Robert Tapert

Production

Robert Tapert

Born 1955-05-14 · Royal Oak, Michigan, USA

Robert Gerard Tapert (/ˈtæpərt/; born May 14, 1955) is an American film and television producer, writer and director. He is best known for co-creating the television series Xena: Warrior Princess. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Tapert, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

The Evil Dead poster
7.3

In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.

The Evil Dead

1982

Evil Dead II poster
7.5

Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from "The Book of the Dead." As they play the recording an evil power is unleashed taking over Linda's body.

Evil Dead II

1987

Freaked poster
6.2

A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.

Freaked

1993

Crimewave poster
5.5

A pair of whacked-out cartoon-like exterminator/hitmen kill the owner of a burglar-alarm company, and stalk the partner who hired them, his wife, and a nerd framed for the murder, who tells the story in flashback from the electric chair.

Crimewave

1985

The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the Merrier poster
6.7

This documentary provides film fans with a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the sequel to the ultimate experience in gruelling terror. Includes interviews with Robert Kurtzman, Howard Berger, and Greg Nicotero, who discuss what it was like to be a part of the making of this cult classic.

The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the Merrier

2000

Exhuming 'The Messengers' poster
NR

DVD featurette about the creation of “The Messengers.”

Exhuming 'The Messengers'

2007

Torro. Torro. Torro! poster
5.9

A lawnmower goes on a rampage.

Torro. Torro. Torro!

1981

One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead poster
8.3

Cast and crew, as well as some famous fans, recall the insanity of making of the ultimate experience of grueling terror that is The Evil Dead.

One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead

2007

The Blind Waiter poster
7.0

Early Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell short.

The Blind Waiter

1980

The Sappy Sap poster
5.1

Early Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell short.

The Sappy Sap

1985

Other Men's Careers poster
8.5

Eccentric, outspoken, and unfiltered TV and low budget film director Josh Becker struggles to emerge from the shadow of his work on "The Evil Dead", "Xena", the careers of his more successful colleagues, depression and alcoholism to fulfill his lifelong ambition of creating high quality, successful films.

Other Men's Careers

2023

The Evil Dead: Treasures from the Cutting Room Floor poster
6.7

An hour of deleted and alternative footage shot for the 1981 horror classic; The Evil Dead.

The Evil Dead: Treasures from the Cutting Room Floor

2007

The Men Behind the Army poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Men Behind the Army

1999

Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter poster
6.1

Early Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell short.

Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter

1982

Behind the camera

Evil Dead Burn poster
7.8

After her husband's abrupt death, Alice seeks solace with his remaining family — descendants of a leading researcher on demonic possession. As her in-laws transform one by one into creatures that feed on fear, she comes to discover that the vows she took in life survive even in death.

Evil Dead Burn

2026

Evil Dead Rise poster
7.0

A reunion between two estranged sisters gets cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.

Evil Dead Rise

2023

The Evil Dead poster
7.3

In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.

The Evil Dead

1982

Evil Dead poster
6.7

Mia, a drug addict, is determined to kick the habit. To that end, she asks her brother, David, his girlfriend, Natalie and their friends Olivia and Eric to accompany her to their family's remote forest cabin to help her through withdrawal. Eric finds a mysterious Book of the Dead at the cabin and reads aloud from it, awakening an ancient demon. All hell breaks loose when the malevolent entity possesses Mia.

Evil Dead

2013

Army of Darkness poster
7.3

Ash, a handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk, is time warped backwards into England's Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty and faces legions of the undead.

Army of Darkness

1992

Don't Breathe poster
7.0

A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.

Don't Breathe

2016

Evil Dead II poster
7.5

Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from "The Book of the Dead." As they play the recording an evil power is unleashed taking over Linda's body.

Evil Dead II

1987

30 Days of Night poster
6.4

This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town's husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction.

30 Days of Night

2007

Drag Me to Hell poster
6.5

After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. Her only hope seems to lie in a psychic who claims he can help her lift the curse and keep her soul from being dragged straight to hell.

Drag Me to Hell

2009

The Unholy poster
6.5

Alice is a young hearing-impaired girl who, after a supposed visitation from the Virgin Mary, is inexplicably able to hear, speak and heal the sick. As word spreads and people from near and far flock to witness her miracles, a disgraced journalist hoping to revive his career visits the small New England town to investigate. When terrifying events begin to happen all around, he starts to question if these phenomena are the works of the Virgin Mary or something much more sinister.

The Unholy

2021

The Grudge poster
5.9

An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.

The Grudge

2004

Don't Breathe 2 poster
7.0

The Blind Man has been hiding out for several years in an isolated cabin and has taken in and raised a young girl orphaned from a devastating house fire. Their quiet life together is shattered when a group of criminals kidnap the girl, forcing the Blind Man to leave his safe haven to save her.

Don't Breathe 2

2021

30 Days of Night: Dark Days poster
5.0

After surviving the incidents in Barrow, Alaska, Stella Olemaun relocates to Los Angeles, where she intentionally attracts the attention of the local vampire population in order to avenge the death of her husband, Eben.

30 Days of Night: Dark Days

2010

Poltergeist poster
5.2

A family's suburban home is invaded by angry spirits. When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and take the youngest daughter, the family must come together to rescue her.

Poltergeist

2015

Timecop poster
6.0

In 2004, an officer for a security agency that regulates time travel must fend for his life against a shady politician who has a tie to his past.

Timecop

1994

Darkman poster
6.4

Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes known as Darkman, assuming alternate identities in his quest for revenge and a new life with a former love.

Darkman

1990

The Possession poster
6.0

A young girl buys an antique box at a yard sale, unaware that inside the collectible lives a malicious ancient spirit. The girl's father teams with his ex-wife to find a way to end the curse upon their child.

The Possession

2012

The Grudge poster
5.4

After a young mother murders her family in her own house, a detective attempts to investigate the mysterious case, only to discover that the house is cursed by a vengeful ghost. Now targeted by the demonic spirits, the detective must do anything to protect herself and her family from harm.

The Grudge

2019

Nightbooks poster
6.1

Alex, a boy obsessed with scary stories, is trapped by a witch in her modern, magical New York City apartment. His original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping him safe as he desperately tries to find a way out of this twisted place.

Nightbooks

2021

The Grudge 2 poster
5.6

A young woman encounters a malevolent supernatural force while searching for her missing sister in Tokyo, a mean high school prank goes horribly wrong, and strange things begin happening in a Chicago apartment building.

The Grudge 2

2006

The Messengers poster
5.7

When the Solomons trade in the craziness of big-city life for the quiet of a North Dakota farm, little do they expect the nightmare that follows. Soon after arriving, teenage Jess and her younger brother see terrifying apparitions and endure attacks from a supernatural source. Jess must warn her disbelieving family before it is too late to save them.

The Messengers

2007

No artwork available
NR

Stranded in a remote desert town where something evil has awakened, a group of travelers must fight to survive when a sadistic, possessed cop turns routine arrests into a relentless fight for their lives.

Desperation

Boogeyman poster
4.9

Every culture has one – the horrible monster fueling young children's nightmares. But for Tim, the Boogeyman still lives in his memories as a creature that devoured his father 16 years ago. Is the Boogeyman real, or did Tim make it up to explain why his father abandoned his family?

Boogeyman

2005

Evil Dead Wrath poster
NR

Plot TBA. A prequel to the first film, set in 1972.

Evil Dead Wrath

2028