Zack Hohenstein is horror screenwriter and filmmaker living in Los Angeles, California. Raised on AMC Fear Fest and R.L. Stine's Goosebumps book series, he was indoctrinated into horror as a child by his older brothers. Scream and Halloween franchises got him hooked, and exciting contemporary works keep him dialed in to the genre. His short films The Dead (2022) and Grayson’s Yard (2025) have screened at multiple festivals. He holds BA’s in both Journalism and Film from University of Missouri – Columbia and a MFA in Screenwriting from UCLA.