Writing

Richard W. Haines

Born 1957-01-01 · Westchester County, New York, USA

Richard W. Haines is an American independent filmmaker and film historian. He graduated from New York University's film school in 1979. Haines directed cult films such as Splatter University (1984) and Alien Space Avenger (1989). He also worked as an editor on The Toxic Avenger (1984) and Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986). As a film historian, Haines authored Technicolor Movies (1993) and The Moviegoing Experience, 1968-2001 (2003), exploring the evolution of film technology and audience experiences.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Class of Nuke 'Em High poster
5.6

The pupils at a high school next to a nuclear power plant start acting and looking strange after buying contaminated drugs from a plant worker.

Class of Nuke 'Em High

1986

Class of Nuke 'Em High poster
5.6

The pupils at a high school next to a nuclear power plant start acting and looking strange after buying contaminated drugs from a plant worker.

Class of Nuke 'Em High

1986

Alien Space Avenger poster
4.3

In 1939 a spaceship carrying four alien escaped prisoners crash-lands on Earth and the aliens take over the bodies of four locals. Fifty years later the aliens find out that an artist has written a comic book called "Space Avenger," which they believe is about them. They go to New York to try to kill the artist.

Alien Space Avenger

1989

Alien Space Avenger poster
4.3

In 1939 a spaceship carrying four alien escaped prisoners crash-lands on Earth and the aliens take over the bodies of four locals. Fifty years later the aliens find out that an artist has written a comic book called "Space Avenger," which they believe is about them. They go to New York to try to kill the artist.

Alien Space Avenger

1989

Splatter University poster
4.1

A sociology instructor finds her new teaching duties at a private college interrupted by the presence of a killer.

Splatter University

1984

Splatter University poster
4.1

A sociology instructor finds her new teaching duties at a private college interrupted by the presence of a killer.

Splatter University

1984

Splatter University poster
4.1

A sociology instructor finds her new teaching duties at a private college interrupted by the presence of a killer.

Splatter University

1984

Run For Cover poster
4.4

Former KGB plot a terrorist attack on New York City.

Run For Cover

1995

Run For Cover poster
4.4

Former KGB plot a terrorist attack on New York City.

Run For Cover

1995

Head Games poster
5.0

A psychologist for inmates has knowledge of a secret, experimental brain implant, designed to change convicts' behavior so that they will not remember or repeat their crimes and, therefore, be able to return productively to society rather than remain in an increasing prison population. The procedure, however, suffers some imperfections: Three killers are at it again.

Head Games

1996

What Really Frightens You? poster
1.8

A mysterious writer working for a monster fanzine asks three New Yorkers what really scares them. After the article is published the primal fears of each interviewee come true. Will they be frightened to death?

What Really Frightens You?

2009

What Really Frightens You? poster
1.8

A mysterious writer working for a monster fanzine asks three New Yorkers what really scares them. After the article is published the primal fears of each interviewee come true. Will they be frightened to death?

What Really Frightens You?

2009

What Really Frightens You? poster
1.8

A mysterious writer working for a monster fanzine asks three New Yorkers what really scares them. After the article is published the primal fears of each interviewee come true. Will they be frightened to death?

What Really Frightens You?

2009

Unsavory Characters poster
3.7

A writer gets involved with the wife of a nightclub owner. Crime drama by Richard W. Haines

Unsavory Characters

2001