Gary Piland's the kid the other kids' parent wouldn't let play with them - too much imagination, zero common sense. He fell in love with scary movies at an early age, helped found a popular regional hard rock band, Limousine in 1976 and eventually discovered the Macintosh in 1984. From there he moved to the Internet, web design, copywriting and opened his design and web development firm, Umbrella, in 2003. Gary always wanted to write, direct and produce horror flicks, so in 2010 he founded Roaring Rat Films, his indie horror film company based in Topeka, Kansas. (Yes, *that* Topeka,...
