
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
NRA 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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NRA 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
NRFollows 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
NRTwo terrible ghouls wreak havoc.
Two Ghouls
2019
NRA 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
NRA 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
2010s · 3 titles
Behind the camera
NRA 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
—
NRA 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
—
NRA 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
—
NRA 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
NRA 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
NRFollows 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
NRFollows 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
NRFollows 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
NRTwo terrible ghouls wreak havoc.
Two Ghouls
2019
NRTwo terrible ghouls wreak havoc.
Two Ghouls
2019
NRA 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
NRA 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
NRA 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
NRA 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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NRA 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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NRA 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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NRA man wakes up to a strange mating call coming from his backyard
Buttons
2021
NRA man wakes up to a strange mating call coming from his backyard
Buttons
2021
NRA glimpse into the mind of a madman drunk on loss and delusions of grandeur.
The Dog Barks
2016
NRA glimpse into the mind of a madman drunk on loss and delusions of grandeur.
The Dog Barks
2016
NRA man is bit by a venomous snake on his first day of work
Snake Bite
2018
3.0A 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
3.0A 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
