Kevin McTurk

Directing

Kevin McTurk

Born 1967-06-16 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Kevin McTurk is a special effects artist (including special effects makeup), director, and actor.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Minutes Past Midnight poster
4.8

As midnight falls, all manner of terror invades the Earth. Demons, cannibals, killers, ghosts and monsters swarm the world in these tales of the supernatural, the fantastic, and the just plain horrific. Featuring nine stories of horror.

Minutes Past Midnight

2016

Grylu Sker poster
9.0

Grylu Sker is the tale of a lost explorer set in a world of Icelandic folklore written by Tab Murphy (Gorillas in the Mist, The Haunted Swordsman) and Icelandic author Sjón (co-writer of The Northman). It is a story of an explorer's fight for survival on a bleak unforgiving island and also a re-imagining of the legendary Icelandic witch Gryla. This film will utilize 36 inch tall bunraku puppets, stop motion animation, traditional in-camera effects and old-fashioned smoke and mirrors trickery.

Grylu Sker

The Haunted Swordsman poster
6.4

The latest in acclaimed puppeteer Kevin McTurk’s SPIRIT CABINET series follows a ronin samurai on a supernatural quest for vengeance with only a severed head as his guide.

The Haunted Swordsman

2019

The Mill at Calder's End poster
6.5

In the remote village of Calder's End stands an old windmill, a repository of dark secrets. Nicholas Grimshaw has returned to this haunted place, his childhood home, intent on breaking a generations old family curse. Grimshaw's journey takes him deep below the decaying mill,into mysterious, forgotten catacombs, where upon he confronts the very source of the evil that has corrupted his family. The Mill at Calder's End is a gothic tale inspired by the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, and M.R. James and is told with the use of 36 inch tall bunraku rod puppets operated by puppeteers dressed in black.

The Mill at Calder's End

2015

The Narrative of Victor Karloch poster
5.0

The Narrative of Victor Karloch is a Gothic Victorian horror short film that uses 30 inch tall rod puppets, traditional shadow puppetry (woodcuts designed by Eisner award winning graphic novel artist Gary Gianni), and rear projected elements to present the adventures of Victor Karloch, an alchemist,scholar and ghost hunter, as he battles the supernatural forces of the Unknown.

The Narrative of Victor Karloch

2012