Robbie Smith

Directing

Robbie Smith

Born

1986-07-29 (40)

Place of birth

Merced, California, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

28 titles

Robbie Smith is an American independent filmmaker, writer, editor, and producer known for crafting ambitious microbudget genre films. He made his feature directorial debut with Grieve (2023) and has since developed a reputation for visually striking, character-driven horror with projects including I Don't Like It Here, Ripple in a Pond of Blood and Crushers.

Known for

Crusher poster
NR

A documentary crew embeds itself in the quiet life of a small-town serial killer, capturing his unsettling routines. As the film moves between observational footage and the killer’s own recordings, the boundary between filmmaker and subject, and between documentation and complicity, begins to collapse.

Crusher

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Temporary Death poster
NR

A man films his second attempt at taking his own life as part of a dangerous experiment. After surviving his first death and inexplicably returning as someone else, he believes he can control who he becomes next. With two friends documenting everything under strict orders not to intervene, the experiment quickly spirals into something far more horrifying than any of them expected.

Temporary Death

2026

Morning Deliveries poster
NR

Follows the morning route of milkman Spike Milligan, who leaves various "surprises" in the milk bottles for his customers to find, including poisonous liquids, deadly gas, and severed fingers. Based upon a short story by Stephen King.

Morning Deliveries

2020

Two Ghouls poster
NR

Two terrible ghouls wreak havoc.

Two Ghouls

2019

I Don't Like It Here poster
NR

A recently paroled outsider returns to his desolate hometown, only to find a community plagued by a disturbing darkness. As he grapples with his own past and the town’s sinister secrets, he becomes the prime suspect in a series of gruesome murders.

I Don't Like It Here

2025

Ripple in a Pond of Blood poster
NR

A woman’s attempt to resurrect her deceased dog through occult rituals goes horribly wrong—tearing a hole in reality and unleashing a slow, surreal descent into violence and madness.

Ripple in a Pond of Blood

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Film credits

Behind the camera

Crusher poster
NR

A documentary crew embeds itself in the quiet life of a small-town serial killer, capturing his unsettling routines. As the film moves between observational footage and the killer’s own recordings, the boundary between filmmaker and subject, and between documentation and complicity, begins to collapse.

Crusher

—

Crusher poster
NR

A documentary crew embeds itself in the quiet life of a small-town serial killer, capturing his unsettling routines. As the film moves between observational footage and the killer’s own recordings, the boundary between filmmaker and subject, and between documentation and complicity, begins to collapse.

Crusher

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Crusher poster
NR

A documentary crew embeds itself in the quiet life of a small-town serial killer, capturing his unsettling routines. As the film moves between observational footage and the killer’s own recordings, the boundary between filmmaker and subject, and between documentation and complicity, begins to collapse.

Crusher

—

Temporary Death poster
NR

A man films his second attempt at taking his own life as part of a dangerous experiment. After surviving his first death and inexplicably returning as someone else, he believes he can control who he becomes next. With two friends documenting everything under strict orders not to intervene, the experiment quickly spirals into something far more horrifying than any of them expected.

Temporary Death

2026

Temporary Death poster
NR

A man films his second attempt at taking his own life as part of a dangerous experiment. After surviving his first death and inexplicably returning as someone else, he believes he can control who he becomes next. With two friends documenting everything under strict orders not to intervene, the experiment quickly spirals into something far more horrifying than any of them expected.

Temporary Death

2026

Morning Deliveries poster
NR

Follows the morning route of milkman Spike Milligan, who leaves various "surprises" in the milk bottles for his customers to find, including poisonous liquids, deadly gas, and severed fingers. Based upon a short story by Stephen King.

Morning Deliveries

2020

Morning Deliveries poster
NR

Follows the morning route of milkman Spike Milligan, who leaves various "surprises" in the milk bottles for his customers to find, including poisonous liquids, deadly gas, and severed fingers. Based upon a short story by Stephen King.

Morning Deliveries

2020

Morning Deliveries poster
NR

Follows the morning route of milkman Spike Milligan, who leaves various "surprises" in the milk bottles for his customers to find, including poisonous liquids, deadly gas, and severed fingers. Based upon a short story by Stephen King.

Morning Deliveries

2020

Two Ghouls poster
NR

Two terrible ghouls wreak havoc.

Two Ghouls

2019

Two Ghouls poster
NR

Two terrible ghouls wreak havoc.

Two Ghouls

2019

I Don't Like It Here poster
NR

A recently paroled outsider returns to his desolate hometown, only to find a community plagued by a disturbing darkness. As he grapples with his own past and the town’s sinister secrets, he becomes the prime suspect in a series of gruesome murders.

I Don't Like It Here

2025

I Don't Like It Here poster
NR

A recently paroled outsider returns to his desolate hometown, only to find a community plagued by a disturbing darkness. As he grapples with his own past and the town’s sinister secrets, he becomes the prime suspect in a series of gruesome murders.

I Don't Like It Here

2025

I Don't Like It Here poster
NR

A recently paroled outsider returns to his desolate hometown, only to find a community plagued by a disturbing darkness. As he grapples with his own past and the town’s sinister secrets, he becomes the prime suspect in a series of gruesome murders.

I Don't Like It Here

2025

Ripple in a Pond of Blood poster
NR

A woman’s attempt to resurrect her deceased dog through occult rituals goes horribly wrong—tearing a hole in reality and unleashing a slow, surreal descent into violence and madness.

Ripple in a Pond of Blood

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Ripple in a Pond of Blood poster
NR

A woman’s attempt to resurrect her deceased dog through occult rituals goes horribly wrong—tearing a hole in reality and unleashing a slow, surreal descent into violence and madness.

Ripple in a Pond of Blood

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Ripple in a Pond of Blood poster
NR

A woman’s attempt to resurrect her deceased dog through occult rituals goes horribly wrong—tearing a hole in reality and unleashing a slow, surreal descent into violence and madness.

Ripple in a Pond of Blood

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Buttons poster
NR

A man wakes up to a strange mating call coming from his backyard

Buttons

2021

Buttons poster
NR

A man wakes up to a strange mating call coming from his backyard

Buttons

2021

The Dog Barks poster
NR

A glimpse into the mind of a madman drunk on loss and delusions of grandeur.

The Dog Barks

2016

The Dog Barks poster
NR

A glimpse into the mind of a madman drunk on loss and delusions of grandeur.

The Dog Barks

2016

Snake Bite poster
NR

A man is bit by a venomous snake on his first day of work

Snake Bite

2018

Grieve poster
3.0

A man engulfed in the suffocating grip of loss finds his life fragmented. Struggling to navigate through his emotional fog, his mother suggests a retreat to her cabin – but an ancient entity that thrives on sorrow has taken root. The New England winter punctuates this love letter to creeping horror and slow cinema.

Grieve

2023

Grieve poster
3.0

A man engulfed in the suffocating grip of loss finds his life fragmented. Struggling to navigate through his emotional fog, his mother suggests a retreat to her cabin – but an ancient entity that thrives on sorrow has taken root. The New England winter punctuates this love letter to creeping horror and slow cinema.

Grieve

2023