Aylor Wells

Aylor Wells was born: Eugene Aylor Crowell 3rd in Maryland. As a kid, Gene became fascinated with horror, sci-fi and fantasy films. When he was 9, Gene saw an article in Starlog Magazine that featured photos of Forest J. Ackerman and his famous collection of classic movie monster memorabilia. Gene was so inspired by those images, he started collecting monster masks, toys, posters, and props and costumes. At 15, he met Washington DC make up artist, Tim Davis. Visiting Mr. Davis' studio became the catalyst for Gene's interest in the film making Arts. When he was 17, Gene along with his best friend Gordon Landis, began making short films for Metro-Vision. A local public access channel. They worked together on "The McCrory Movie" which followed the antics of teenagers working in a local five and dime store and the more serious, "Death before 21" a film about teen suicide. Both films ran for years on public access. Gene also got his first break in a real feature film as an actor for Phil Cook's "Invader" 1992. In the early 1990s, Gene and Tim Davis joined the Baltimore Horror & Fantasy Film Society (Fanex) and worked on numerous short films and live stage shows together with director Mitch Klein. In 1992, Gene penned his first article. An interview with local Baltimore TV personality, George Lewis who played "The Ghost Host" for WBFF-TV 45 for Scary Monsters Magazine. In 1997, Gene successfully tracked down all five child stars of the 1971 cult film "Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory" for a retrospective article he wrote in S.P.F.X. Magazine. The magazine was so successful, Warner Brother's hired Gene to work on the anniversary DVD release of the film as "Wonka Historian". In 1999, Gene had the opportunity to work with Washington DC horror host, Dick Dyszel on the WDCA-TV 20 Creature Feature's Y2K New Years Eve Special. Gene can also be seen in the films: Crawler, Sealed Fates and Blood, Boobs & Beast: A documentary on Baltimore film maker, Don Dohler. Gene also wrote and starred in the hit Youtube documentary: "Our Blair Witch Adventure". An independently made video tour of the Blair Witch Project filming locations.