Evil Streets (1998)

Interesting facts

Evil Streets is a 1998 American B movie indy horror film co-directed by Terry R. Wickham and Joseph F. Parda, starring SaRenna Lee, Joe Zaso, and Tina Krause. The film is a horror anthology focused around three tales of urban terror, desire, and hell in New York City.

Production

In 1996, guitarist/author Michael Knight asked Terry Wickham if he would be interested in directing a short film based on a short story Knight had written called “The Downfall of Johnny Garrett”. Two years prior, Wickham had directed a music video for Knight’s song “The Phoenix” off his album called "Dreamscapes". Knight’s idea was that there was evil on the streets of the city, and he wanted to represent it with three films.

One of the portions of the film came from Wickham’s friend Joseph F. Parda, who Wickham knew as a manager at a video rental store in Carle Place, New York. Parda would go on to work with producer/actor Joe Zaso and indie horror film star Tina Krause to create the David Lynch-like episode “Szamota’s Mistress.”

Wickham had wanted to work with big-bust star SaRenna Lee on a feature film called Perishing Hearts after seeing her in Score Magazine, and he "made it clear to SaRenna he wouldn’t write one word without her coming onboard, because she was the only person he’d make the movie with". Lee then agreed to do the film.

Open auditions were held at Mr. Electric Studios in Massapequa on October 25, 1996 for “The Downfall of Johnny Garrett”, which is where Wickham cast Steve Rodriguez. Wickham had already worked with Rodriguez, having directed Rodriguez's band’s “Fetish” music video.

Wickham directed two episodes (“The Downfall of Johnny Garrett” and “Stalk”) and Parda directed “Szamota’s Mistress” (with Joe Zaso serving as producer) in the anthology.

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