Writing

C. Courtney Joyner

Born

1959-06-25 (67)

Place of birth

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

73 titles

Known for

Dawn of the Dead poster
7.5

During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

Dawn of the Dead

1978

Murphy's Law poster
6.1

A tough police detective escapes from custody after being framed and arrested for the murder of his ex-wife, and must now find the real killer and prove his innocence.

Murphy's Law

1986

Veronica 2030 poster
4.0

Built for pleasure, Veronica 2030 is a love android from the future - but there's a problem with the programming... The robot has discovered the delicious sensation of human passion. The insatiable android must be stopped before she has a sexual short circuit.

Veronica 2030

1999

Class of 1999 poster
6.0

The time is in the future and the youth gang violence is so high that the areas around some schools have become "free-fire zones", into which not even the police will venture. When Miles Langford, the head of Kennedy High School, decides to take his school back from the gangs, robotics specialist Dr. Robert Forrest provides "tactical education units". These are amazingly human-like androids that have been programmed to teach and are supplied with devastatingly effective solutions to discipline problems. So when the violent, out-of-control students of Kennedy High report for class tomorrow, they're going to get a real education... in staying alive!

Class of 1999

1990

Doctor Mordrid poster
5.1

Bound by hate and a mystical amulet that holds the powers of life and death, two immortal wizards meet for the last time in an ancient struggle of good versus evil.

Doctor Mordrid

1992

Betrayal poster
4.2

When one of her hits goes wrong, a professional assassin ends up with a suitcase full of a million dollars belonging to a mob boss.

Betrayal

2003

Film credits

2020s · 6 titles

2010s · 14 titles

Slay Belles poster
4.2

While urban exploring in an abandoned amusement park, three cosplaying girls accidentally unleash the vicious holiday beast known as Krampus. With the help of Santa Claus, can these girls stop Krampus from his killing spree?

Slay Belles

2018

Out of Print poster
5.7

A documentary exploring the importance of revival cinema and 35mm exhibition - seen through the lens of the patrons of the New Beverly Cinema - a unique and independent revival cinema in Los Angeles.

Out of Print

2014

Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90s poster
4.6

A documentary about the direct-to-video horror hits of the 90s.

Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90s

2019

The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh poster
7.3

This is the first feature-length documentary on legendary director Raoul Walsh. In this 'memoir,' Walsh 'recounts' his career from the silent film era to the tumultuous 1960s. The documentary makes stunning use of rare, personal and production photos and footage, revealing Walsh's extraordinary, adventurous life on and off the set. From his apprenticeship with D.W. Griffith to his discovery of John Wayne and Rock Hudson, from the innovative 'The Thief of Bagdad' (1924) to the widescreen 'The Big Trail' (1930), from his classic work with Cagney, Bogart and Flynn to his mastery of every genre (musicals, comedies, Westerns, gangster, war), Walsh made Hollywood history. His life is nothing less than the story of Hollywood itself. Here's a full-bodied account of one of Hollywood's greatest legends.

The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh

2014

Malevolent: Unearthing John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness poster
NR

A brand new retrospective documentary produced by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures and featuring interviews with Cinematographer Gary Kibbe, actor Peter Jason, actor Alice Cooper, composer Alan Howarth, script supervisor Sandy King, visual effects supervisor Robert Grasmere, stunt coordinator Jeff Imada, Carpenter biographer John Muir, film historian C. Courtney Joyner, music historian Daniel Schweiger and Producer Larry Carpenters.

Malevolent: Unearthing John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness

2018

It Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The AIP Story poster
10.0

Feature-length documentary about the early history of American International Pictures.

It Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The AIP Story

2015

Shotguns and Six Strings: Making a Rock N Roll Fable poster
NR

Documentary about the making of Streets of Fire.

Shotguns and Six Strings: Making a Rock N Roll Fable

2017

No artwork available
NR

A half-hour documentary about the history of Rod Serling's The Loner. Produced for the Shout! Factory DVD release of the complete series.

The Wandering Man’s Burden: Making The Loner

2016

Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf poster
NR

A newly produced, feature-length documentary by filmmaker Daniel Griffith, featuring interviews with John Landis, David Naughton, Joe Dante and more

Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf

2019

American Frontiers: Anthony Mann at Universal poster
NR

An all-new documentary about filmmaker Anthony Mann and his time making films for Universal Studios in the 1950's.

American Frontiers: Anthony Mann at Universal

2019

Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal! poster
7.0

A documentary about the career of director Jack Arnold at Universal-International Studios. (An early version of this film, only 20 minutes in length, was screened in 2012.)

Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!

2012

The 9th Wonder of the World:  The Making of 'Gorgo' poster
7.0

Retrospective documentary on the making of Gorgo (1961).

The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'

2013

No artwork available
NR

An all-new documentary exploring the Universal B-movie classic, THE BRUTE MAN, and how the plotline parallels the tragic life of its star, RONDO HATTON.

Trail of the Creeper: Making The Brute Man

2012

No artwork available
NR

Documentary that takes a look at the making of Universal's The Mole People

Of Mushrooms And Madmen: The Making Of The Mole People

2019

2000s · 5 titles

The Boneyard Collection poster
5.3

A quirky anthology, consisting of four separate short films connected by host segments. The first one, BOOGIE WITH THE UNDEAD, has an all girl rock band booked to play a gig in a town overrun by flesh-eating zombies. In the second one, THE DEVIL'S DUE AT MIDNIGHT, a coven of beautiful witches conjure up Brad Dourif as The Devil, and endures the inept attacks of witch killer Ken Foree. In the first long segment, HER MORBID DESIRES, an actress gets the lead role in a vampire movie, only to discover that starlets are being murdered on the set. The other long segment, CRY OF THE MUMMY, has the reincarnated mummy, formerly the last Pharaoh of the 4th Dynasty, looking to sue the movie studios because he can't get work as a mummy. His new lawyer offers to represent him as an agent, but the mummy will only work in film if he can direct.

The Boneyard Collection

2008

Decadent Evil poster
3.9

A fallen foot tall Homunculus called Marvin (a part human/part reptile creature) is imprisoned in a birdcage by a vengeful lover who is bidding to become the world's most powerful vampire.

Decadent Evil

2005

The Duke at Fox poster
NR

Clip job of the numerous films John Wayne made at 20th Century Fox with commentary from those who knew him.

The Duke at Fox

2001

No artwork available
NR

A look at 4 of the best Chan films and the careers of many of the actors in them.

Charlie Chan at the Movies

2006

Scream Queen poster
10.0

Linnea plays Malicia Tombs, a well-known horror actress who dies in a car accident under mysterious circumstances after leaving the set of her latest movie. Fans and co-workers alike reflect on her life. But someone believes she was murdered and sets out to get revenge for her death!

Scream Queen

2002

1990s · 5 titles

Demon Lover poster
4.8

Jenny Harris has a rather difficult time with the men in her life: her husband is an abusive clown who cheats on her, and her boss is a rude jerk. Her new neighbor Rebecca proposes that finding herself a fantasy lover is the way to solve her problems. A little séance later, and Jenny does in fact have her very own dream lover. Despite him being a beer-bellied guy with a creepy face, he seems rather irresistible and at first improves Jenny's mood quite a bit. What our heroine doesn't suspect is that her dream lover is in fact an incubus.

Demon Lover

1992

Shock Cinema: Volume One poster
4.0

An hour-long documentary featuring interviews with various filmmakers who've made a name in the direct-to-video market.

Shock Cinema: Volume One

1991

The Flesh Merchant poster
5.0

A team of L.A. detectives hunt down the ringleaders of a sex-slave operation.

The Flesh Merchant

1993

Iron Thunder poster
7.0

Danger faces unsuspecting tourists in Las Vegas as Colonel Nelson goes mad when he is accidentally electrocuted by the very super secret U.S. military tank he is testing, Iron Thunder. He now believes he is in the middle of an actual war and the city of glittering lights is his target. In a desperate attempt to stop him from using the state of the art offensive and defensive technology on board, the head of the Iron Thunder project sends out a Special Forces team, headed by woman who has to deal with a crew that has its own ulterior agendas. Following Nelson's trail of destruction across the desert, they face off in a spectacular battle.

Iron Thunder

1998

Deadly Tales poster
6.0

Three part horror anthology based on three short stories by H.G. Wells, Mary Shelley, and Rudyard Kipling.

Deadly Tales

1998

Behind the camera

Veronica 2030 poster
4.0

Built for pleasure, Veronica 2030 is a love android from the future - but there's a problem with the programming... The robot has discovered the delicious sensation of human passion. The insatiable android must be stopped before she has a sexual short circuit.

Veronica 2030

1999

Class of 1999 poster
6.0

The time is in the future and the youth gang violence is so high that the areas around some schools have become "free-fire zones", into which not even the police will venture. When Miles Langford, the head of Kennedy High School, decides to take his school back from the gangs, robotics specialist Dr. Robert Forrest provides "tactical education units". These are amazingly human-like androids that have been programmed to teach and are supplied with devastatingly effective solutions to discipline problems. So when the violent, out-of-control students of Kennedy High report for class tomorrow, they're going to get a real education... in staying alive!

Class of 1999

1990

Doctor Mordrid poster
5.1

Bound by hate and a mystical amulet that holds the powers of life and death, two immortal wizards meet for the last time in an ancient struggle of good versus evil.

Doctor Mordrid

1992

Betrayal poster
4.2

When one of her hits goes wrong, a professional assassin ends up with a suitcase full of a million dollars belonging to a mob boss.

Betrayal

2003

Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys poster
4.6

A group of toymakers seek to use Andre Toulon's formula, now in the hands of Toulon's great-nephew Robert, to give life to a line of killer toys that they plan to unleash on Christmas Eve.

Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys

2004

Stealing Candy poster
5.2

Three ex-cons kidnap a famous movie star and force her to film a sex tape live on the internet for a paying audience.

Stealing Candy

2003

From a Whisper to a Scream poster
5.8

The uncle of an executed murderess relates four stories of his hometown, Oldfield, to a reporter. In the first, an elderly man pursues a romance with a younger woman, even to the grave and beyond. In the second, a wounded man on the run from creditors is rescued by a backwoods hermit who holds the secret to eternal life. In the third, a glass-eating carny pays the ultimate price for looking for love on the outside. And in the fourth, a group of Civil War soldiers are held captive by a household of orphans with strange intentions for them.

From a Whisper to a Scream

1987

Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge poster
6.4

After hearing that mystical toymaker Andre Toulon has managed to create a troupe of sentient, living puppets, Nazi underling Dr. Hess sets his sights on exploiting Toulon's powers for the glory of the Reich.

Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge

1992

Public Enemies poster
3.9

Ma Barker and her sons rob banks, shoot people and wind up at the top of the FBI's Most Wanted list in the 1930s.

Public Enemies

1996

Prison poster
5.8

After Charles Forsyth was sent to the electric chair for a crime he didn't commit, he forever haunts the prison where he was executed. Flash forward several years when the prison is reopened, under the control of its new warden Eaton Sharpe, a former security guard who framed Charlie. When prisoners are ordered to break down the wall to the execution room, they unknowingly release the angry spirit of Charles Forsyth, a powerful being distributing his murderous rage to all, leading up to the Warden himself.

Prison

1987

Trancers III poster
5.7

A time traveling cop, Jack Deth, from the future is taken back to the past to be given the task of destroying the Trancer program before it has a chance to get out of control, sending the world into a state of chaos and war.

Trancers III

1992

Trancers III poster
5.7

A time traveling cop, Jack Deth, from the future is taken back to the past to be given the task of destroying the Trancer program before it has a chance to get out of control, sending the world into a state of chaos and war.

Trancers III

1992

Puppet Master: The Legacy poster
3.5

A rogue agent named Maclain breaks into the lab of Eric Weiss, who has spent his entire life fascinated by Andre Toulon's supernatural ability to breathe life into his carefully crafted figurines.

Puppet Master: The Legacy

2003

Shandra: The Jungle Girl poster
3.1

Deep in the heart of the South American jungle, a legendary creature known only as “Shandra” has been attacking men by the light of the full moon. But this extraordinary invader inflicts pleasure rather than pain!

Shandra: The Jungle Girl

1999

Devil's Prey poster
4.6

A group of young adults attend an all-night rave, only to discover that it's a trap for a satanic cult that requires flesh for bloody sacrifices.

Devil's Prey

2001

Lurking Fear poster
4.9

The storm-swept and depopulated town of Leffert’s Corners has been terrorized for decades by grotesque creatures that breed in the depths beneath the local cemetery. A group of townspeople have hatched a last-ditch plan to destroy the ghoul-infested graveyard, but their mission is interrupted by the arrival of a band of violent thieves intent on retrieving money hidden in one of the graves.

Lurking Fear

1994

Lurking Fear poster
4.9

The storm-swept and depopulated town of Leffert’s Corners has been terrorized for decades by grotesque creatures that breed in the depths beneath the local cemetery. A group of townspeople have hatched a last-ditch plan to destroy the ghoul-infested graveyard, but their mission is interrupted by the arrival of a band of violent thieves intent on retrieving money hidden in one of the graves.

Lurking Fear

1994

Mega Scorpions poster
4.8

Residents of a half-way house are bombarded by 6 foot long killer scorpions. A horror/comedy homage to the giant mutant bug films of the 1950's. The film was shown at the Frightvision Horror Festival in 2003, but has yet to see release on DVD, Blu-ray, or VOD.

Mega Scorpions

2003

Nautilus poster
3.3

Over one hundred years ago, a cataclysmic chain of events plummeted the earth into the dark ages which destroyed most of civilization, and the remaining few survivors attempt to change the course of events that led to the destruction.

Nautilus

2000

Trancers 6: Life After Deth poster
3.9

In a return to the groundbreaking original film's premise, Jack Deth is back - traveling back in time and into the body of his own daughter, Josephine, on a mission to save her life and save the world from the most lethal Trancers yet. Jack/Jo must adapt and survive being a girl while avoiding many assassination attempts by more powerful and dangerous zombie-like Trancers than he's ever faced before.

Trancers 6: Life After Deth

2002

The Base 2: Guilty as Charged poster
4.6

US Army Investigator John Murphy has been sent to look into a series of suspicious deaths that have been going on under the watch of Colonel Strauss. After going undercover and infiltrating Strauss's unit, Murphy discovers that Strauss and his men are leading a vigilante gang to dispense 'justice' to those they feel have been wrongly acquitted of various crimes.

The Base 2: Guilty as Charged

2000

White Rush poster
5.1

A group of young tourist couples comes across a drug deal gone bad while on vacation.

White Rush

2003

Mandroid poster
4.7

In his hidden laboratory deep in Russia, Dr. Karl Zimmer has invented the Mandroid, a humanoid robot which follows the motions of a man in a special control suit. He has offered the invention to the USA, who have sent Smith and Wait from the CIA for inspection. However Zimmer's partner Drago has different plans, wants to sell Mandroid to the military. The night he tries to steal Mandroid, he becomes exposed to the highly toxic Superconn. But he can flee and won't give up on Mandroid, even though he's terribly disfigured.

Mandroid

1993

Instinct to Kill poster
5.1

Escaped serial killer James Becket, who killed his own father whose expectations he never fulfilled, but now especially targets his wife Theresa 'Tess' and her family, is too good at disguising himself and other deceit for detective Diffs task force. Only one man proves able to fight back in his league: former cop J.T. Dillon, who was already training Tess in self-defense and becomes her lover. Becket decides to find hiding place by kidnapping Diffs wife, and thus enforce a final show-down.

Instinct to Kill

2001

Dungeon of Desire poster
4.3

When photographer Carrie Stevens and her two lovely models are transported back to a medieval castle in the fifteenth century by a magical chastity belt, they encounter a ruthless captain of the guard and more royal intrigue than they could have ever bargained for. It takes a leap of faith, a lover's knot, and a real life magician to save the girls and transport them back to modern times and a life lived happily ever after. Starring Surrender newcomer Regina Russell, Mia, Michelle Turner, Amber Newman, Steve Curtis, and Venessa Blair.

Dungeon of Desire

1999

Psycho Sideshow: Demon Freaks poster
3.8

FULL MOON'S BUNKER OF BLOOD opens its rusty doors once more for this fifth and freakiest installment in the series. And when we say freakiest...we mean it. PSYCHO SIDESHOW: DEMON FREAKS takes you deep into a three-ring circus of shock, blasting out a caustic cauldron of clips from such classic Full Moon favorites as LURKING FEAR, DARK ANGEL, SEED PEOPLE, SHRIEKER, THE DEAD HATE THE LIVING and - of course - CASTLE FREAK and frames them with an all new animated narrative. This time, "The Gore Collector" winds his way into a terrifying amusement park from Hell known as the "Karnage Kingdom". And while the crazed carnival coats our characters in bloody horror, our tour guide "Molly" seems to have a method to the madness. What lies beyond this nightmarish wonderland? Tune in to find out.

Psycho Sideshow: Demon Freaks

2018

Zombie Lust: Night Flesh poster
1.5

The dead want the red in ZOMBIE LUST: NIGHT FLESH, the 6th skin-ripping offering from FULL MOON'S BUNKER OF BLOOD! This time, we follow The Gore Collector, Molly, and Tape Head as they make their way to the "Desert of Despair" to finally confront the dreaded "Circle of Psycho Surgeons". Deep within the Psycho Surgeons' ruined lair, the trio find themselves in the very same horror hospital that The Gore Collector previously escaped from...but they're not alone! Under the crimson glow of the blood-red desert moon, flesh-eating creatures that now inhabit the structure crawl out, intent on satisfying their unholy urges. Will our heroes escape? SHOULD they escape?

Zombie Lust: Night Flesh

2019

Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood

2020

Hidden Beauties poster
3.6

Three gorgeous beauties awaken from an ancient nap and immediately begin making up for lost time, engaging in as many passionate encounters as time will allow.

Hidden Beauties

1999

Slammed poster
5.0

Hilarity ensues when friends Jeff and Derek try to enter the world of back bar wrestling; where the most beautiful girls could beat the tar out of both of them without a second thought. Even with a little help from the notorious Buckle Girls, can Jeff survive a fight against Switchblade Rick for not only the title, but the heart of the girl he loves?

Slammed

2004

No artwork available
NR

An all-new documentary detailing the first half of this celebrated filmmaker’s career; from his early beginnings as director for television, to the release of Serpico.

One Step Further: Becoming Lumet

2023

Tomb of Terror poster
3.3

In another horror anthology edited from earlier Full Moon releases: in "Ascent from Hell" (Dark Angel: The Ascent), a young demon female escapes Hell and comes to Earth where she becomes the punisher of sinners; Infinite Evil (The Lurking Fear) follows a race of cannibalistic genetic creatures live below a cemetery and hunt humans for food; and in Evil Never Dies (Talisman), the Black Angel is summoned from his resting place to bring about the end of the world.

Tomb of Terror

2004

Puppet Master: Furnace Leech Woman poster
NR

Puppet Master: Furnace Leech Woman is a planned third solo spin-off film (the first two being Blade the Iron Cross and Puppet Master: Doktor Death). The movie was confirmed on Fullmoon Features' official vidcast in March of 2023. Not much is known about the movie at the moment, though it is a solo movie all about Leech Woman and picks up after her demise at the end of Puppet Master II. The movie will also be written by C. Courtney Joyner, who wrote Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge and Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys.

Puppet Master: Furnace Leech Woman

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Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals poster
NR

Documentary about the 30-year long process of David Allen's The Primevals.

Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals

2024

Vietnam Texas poster
6.0

A priest (Robert Ginty) learns that he fathered a child during his tour of duty in Vietnam and that the mother and child has relocated to Houston, Texas in the Little Saigon quarters. Searching for them, he also finds massive prejudice against the Vietnamese people, particularly among the fishing community in which they are trying to work. Setting out to right the wrongs, the priest tends to use more fisticuffs than friendly, priestly persuasion.

Vietnam Texas

1990

No artwork available
NR

The dead shall inherit the Earth in this trilogy of twisted tales that will strip the flesh from your bones and put you in an early grave. In "Unborn on the Bayou", the heir to a Louisiana plantation uncovers his father's macabre legacy of debauchery and Voodoo magic in a local bordello of bird-worshipping beauties. Then, in "Ghouls Night Out", the dead walk among us, and just as in life, they return to the places they love. In this case, it's the local nude bar. Finally, in "Family Plot", the world recovers from a zombie plague, and a hunt for the Mortense family fortune digs up more than buried treasure.

Zombie Bloodlines

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The Grim Rapper poster
NR

When a greedy record executive uses AI to resurrect a murdered hip-hop legend, the rapper's vengeful spirit returns with a cursed boom box, trapping a grieving lover and her friends inside a recording studio where the dead hunt the living one beat at a time.

The Grim Rapper

2026

Quadrant poster
6.7

When Erin, a young girl obsessed with Jack the Ripper submits to the "Quadrant" experiment, she unleashes a reign of terror, first in her mind's eye in a virtual vision of Victorian London, and then in reality, where she stalks the city streets, seeking out victims for her blade.

Quadrant

2024

Distant Cousins poster
6.0

Kate's husband Richard hasn't seen his cousin Harry for 20 years. So when he comes to stay with his fiancee Connie they are welcomed. But Kate senses her family is at risk when they start behaving suspiciously.

Distant Cousins

1993

Lip Service poster
4.9

A worried fiance hires the Lip Service private detective agency to find out, whether his bride, an adult-film actress, got involved with one of her co-stars emotionally.

Lip Service

1999