Jim Wynorski
Biography: Jim Wynorski (born August 14, 1950) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. Wynorski has been making B-movies and exploitation movies since the early 1980s, and has directed over 150 feature films. His earliest films were released to movie theaters, but his later works have predominantly been released to cable or the straight-to-video market. He often works under pseudonyms such as "Jay Andrews," "Arch Stanton," "H.R. Blueberry," "Tom Popatopolis," and "Noble Henry." His movies often spoof horror films: Cleavagefield, for example, parodies Cloverfield, The Bare Wench Project parodies The Blair Witch Project, and Para-Knockers Activity parodies Paranormal Activity. A character in the film The Final Destination is named after him. In 2009, the documentary Popatopolis, directed by Clay Westervelt and named for one of Wynorski's pseudonyms, chronicled Wynorski during the making of his soft-core horror film, The Witches of Breastwick. The film serves as a partial biography, with clips from many of his previous films and includes interviews with Wynorski, his contemporaries, cast, and crew. In 2016, he directed Nessie & Me, the character Jack O’Grady directly references Wynorski's earlier films Dinocroc vs. Supergator and Piranhaconda when he encounters Nessie at the start of the film, hinting that Nessie & Me is canon to those film series, as well as Monster Cruise, with many characters from it appearing in Nessie & Me as well. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Wynorski, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: August 14, 1950
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Treasure Hunt
2003-01-01
Treasure Hunt
Overview: A tropical island is the setting for television's hottest new reality show, "Treasure Hunt," where 10 sexy contestants are competing for $10 million in hidden cash. Their celebration of fun, sun and seduction turns to panic when the contestants start having mysterious and deadly accidents. A killer is loose on the island... and as the body country grows, so do the television ratings!
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Raptor
2001-11-06
Raptor
Overview: When a series of unexplained vicious animal attacks strikes his community, Sheriff Jim Tanner and his assistant Barbara trace them back to a Dr. Hyde, a former military researcher whose government funding for a dinosaur cloning project was cut. When the Pentagon discovers Hyde obtained foreign backing to continue his experiments, they send in a strike team to save Tanner and Barbara and stop Hyde.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-06
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The Wasp Woman
1995-08-29
The Wasp Woman
Overview: Janice Starlin is an aging model who owns a cosmetics company. When a researcher experimenting with wasps brings her a serum that will turn back the aging process, she decides to first try it on herself. The serum works, but it also turns her into a killer wasp woman.
Genres: Horror Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-29
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We Kill for Love
2023-03-31
We Kill for Love
Overview: A documentary that goes in search of the forgotten world of the direct-to-video erotic thriller, an American film genre that once dominated late night cable television and the shelves of neighborhood video stores.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-03-31
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Popatopolis
2009-06-10
Popatopolis
Overview: In 20 years, he's directed more films than Martin Scorsese, He's produced more profitable movies than Jerry Bruckheimer, And he's infuriated more actors than Alfred Hitchcock. The ultimate B Movie Documentary, focusing on B Movie Giant Jim Wynorski (and B Movie Celebration Mentor) and his attempt to make a feature film in 3 days. He's directed seventy feature films, but he's never made one... in THREE DAYS. Jim cuts the shooting schedule, has the actors cook their own food. A documentary featuring B-Movie legends Roger Corman, Andy Sidaris, Julie Strain, Julie K. Smith and Stormy Daniels, Popatopolis follows Jim Wynorski as he begins to film one of his many opuses "Witches of Breastwick" Jim's frenetic pace demands 100 setups per day (the Hollywood standard is 20), and he reduces his electric package to just two lights so he can concentrate on the task at hand.A great overview of a true master at work and in many ways a laser sharp dialectic on the state of B filmmaking today.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-10
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Deathstalker II
1987-06-03
Deathstalker II
Overview: Deathstalker helps Reena the Seer out of a few jams, and she solicits his help for a bigger task. She reveals that she is actually Princess Evie, but the evil sorcerer had her abducted and cloned in order to seize control of the kingdom. Together they travel to the evil sorcerer's stronghold to restore the princess to her rightful position, encountering challenges along the way both from the sorcerer's goons and the fierce Amazon women.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-03
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Scream Queen Hot Tub Party
1991-01-01
Scream Queen Hot Tub Party
Overview: Five of Hollywood's leading scream queens get together in a creepy mansion and decide to get in the hot tub (as true scream queens would). They talk in the tub and exchange secrets on the do's and don'ts of being a scream queen.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Hard to Die
1990-10-09
Hard to Die
Overview: While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series of killings years back, is at the bottom of the whole thing. Little do they know the real horror that they face in the end.
Genres: Action Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-09
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Gargoyle: Wings of Darkness
2004-10-26
Gargoyle: Wings of Darkness
Overview: Two CIA agents are sent to Bucharest, Romania to solve a high profile kidnapping. But what they discover is something inexplicable. An evil gargoyle, once thought dead and banished forever, has returned with a vengeance.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-26
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Komodo vs. Cobra
2005-08-19
Komodo vs. Cobra
Overview: A team of environmentalists, including a reporter, her camera man, and an environmentalist's famous girlfriend charter a boat and with the captain, sail to a military island. They suspect the island is hosting to illegal activities. Upon arrival, however, they find no one. They finally reach a deserted house, where they find Dr. Susan Richardson, who tells them that everyone on the island is dead, including her father. Richardson's team were working on a compound that could make edible plants grow to super size, however the military intervened with plans of their own. They wanted to test the compound's effects on animals, and proceeded to feed it to several komodo dragons and cobras.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-19
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Sorceress II: The Temptress
1997-08-02
Sorceress II: The Temptress
Overview: In this sensual horror tale, Paul Stevens is transported to a mysterious world where he is surrounded by strange and beautiful women, led by Tara Coventry. Tara initiates Paul into their world of bizarre erotic rituals; however Tara and her minions are actually practitioners of black magic, who are trying to snare Paul's soul through their sexual mischief. Will he realize the evil he has fallen into before it is too late?
Genres: Horror Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-08-02
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Brain Dead
2007-10-17
Brain Dead
Overview: A sleepy fishing port town is consumed with terror when a small crater crash-lands nearby and releases a slimy parasitic agent that transforms the residents into brain-eating zombies. Cornered in an abandoned fishing lodge, six strangers are forced to band together to stave off the blood-sucking monsters clawing the walls outside.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-17
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Alien Escape
1997-12-16
Alien Escape
Overview: Cindy and her beautiful friends are on vacation when they are assaulted by a ruthless gang of aliens attempting to take control of Earth. The friends join forces with Matt, a mysterious man they meet in the woods who turns out to be more than human. Together, Cindy and Matt launch a valiant attack against the alien ship and do battle with the murderous invaders from space.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-16
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American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
2009-12-07
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
Overview: Ten years after the first American Pie movie, three new hapless virgins discover the Bible hidden in the school library at East Great Falls High. Unfortunately for them, the book is ruined, and with incomplete advice, the Bible leads them on a hilarious journey to lose their virginity.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-07
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West Ridge
West Ridge
Overview: A group of criminals find that a heist they just pulled turns deadly.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
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Lost in the Woods
2009-09-25
Lost in the Woods
Overview: During an excursion, the two children Tim and Chelsea get lost in the forest. They soon find out that they are being followed by three gangsters led by the treacherous Stuart Bunka who want to kidnap Chelsea for a large ransom ...
Genres: Family Action Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-25
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You're Melting!
2022-02-01
You're Melting!
Overview: A Witch Doctor with a vendetta. The worlds new plastic normal is anything but! See the victims of marketing and cosmetic surgery melt in this tale of terror.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-02-01
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Giantess Battle Attack!
2022-10-20
Giantess Battle Attack!
Overview: The beautiful, beastly Beverly returns and faces a new gaggle of gargantuan gals, hell bent on achieving deluxe diva domination. Get ready for the cinematic smackdown thrills of Giantess Battle Attack. Size really does matter.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-10-20
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Chopping Mall
1986-03-21
Chopping Mall
Overview: A group of teenagers that work at the mall all get together for a late night party in one of the stores. When the mall goes on lock down before they can get out, the robot security system activates after a malfunction and goes on a killing spree. One by one the three bots try to rid the mall of the “intruders.” The only weapons the kids can use are the supplies in other stores, or if they can make it till morning when the mall opens back up.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-21
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Bikini Drive-In
1995-04-08
Bikini Drive-In
Overview: Kim Taylor inherits her grandfather's drive-in theatre. She must raise $25,000 over one weekend or the bank will take the property from her. She also has to deal with pesky capitalist J.B. Winston.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-08
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Some Nudity Required
1998-10-16
Some Nudity Required
Overview: A woman working in the B movie industry begins examining the industry and the damaged, desperate people who work in it.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-16
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The Bikini Carwash Company
1992-06-17
The Bikini Carwash Company
Overview: A young midwest man comes to L.A. to take over his uncle's carwash an gets help from a shapely business manager. Together they hire gals to wear skimpy bathing suits... or nothing at all... to clean up in more ways than one.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-06-17
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Hollywood Boulevard II
1991-01-30
Hollywood Boulevard II
Overview: A studio finds itself in the middle of a bizarre murder mystery when an exploding teddy bear kills the latest star. Soon more actresses get violently eliminated as the desperate search for the killer begins.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-30
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Dragon Fire
1993-10-20
Dragon Fire
Overview: Los Angeles 2050 A.D. Crime. Drugs. Violence. Rape. The City of Angels has descended into chaos. Street fighter Dominic La Banca seeks to avenge his brother's death in this lawless city. To find the killer, he must enter the deadly underworld of the Alley Fights a savage kickboxing match of the future!
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-20
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Masseuse
1996-02-02
Masseuse
Overview: Jack is a real scum-bag who is going to marry Kristy. He has a bad habit of sleeping with other women and stealing all of their money. Two weeks before their marriage, Kristy sees Jack having sex with their maid, Rosa. It turns out that he was threatening Rosa into having sex as well as his secretary, Diane. When he goes away on business, Kristy, Rosa, and Diane devise a way to get him back for all of the things he has put them through. They also decide to turn his house into a special massage parlor for a few nights so Kristy can try to make some of the money back that Jack stole from her.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-02
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Against the Law
1997-11-17
Against the Law
Overview: A trigger-happy outlaw goes on the run and a burned out, disillusioned cop gives chase. They end up head-to-head in a Los Angeles shoot out.
Genres: Adventure Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-17
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Dinocroc vs. Supergator
2010-06-26
Dinocroc vs. Supergator
Overview: On a lush tropical island, working under a secret government charter, Martin Drake has not only grown sprawling acres of giant vegetables, but inadvertently spawned two mammoth reptiles as well. Now they've broken free of their enclosures, and Drake has only one option: kill the creatures before word gets back to Washington and they close him down. When Drake's first team of well-armed mercenaries gets wiped out within hours of setting down in the jungle, he turns to one lone hunter, The Cajun, to go in single-handedly. But will The Cajun be cunning enough to find the creatures and destroy them before they turn the blue waters red with the blood of tourists. The only hope is to bring the monsters together and make them fight. When one emerges victorious, that will be the time to strike and kill the other. It's a risky plan, but ultimately the only one that may work. One of David Carradine's last movies.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-26
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Midnight Tease II
1995-11-14
Midnight Tease II
Overview: Jennifer Brennan gets a job at a strip club to try and find out who killed her sister. She works with undercover cop John Donnelly and befriends other strippers some of whom also get murdered by a very unhappy murdering murderer.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-14
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Bigfoot or Bust
2022-07-05
Bigfoot or Bust
Overview: A team of celebrities head out on a quest to search for the Bigfoot, unaware another group of time traveling women from the future are also looking for the creature.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-07-05
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Demolition High
1996-04-12
Demolition High
Overview: When a group of terrorists (led by Luther) take over a high school making the students in it their hostages, it is up to several of the students (led by Lenny) to help prevent disaster while the authorities (Slater and General Wainwright) do their part on the other side.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-12
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Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure
1995-09-19
Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure
Overview: TV producer Clair Archer, charged with the murder of her co-producer, hires attorney Simon Mitchell to defend her. Though happily married, Simon falls for Clair's seductive wiles.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-19
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Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold
1995-06-02
Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold
Overview: Among the finalists for "Centerfold Of The Year" are Angel and her spiteful rival Betty. However, no one is aware of Angel's involvement in a secret medical beauty enhancement program headed by Dr. Lindstrom. Desperate to win, Angel overdoses on Lindstrom's formula, with disastrous results. Soon she has grown to monstrous but shapely proportions, causing all sorts of complications, the most dangerous being Betty's jealousy of Angel's new-found attention. Betty discovers Angel's secret and takes the formula herself, causing her to grow into an equally gorgeous giant. As the girls battle it out on Hollywood Blvd., Dr. Lindstrom races to find an antidote.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-06-02
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Lizard Man
2012-01-01
Lizard Man
Overview: Sci-Fi - Haunted by a terrifying incident in his past, billionaire Bill Hansen seeks revenge by enlisting a team of mercenaries and a television personality to capture and exploit a dangerous lizard-like creature - Alejandra Bejar, Steven M. Blasini, Brittany Blaze
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-01
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Big Bad Mama II
1987-10-01
Big Bad Mama II
Overview: Wilma McClatchie and her daughters return to a life of crime and vow vengeance against the evil land baron who foreclosed on their home.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-01
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Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90s
2019-10-12
Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90s
Overview: A documentary about the direct-to-video horror hits of the 90s.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-12
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Corman's World
2011-12-16
Corman's World
Overview: A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious low-budget producer and director in the US film industry, a pioneer of independent filmmaking and discoverer of new talent.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-16
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The Devil Wears Nada
2009-01-01
The Devil Wears Nada
Overview: Rebecca works as an assistant to the highly demanding Julia Crimson and is about to be promoted if she can take care of the last week and find a capable replacement.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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Lost Treasure
2003-11-25
Lost Treasure
Overview: A paint is stolen from a building during a great fire and after recovered, the police finds inside it a mysterious map. A police officer responsible for the case ask his brother, who is an antiques expert, to help him during investigations. Analysing the paint an fabric, he finds that the map belonged to Cristopher Columbus and the drawings in it refer to an old legend of a lost treasure. Asside from unravel mysterious riddles the police officer and his brother will have to fight against a violent gang which is after the treasure as well.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2003-11-25
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Cheerleader Massacre
2003-03-05
Cheerleader Massacre
Overview: Five high school cheerleaders, their coach and a couple of adolescent sex-crazed guys travel to a cabin in the woods for a weekend getaway only to be killed off one by one by an unseen maniac.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-05
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Passion and Romance: Ocean of Dreams
1997-01-01
Passion and Romance: Ocean of Dreams
Overview: Hungry for more sizzle and spice in their bland love lives, a married couple embarks upon a cruise. Once aboard the ship, they find themselves faced with a veritable buffet of erotic delights and a strong temptation to overindulge.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Desert Thunder
1998-06-01
Desert Thunder
Overview: Terrorists threaten to launch a missile armed with deadly disease at Europe. A special unit is put together to stop them.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-01
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Masters of the Grind
2023-10-25
Masters of the Grind
Overview: The shocking true story behind the most outrageous movies of all time and the directors who made them.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-10-25
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Attack of the 50 Foot Camgirl
2024-01-25
Attack of the 50 Foot Camgirl
Overview: Beverly Wood is one of the biggest stars on social media. Millions of fans subscribe to her salacious cam shows and buy her products and it seems like everyone loves her. Everyone that is except her husband and Fuschia, the young upstart who secretly plots to bring Beverly down and take over her online empire forever! But when Beverly’s latest – and untested – brand “Unholy Meat-rimony” gives her some gargantuan side effects, she becomes an even bigger force to be reckoned with! Ballooning to beastly proportions, the now 50-foot tall influencer becomes super large, totally in charge and ready for revenge…
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-01-25
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Ablaze
2002-07-16
Ablaze
Overview: The owner of a gigantic oil refinery decides to burn the place down for insurance purposes, only to create a giant fireball that endangers the lives of a small town.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-16
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A Doggone Hollywood
2017-01-06
A Doggone Hollywood
Overview: Murphy ("Just Jesse the Jack") is a mega-famous canine TV star who is fed up with being treated like a 'cashmachine' by Hollywood executives. He escapes and a group of loving kids save him.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-01-06
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