Mark James Van Woert

Mark James Van Woert, aka Markus James is an American editor/writer and actor best known for his work in Cracked Magazine, and in Troma films.

Early career

Mark Van Woert got his start in 1998 with the creation and extreme popularity of his horror/sci-fi film news and gossip website entitled HorrorManiacs.com.

During its four year run the site was noticed and given honors by such organizations as Paramount Pictures, Troma Entertainment, and Newline Cinema. It was one of the first independent run websites to be offered the opportunity by Hollywood production companies to promote their main stream horror films with licensed swag like movie posters, DVDs and VHS tapes.

At the peak of its popularity the site received a minimum of 8,500 unique visits daily, and employed four freelance writer/film reviewers. The website was up on the latest news, gossip and housed thousands of film reviews which help pave the way for Van Woert as a legitimate Film Critic... aka "The b-Critic.

The website's popularity also gave Mark the opportunity to conducted numerous personal interviews with such stars as Debbie Rochon, Robert Z'Dar, and Bruce Campbell, and not to mention many popular Indie and mainstream film directors.

CRACKED Magazine

In late 2000 Van Woert was hired by the then Cracked Magazine owner and publisher Dick Kulpa as Cracked's official webmaster. From there he moved up the corporate ladder to Promotions Editor, then to Contributing Editor, while during the same time moonlighting as a contributing writer. In early 2005 Cracked Magazine was sold and the old regime retired.

Weekly World News

Van Woert also teamed with Dick Kulpa on many other popular projects. Like being a freelance writer (under an alias) and a contributing webmaster for the ever popular tabloid - Weekly World News. Which during the same time Kulpa held the reigns as senior editor and creative consultant.

Professional Webmaster

After Cracked Magazine Van Woert went on to design, host and maintain several popular websites that include official movie sites like Nowhere Man, The Fullmoon Fan Club and Death Defying Acts. Plus a few official celebrity websites like DebbieRochon.com, a site for artist and publisher Dick Kulpa, and in late 2005 for actress Felissa Rose. Which led Mark to be labeled with a new tagline - "Webmaster to the Stars!"

Acting & Writing Career

In mid 2006 Markus kicked off his acting and writing career with two films, Voices from the Graves (Starring Robert Z'Dar, Fred 'The Hammer' Williamson, and Joe Estevez) and Debbie Rochon Confidential (from Troma.)

Mark is still active with writing and acting in numerous TV and films roles.

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