Born on a Friday the 13th back in 1967, Ritter was still in high school when he scripted, directed and edited his first feature, a 1984 Super 8mm production called Day of the Reaper. Shrewdly recognizing the potential of the thennascent directtovideo market, Ritter selfdistributed his production to video wholesalers and, in the process, helped lay the groundwork for what is now one of the most important facets of the home video market. He followed up Day of the Reaper by codirecting the video anthology Twisted Illusions 1985 and wrote and directed albeit without director credit the first installment of the Truth or Dare? series that introduced one of the most indefatigable serial killers to slash his away across the screen, The Coppermasked Madman.Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Ritter helmed his own productions and also served a variety of function on other works including stints as writer, editor, second unit director, narrator, and even creative consultant. In 1995, he directed Creep, a horrifying adventure following the crime trail of sibling serial killers. Even in the noholdsbarred world of BMovie filmmaking, Creep cut more than a few nerves and 25 minutes of footage was excised before the film could hit the video stores; a restored version was subsequently released a few years later. In 1999, Ritter achieved a personal best with his wicked Dirty Cop, No Donut. This wild, sicko parody of policereality TV shows focused its cinema verite camera on a lunatic cop named Officer Friendly barreling through an allnight rampage of bullying and brutality. The film earned Ritter his best reviews, including praise from the influential Amazing World of Cult Movies which cited the film as everything an indie cult film should be.A sequel, Dirty Cop, No Donut 2: I am a Pig is rolling out this month with Officer Friendly on the loose for more miscreant shenanigans.

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