Directing
John Lechago
Born 1969-04-04 · Kingston, Ontario, Canada
John Lechago (April 4, 1969 – July 22, 2026) was born in Kingston Ontario, Canada to an Argentinean mother and a Spanish father. At age four the family moved to Los Angeles California. From an early childhood Lechago was fascinated by drawing, and would spend hours creating monsters and reproducing what he saw around him. The rest of the time John would spend playing with his fraternal twin brother. At age nine Lechago was enrolled in traditional oil painting classes and thrived, winning awards every year he was with the school. This strong base in traditional painting would be very influential in Lechago's approach to his filmmaking later in life. John was also enrolled at an early age in self defense classes. Coincidentally the school that his father chose for his young sons was one owned by Chuck Norris. On the second day of karate class the teachers showed a 16mm film print of Chuck Norris's first film Breaker! Breaker! (1977). Lechago looked around the class realizing that most of the adults were also getting beaten up by the head teacher in the film! Three and a half years later at age ten, Lechago and his brother James were part of a children's class in Chuck Norris's A Force of One (1979). Being on set and seeing how scenes are actually set up and shot was a major motivator. It was at that point that Lechago decided that he would be involved in the movies. As a teenager John began studying screen writing and shooting scenes with the video cameras of the day. He went so far as to found the "Cinema Productions" club at his high school. After high school Lechago attended the prestigious art school S.A.I.C. in Chicago, concentrating in film, and then finished his degree in film at the Columbia College Chicago. When Lechago returned to Los Angeles he tried to get work on a movie set, but as luck would have it there was an actor's strike at the time. John had to get work with a corporate video company. A few months later the owner of the company (out of curiosity) gave John $5,000 and allowed him to use the cameras and office space to make a film. Lechago teamed up with Vincent Bilancio and made his first feature _Blood Gnome (Video 2004)_. Despite being a very low budget movie and being shot in only 12 days, it was distributed in Europe, Asia and North America. Lechago would make one more film with Turning Point Productions Magus (2008), before making his first self produced feature Contagion (2010) formerly known as Bio Slime. Lechago would follow up with writing and directing _Killjoy 3 (Video 2010)_ For Charles Band and Full Moon Features. - IMDb mini biography by: Stuntchild
Acting credits
Behind the camera
4.7A group of hunters travel to a mysterious island to track down a legendary forest creature. They soon realize their guide has set them up as bait, forcing them to confront a highly intelligent predator that terrorizes them one by one.
Mortal Game
2025
4.7A group of hunters travel to a mysterious island to track down a legendary forest creature. They soon realize their guide has set them up as bait, forcing them to confront a highly intelligent predator that terrorizes them one by one.
Mortal Game
2025
3.7A biogenetic mutation, stolen from a secret government division, spawns a hungry, insatiable creature that tries to break into a windowless apartment with seven people trapped inside.
Bio Slime
2010
3.7A biogenetic mutation, stolen from a secret government division, spawns a hungry, insatiable creature that tries to break into a windowless apartment with seven people trapped inside.
Bio Slime
2010
4.4When the malevolent Dr. Hauser, the Third Reich's maddest scientist, rises again with murder and mayhem on his mind, psychic journalist Elisa Ivanov awakens her own angel of death in Blade.
Blade: The Iron Cross
2020
4.3Killjoy, the demon of vengeance, trickster god and killer clown has finally made it to Earth! Along with his gruesome crew Freakshow, Punchy and the sexy/psychotic Batty Boop, Killjoy is free to terrorize mortals in new and excruciating ways.
Killjoy's Psycho Circus
2016
4.3Killjoy, the demon of vengeance, trickster god and killer clown has finally made it to Earth! Along with his gruesome crew Freakshow, Punchy and the sexy/psychotic Batty Boop, Killjoy is free to terrorize mortals in new and excruciating ways.
Killjoy's Psycho Circus
2016
4.3Killjoy, the demon of vengeance, trickster god and killer clown has finally made it to Earth! Along with his gruesome crew Freakshow, Punchy and the sexy/psychotic Batty Boop, Killjoy is free to terrorize mortals in new and excruciating ways.
Killjoy's Psycho Circus
2016
4.5The demon clown Killjoy is resurrected once again, but this time he is not given the name of his victim and is trapped in his realm. Using a magic mirror he lures four unsuspecting college students into his realm where he can have his macabre fun! A mysterious man returns and we finally discover who Killjoy's true target is!
Killjoy 3
2010
4.5The demon clown Killjoy is resurrected once again, but this time he is not given the name of his victim and is trapped in his realm. Using a magic mirror he lures four unsuspecting college students into his realm where he can have his macabre fun! A mysterious man returns and we finally discover who Killjoy's true target is!
Killjoy 3
2010
3.1A group of college students make a deal to have wishes granted with dire consequences.
Feast of Fear
2019
3.1A group of college students make a deal to have wishes granted with dire consequences.
Feast of Fear
2019
3.1A group of college students make a deal to have wishes granted with dire consequences.
Feast of Fear
2019
4.8Killjoy is back in the fourth installment of the demonic clown series. This time Killjoy is being accused of not being evil, since he let one of his victims(Sandie) get away. Killjoy must rely on his only chance of proving how evil he really is... get Sandie into hell as his witness.
Killjoy Goes to Hell
2012
4.8Killjoy is back in the fourth installment of the demonic clown series. This time Killjoy is being accused of not being evil, since he let one of his victims(Sandie) get away. Killjoy must rely on his only chance of proving how evil he really is... get Sandie into hell as his witness.
Killjoy Goes to Hell
2012
3.3When Daniel, a crime scene investigator, discovers the truth behind a series of bizarre sex murders, no one believes him.
Blood Gnome
2004
3.3When Daniel, a crime scene investigator, discovers the truth behind a series of bizarre sex murders, no one believes him.
Blood Gnome
2004
3.1Since the dawn of time magic users have availed their Mysterious Power to ward off evil and heal the body. Throughout history wizards, sorcerers and magicians have practiced in secrecy, keeping their powers hidden, guided by the Wizard's Code. But there are some who desire mastery over others and attain the highest level of magic to gain it. Even just one Wizard, obsessed with his own power, can threaten their secret world. This one is called the MAGUS. When Felix, a broken down healer learns that the Magus has abandoned the Wizards Code and is using his power for evil, he is forced to come out of reclusion and find a way to turn his healing energy into a killing force.
Magus
2008
3.1Since the dawn of time magic users have availed their Mysterious Power to ward off evil and heal the body. Throughout history wizards, sorcerers and magicians have practiced in secrecy, keeping their powers hidden, guided by the Wizard's Code. But there are some who desire mastery over others and attain the highest level of magic to gain it. Even just one Wizard, obsessed with his own power, can threaten their secret world. This one is called the MAGUS. When Felix, a broken down healer learns that the Magus has abandoned the Wizards Code and is using his power for evil, he is forced to come out of reclusion and find a way to turn his healing energy into a killing force.
Magus
2008