBN 0-09-942610-2
• Inhuman ISBN 0-671-45262-2
• Voodoo Dawn (1987)
• Living Things (1988) ISBN 0-445-20666-7
• The Complete Night of the Living Dead Film Book (1989)
• Making Movies (1989) ISBN 0-440-50046-X
• Scare Tactics (1992) ISBN 0-440-50355-8
• How to Make Your Own Feature Movie for $10,000 or Less (1995) ISBN 0-935016-10-4
• Hell's Creation (1995)(Ravenmor) ISBN 1-55197-060-0
• Undead (2011 - Forthcoming)(Cemetery Dance) ISBN 978-1-58767-255-2

Comics

With Avatar Press he is writing a number of comic books:

• Escape of the Living Dead
• George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead
• Plague of the Living Dead

[ Source: Wikipedia ]