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Jeff Barker Directs Horror Short “Medium Rare” with Dane Cook

7/15/2026

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Jeff Barker will write and direct the psychological-horror short “Medium Rare,” starring Dane Cook and Lesley Ann Warren.
Production is scheduled to begin in Los Angeles later this summer.
The story follows a man trapped in a bar as reality unravels.
After consulting on his son Curry Barker’s $750,000-budget hit “Obsession,” Jeff left his nurse-practitioner job to focus on screenwriting.

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Story summary

Jeff Barker will write and direct the psychological-horror short “Medium Rare,” starring Dane Cook and Lesley Ann Warren.
Production is scheduled to begin in Los Angeles later this summer.
The story follows a man trapped in a bar as reality unravels.
After consulting on his son Curry Barker’s $750,000-budget hit “Obsession,” Jeff left his nurse-practitioner job to focus on screenwriting.