
Mike Cuenca
Director · b. 1983 · Westminster, California, US
Mike Cuenca is an award-winning DIY filmmaker whose work blends noir, horror, comedy, and punk-rock sensibilities. His films have screened at festivals internationally and include WATCH THEM COME BLOOD, BOYS ABOUT TOWN, I'LL BE AROUND, IN THE DITCH, and LIKE A DIRTY FRENCH NOVEL. Known for guerrilla-style production methods and a hands-on approach to filmmaking, Cuenca often serves as writer, director, editor, composer, and producer on his projects.
Movies6
MovieDramaComedyA generation’s last encore. Follows nearly three dozen musicians, misfits, and wanderers as they unknowingly shape each other’s lives during one strange day at an alt-rock fest
I'll Be Around
2020
MovieDramaMysteryAn author suffering from a sophomore slump hides in a motel room and faces his demons.
Odium for Ardor
2026
MovieComedyDramaFour friends (a background actor, a documentarian, a homeless musician, and a virgin) descend into a life-awakening 24 hours that involve excess drinking, prostitutes, a sage-like lounge singer and psychedelic drugs.
By the Wayside
2012
MovieWesternDramaPeter Salem, a former Wall Street executive recently released from prison, returns to his ex-wife and children in the small town of Bunker Hill, Kansas. Soon after he arrives, the town's electricity and power are shut off, and there is no way to communicate with authorities outside of town. The town's militant past is reawakened and forces coalesce to protect citizens from an unseen enemy. The town's fear leads to the creation of a posse of gunmen, resulting in torture, illegal searches and eventually, murder, against which Salem must stand.
Bunker Hill
2008
Movie1.0HorrorThrillerA group of road-tripping friends stumble upon a brothel with a very odd set of services.
Watch Them Come Blood
2024 · 2 votes
MovieMade for the 48-Hour Guerrilla Film Challenge. The filmmakers received a genre and a line of dialogue and then had 48 hours to write, cast, shoot, edit, and score the short film. The genre was 'action' and the line they had to incorporate was: "When you look deeply, you will always find some value."
Sad Bastard Hero
2013
Series1
- TVComedyDrama
A look at the lives of a large ensemble group of punks, mods, and rockers in the fictional town of Holwenstall. The series is a satirical portrayal of the counter-culture lifestyle, blending slapstick humor, punk ideology, underground music and coming of age melodrama to analyze the interlocking lives of its troubled and self-centered protagonists. Features strong language, nudity and violence.