David J. Schow (born July 13, 1955) is an American author of horror novels, short stories and screenplays.

His credits include films such as The Crow and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. Most of Schow's work falls into the subgenre splatterpunk, a term he is sometimes credited with coining. In the 1990s, Schow wrote Raving & Drooling, a regular column for Fangoria magazine. All 41 installments were collected in the book Wild Hairs (2000), winning the International Horror Guild's award for best non-fiction in 2001.

In 1987, Schow's novella "Pamela's Get" was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for best long fiction. His short story "Red Light" won the 1987 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction. In 2015, The Outer Limits at 50 won the Rondo Award for Book of the Year in a tie with The Creature Chronicles by Tom Weaver, of which Schow was a contributor.

As an editor, Schow's work includes three volumes of writings by Robert Bloch and a book of short stories by John Farris.

He wrote the revival series episode "Corner of the Eye".