John Carl Buechler
Also Known As: John Buechler, Doris Carloff, J.C. Buechler
Biography: 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 (Califronia).
Department: Crew
Place of Birth: Belleville, Illinois, USA
Birthday: June 18, 1952
Deathday: March 18, 2019
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Gender: Male
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Fright Show
Overview: Two obscure film critics host four SF/Horror films: The Thing in the Basement, Illegal Alien, Nightfright, and Dr. Dobermind.
Genres: Horror Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-11
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Behind the Mask: The Making of The Phantom of the Opera
Overview: Behind the scenes feature for 'The Phantom of the Opera' (1989). Included on the Shout! Factory blu-ray.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-02-17
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Not of This Earth
Overview: An anemic alien comes to Earth from a dying planet, in the remake of the Corman 50s classic.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-05
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Hatchet
Overview: When 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.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-27
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Hallow Pointe
Overview: The film is centered around Madeline’s Closet, a quaint bed and breakfast hidden away from the world on a forgotten dirt road in the woods. Henry and Jane are hoping a weekend there will help rekindle their love for each other. Staying there, along with a few other guests, everything seems to be going as planned…until the sun sets and the full moon lights up the sky. Instead of trying to save their marriage they must now work together to try and save their lives.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-12-12
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The Horror of It All
Overview: A collection of film clips from horror movies and interviews with the actors and directors who made them.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-23
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His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th
Overview: A retrospective documentary about the groundbreaking horror series, Friday the 13th, featuring interviews with cast and crew from the twelve films spanning 3 decades.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-20
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Hatchet II
Overview: Picking 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.
Genres: Horror Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-01
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Gingerdead Man 2: The Passion of the Crust
Overview: The 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.
Genres: Comedy Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-07-04
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The Sleeping Car
Overview: Jason 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.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-02
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Evil Bong
Overview: Straight-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.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-31
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Friday the 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (Crystal Lake Victims Tell All - Documentary)
Overview: Behind-the-scenes featurette detailing the production of the 'Friday The 13th' movies.
Genres: Horror History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-05
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The Friday the 13th Chronicles
Overview: Behind-the-scenes featurette detailing the production of the 'Friday The 13th' movies.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-05
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Secrets Galore Behind the Gore
Overview: Behind the scenes of Friday the 13th.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-05
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Catch of the Day
Overview: Officer 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."
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-12
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Troll Empire
Overview: A "making of" the first Troll Movie
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-11-17
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Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Pictures
Overview: The official feature-length documentary about the rise and fall of Charles Band's legendary Empire Pictures studio.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
Overview: Actors, directors and special effects technicians are interviewed at a horror-film convention.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
Overview: To 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-26
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Stingray
Overview: Lonigan 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.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-08-01
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Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
Overview: Taking 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-13
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Beneath the Black Veil
Overview: After losing their child in a horrific accident, Aaron and Genna's once idyllic life is turned upside down. They begin to question how a loving God could take their little boy from them. Desperate to seek revenge against God, they begin to break each of the ten commandments. But their desire for vengeance will be bittersweet.
Genres: Horror Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-13
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Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever
Overview: A 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!
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-07
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Troll
Overview: When 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.
Genres: Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-17
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Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Overview: For 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-05-04
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