John Carl Buechler
Crew · 1952 – 2019 · Belleville, Illinois, USA
John Carl Buechler (pronounced Beekler) was an American director, actor, and special effects and makeup artist. He was born in Belleville, Illinois, and is probably best known for directing Troll (1986), Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988), Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College (1990) and 2006The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (200&). John Carl Buechler was born on June 1, 1952, in Belleville (Illinois), and he died on March 18, 2019, in Los Angeles (California).
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Movie7.8DocumentaryFor decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office across eight terrifying, spectacular films.
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010 · 176 votes
Movie5.8ComedyHorrorWhen a group of tourists on a New Orleans haunted swamp tour find themselves stranded in the wilderness, their evening of fun and spooks turns into a horrific nightmare.
Hatchet
2006 · 748 votes
Movie5.5HorrorComedyPicking up right where the original ended, Marybeth escapes the clutches of the swamp-dwelling killer Victor Crowley. After learning the truth about her family’s connection to the hatchet-wielding madman, Marybeth returns to the Louisiana swamps along with an army of hunters to recover the bodies of her family and exact the bloodiest revenge against the bayou butcher.
Hatchet II
2010 · 414 votes
Movie5.1FantasyHorrorWhen a family moves into a San Francisco apartment, an opportunistic troll decides to make his move and take possession of little Wendy, thereby paving the way for new troll recruits, the first in his army that will take eventual control of the planet. We soon discover Torok is the ex-husband of Eunice St. Clair, a resident in the building who was married to Torok.
Troll
1986 · 275 votes
Movie7.9DocumentaryTaking inspiration from Peter M. Bracke's definitive book of the same name, this seven-hour documentary dives into the making of all twelve Friday the 13th films, with all-new interviews from the cast and the crew.
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
2013 · 112 votes
Movie3.6ComedyHorrorStraight-laced nerd Alistair moves into a college dorm with hardcore marijuana users, who order an old giant bong that proves to have strange magical powers, which sends people to a bizarre drugged-out alternate realm from which there is no easy escape.
Charles Band's Evil Bong
2006 · 103 votes
Movie6.7DocumentaryA retrospective documentary about the groundbreaking horror series, Friday the 13th, featuring interviews with cast and crew from the twelve films spanning 3 decades.
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th
2010 · 89 votes
Movie4.5HorrorComedyThe horrifying yet delicious and chewy Gingerdead Man causes murder and mayhem on the set of a horrible low budget movie set. It will take the determination of the studio's young new owner to save both his company and well as the lives of his young new friends. Including a terminally ill young boy whose final wish it was to meet the studios stars - The Tiny Terrors.
Gingerdead Man 2: The Passion of the Crust
2008 · 57 votes
Movie4.3Science FictionHorrorAn anemic alien comes to Earth from a dying planet, in the remake of the Corman 50s classic.
Not of This Earth
1995 · 15 votes
Movie7.9DocumentaryTo Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story is the harrowing story of a stuntman overcoming a dehumanizing childhood filled with torment and bullying in Sparks, Nevada. After surviving a near-death burn accident, he worked his way up through Hollywood, leading to his ultimate rise as Jason Voorhees in the Friday the 13th series and making countless moviegoers forever terrified of hockey masks and summer camp. Featuring interviews with cinema legends, including Bruce Campbell (Ash vs. Evil Dead), Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger), and Cassandra Peterson (Elvira: Mistress of the Dark), To Hell and Back peels off the mask of Kane Hodder, cinema's most prolific killer, in a gut-wrenching, but inspiring, documentary. After decades of watching Kane Hodder on screen, get ready to meet the man behind the mask in To Hell and Back - an uniquely human story about one of cinema's most vicious monsters.
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
2017 · 23 votes
MovieDocumentaryThe official feature-length documentary about the rise and fall of Charles Band's legendary Empire Pictures studio.
Movie6.7DocumentaryActors, directors and special effects technicians are interviewed at a horror-film convention.
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
1986 · 7 votes
Movie4.5HorrorComedyTwo obscure film critics host four SF/Horror films: The Thing in the Basement, Illegal Alien, Nightfright, and Dr. Dobermind.
Fright Show
1985 · 6 votes
Movie5.2DocumentaryHorrorA celebration of slasher cinema - from PSYCHO to the present day, with a focus on highlighting many of the genre's forgotten cult classics, deconstructing how to survive a slice and dice movie and meditating upon why it is almost always a final girl and rarely a final guy... this is a documentary which is designed for both the biggest fan of "mad maniac" movies and the person who may only have seen HALLOWEEN and SCREAM. Either way, this is a documentary that proves the SLASHER FILM is truly FOREVER!
Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever
2012 · 14 votes
Movie5.5ComedyHorrorOfficer Rod Davis becomes embedded undercover when a cartel starts bringing drugs into the city through fish shipments. He soon finds himself and his city under siege when a scientist accidentally creates mutant fish people with a poisonous bite. It's up to the rookie cop and a sexy lab assistant to find the drug stash and destroy the crime lord controlling the mutant monsters, but it turns personal when Rod's sister is kidnapped. Are they fighting giant mutant fish monsters just for the halibut? See the badge, bass, and ass in a horror-comedy that you won't want to throw back... because it's the "Catch of the Day."
Catch of the Day
2014 · 2 votes
Movie8.3DocumentaryBehind-the-scenes featurette detailing the production of the 'Friday The 13th' movies.
The Friday the 13th Chronicles
2004 · 7 votes
Movie8.3DocumentaryTV MovieA collection of film clips from horror movies and interviews with the actors and directors who made them.
The Horror of It All
1983 · 6 votes
MovieDocumentaryBehind the scenes feature for 'The Phantom of the Opera' (1989). Included on the Shout! Factory blu-ray.
Movie5.0HorrorJason moves into an abandoned train car where he resurrects the vicious ghost of his landlady's dead husband... The Mister. After some near-fatal encounters with the violent specter, he consults a local exorcist.
The Sleeping Car
1990 · 21 votes
Movie8.0DocumentaryThe making of Friday the 13th: The New Blood (1988) with interviews with the cast and crew.
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Behind the scenes of Friday the 13th.
Movie5.7ActionLonigan and his partner Tony, two drug dealers, shoot two cops who attempt to set them up, and run away with a million bucks and the drugs, which they stash in a red Corvette Stingray in a used car lot. When they attempt to recover their stash with their leader, Abigail, they find out that two happy-go-lucky dudes, Elmo and Al, have bought the car. They quickly pursue the two along with the police who think that the car's new owners are the criminals.
Stingray
1978 · 11 votes
MovieDocumentaryInterviews with the cast and crew of Gingerdead Man, featuring unseen footage