Trent Haaga (born 1971) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, and director. He is best known for his work on independent horror films, such as Deadgirl (2008), Cheap Thrills (2013), and 68 Kill (2017).
Career Haaga came to the attention of the horror community after co-starring in the Troma film Terror Firmer.Interview with Haaga for horror-asylum.com He went on to fill the role of screenwriter as well as assistant director on the fourth film in the Toxic Avenger series, Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV. Due to also playing the leader of the Diaper Mafia in this film, he was forced to direct many scenes in the film while wearing a baby bonnet and an adult diaper. He relates many of these experiences as co-author of the book Make Your Own Damn Movie! written with Lloyd Kaufman of Troma.
He has worked in many aspects of filmmaking (writing, producing, acting) and enjoys them all.
Haaga works in independent film and has stated that he likes the advances made in digital cinematography.
Haaga has praised the speed of digital filmmaking.
Haaga directorial debut Chop, which stars Will Keenan, Tanishaa Mukherji and Billy Bakshi, was released in 2011. He wrote the script for the independent thriller alongside Adam Minarovich. The movie is a revenge thriller within the tradition of Fargo and Oldboy. Haaga narrated the Indie thriller flick Fetch.
Haaga has also written for video games; he worked on the DLC for the survival horror game The Evil Within and was the lead writer on the game's sequel. The story for The Evil Within 2 was created by the Japanese developers and Haaga was tasked with fleshing out the characters in the game.
Filmography
Acting credits Year Title Role Notes1999 Terror Firmer Jerry Troma's Edge TV Troma Superstar Trent Haaga 2000 Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV Tex Diaper 2001 Mulva: Zombie Ass Kicker! James 'the Cock God' Vanbrunt 2002 Killjoy 2: Deliverance from Evil Killjoy 2003 The Ghouls Clift 2004 Suburban Nightmare Charles Rosenblad Tales from the Crapper Party Goer 2005 Knight of the Living Dead Justin's Dad 2006 Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill! Bum/Donald2007 Gimme Skelter Luther Black Dahlia Movie: The Elizabeth Short Story Red/Bobby Manley Splatter Disco Kent Chubb 2008 Bonnie & Clyde vs. Dracula Clyde 2010 Killjoy 3 Killjoy 2012 Where the Dead Go to Die Ralph's Dad Killjoy Goes to Hell Killjoy 2014 The Pact 2 Pink Room Receptionist 2015 Tales of Halloween Nelson 2016 Killjoy's Psycho Circus Killjoy 2017Bad MatchDetective Dean2019Bunker of Blood 07: Killjoys Carnage CaravanKilljoy2019The Creative SlumpTrent HaagaShort2022An American MasqueradeBronson
Directing credits Deathcember (2019) 68 Kill (2017) Chop (2011)
Writing credits Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2000) (writer) Hell Asylum (2002) (V) (writer) Feeding the Masses (2004) (V) (writer) Damage Control (2005) TV series (unknown episodes) Raving Maniacs (2005) (screenplay) Make Your Own Damn Movie! (2005) (book) Deadgirl (2008) (writer) Poor Things (2008) (screenplay) (story) Fetch (2009) Cheap Thrills (2013) (writer) Killing Mommy (2016) (writer) (TV Movie) 68 Kill (2017) (screenplay) (director) The Evil Within 2 (2017) (video game) (writer) It Came From the Desert (2017) (writer) Girl on the Third Floor (2019) (writer) Deathcember (writer) (2019) (segment "Operation Dolph)
Producer credits Killjoy 2: Deliverance from Evil (2002) (line producer) Dead & Rotting (2002) (producer) Hell Asylum (2002) (line producer) The Ghouls (2003) (associate producer) Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill! (2006) (producer) Chop (2011) (producter) The Dead Reborn (2013) (producer)
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