Sean S. Cunningham

Production

Sean S. Cunningham

Born

1941-12-31 (84)

Place of birth

New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Production

Credits

70 titles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sean Sexton Cunningham (born December 31, 1941, in New York City) is an American film director, producer, and writer. He is best known for creating the Friday the 13th series of horror films, which introduced the fictional killer Jason Voorhees. He also produced many horror films, such as Wes Craven's debut feature and House film series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sean S. Cunningham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

2010s · 9 titles

Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th poster
7.9

Taking inspiration from Peter M. Bracke's definitive book of the same name, this seven-hour documentary dives into the making of all twelve Friday the 13th films, with all-new interviews from the cast and the crew.

Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th

2013

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy poster
7.8

For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office across eight terrifying, spectacular films.

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

2010

His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th poster
6.7

A retrospective documentary about the groundbreaking horror series, Friday the 13th, featuring interviews with cast and crew from the twelve films spanning 3 decades.

His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th

2010

In Search of Darkness poster
7.5

An exploration of '80s horror movies through the perspective of the actors, directors, producers and SFX craftspeople who made them, and their impact on contemporary cinema.

In Search of Darkness

2019

To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story poster
7.9

To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story is the harrowing story of a stuntman overcoming a dehumanizing childhood filled with torment and bullying in Sparks, Nevada. After surviving a near-death burn accident, he worked his way up through Hollywood, leading to his ultimate rise as Jason Voorhees in the Friday the 13th series and making countless moviegoers forever terrified of hockey masks and summer camp. Featuring interviews with cinema legends, including Bruce Campbell (Ash vs. Evil Dead), Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger), and Cassandra Peterson (Elvira: Mistress of the Dark), To Hell and Back peels off the mask of Kane Hodder, cinema's most prolific killer, in a gut-wrenching, but inspiring, documentary. After decades of watching Kane Hodder on screen, get ready to meet the man behind the mask in To Hell and Back - an uniquely human story about one of cinema's most vicious monsters.

To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story

2017

Ding Dong, You're Dead! The Making of "House" poster
6.0

Retrospective documentary taking a look back at the making of House, the 1985 horror film that became a nice little hit when it was originally released. Featuring interviews with producer Sean S. Cunningham, director Steve Miner, story creator Fred Dekker, cast members William Katt, George Wendt and Kay Lenz, composer Harry Manfredini, stunt coordinator Kane Hodder and various members of the special effects crew.

Ding Dong, You're Dead! The Making of "House"

2017

It's Getting Weirder! The Making of "House II" poster
NR

Retrospective documentary featuring interviews with Ethan Wiley, Sean S. Cunningham, Arye Gross and Jonathan Stark, among others.

It's Getting Weirder! The Making of "House II"

2017

Clark poster
2.0

A man kidnaps a boy to ransom back to his parents and receives a surprise when he discovers that the boy is much more than he appears to be.

Clark

2018

Home Deadly Home: The Making of "House IV" poster
NR

Retrospective documentary featuring interviews with director Lewis Abernathy, producer Sean S. Cunningham, stars Terri Treas and William Katt, actor/stunt coordinator Kane Hodder and composer Harry Manfredini.

Home Deadly Home: The Making of "House IV"

2017

2000s · 16 titles

Surviving Sid poster
6.2

Sid the Sloth takes a school of children out on a camping trip from home, only to find that in typical Sid style, he is not a very good guide and the children he takes with him don't have a very good time.

Surviving Sid

2008

The Perfect Scary Movie poster
7.7

A documentary looking at the various conventions and scare techniques of the horror genre.

The Perfect Scary Movie

2005

Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film poster
6.8

This historical and critical look at slasher films, which includes dozens of clips, begins with Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Prom Night. The films' directors, writers, producers, and special effects creators comment on the films' making and success. During the Reagan years, the films get gorier, budgets get smaller, and their appeal wanes. Then, Nightmare on Elm Street revives the genre. Jump to the late 90s, when Scream brings humor and TV stars into the mix.

Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film

2006

Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film poster
7.0

Documentary tracing the rise of the 'slasher' movie.

Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film

2000

The Friday the 13th Chronicles poster
8.3

Behind-the-scenes featurette detailing the production of the 'Friday The 13th' movies.

The Friday the 13th Chronicles

2004

Friday the 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (Crystal Lake Victims Tell All - Documentary) poster
7.0

Behind-the-scenes featurette detailing the production of the 'Friday The 13th' movies.

Friday the 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (Crystal Lake Victims Tell All - Documentary)

2004

The House That Freddy Built poster
6.0

How “A Nightmare on Elm Street” launched New Line Cinema and their legacy of horror films.

The House That Freddy Built

2006

Celluloid Crime of the Century poster
6.7

40-minute documentary on the making of Wes Craven's 1972 classic, The Last House on the Left.

Celluloid Crime of the Century

2003

Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ poster
8.2

The saga behind this modern horror classic. Featuring Wes Craven, Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss and many more.

Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’

2006

Return to Crystal Lake: Making 'Friday the 13th' poster
6.4

Cast and crew discuss how a no-budget slasher movie became an international sensation. Produced for the "Friday the 13th" DVD.

Return to Crystal Lake: Making 'Friday the 13th'

2003

It's Only a Movie: The Making of 'Last House on the Left' poster
6.3

Produced for the 30th anniversary of the film's theatrical release, this documentary gives a behind-the-scenes look at the making of a film about brutal murder and even more brutal revenge that has become one of the classics of the modern horror genre. Includes interviews with the cast and crew, including director Wes Craven, who relates some of the difficulties he had getting the film finished and released.

It's Only a Movie: The Making of 'Last House on the Left'

2002

By Any Means Necessary: The Making of "Jason X" poster
7.0

Produced for the "Jason X" Special Edition DVD.

By Any Means Necessary: The Making of "Jason X"

2002

The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees poster
8.0

A documentary charting the rise and fall (and inevitable undead rise) of fictional killer Jason Vorhees from the Friday the 13th series, which takes in the "video nasty" phenomenon in general.

The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees

2002

Hitchcocked! poster
6.0

A tribute to the work of Alfred Hitchcock, featuring contemporary filmmakers, writers, performers, and cultural critics.

Hitchcocked!

2006

No artwork available
NR

Behind the scenes of Friday the 13th.

Secrets Galore Behind the Gore

2004

Genesis: Development Hell poster
NR

A look at the various problems of Freddy vs. Jason (2003) that was in development hell with movie rights, choosing the right script and a qualified director.

Genesis: Development Hell

2004

Series credits

Behind the camera

Friday the 13th poster
6.4

Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.

Friday the 13th

1980

Friday the 13th poster
6.4

Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.

Friday the 13th

1980

Friday the 13th poster
5.8

A group of young adults visit a boarded up campsite named Crystal Lake where they soon encounter the mysterious Jason Voorhees and his deadly intentions.

Friday the 13th

2009

Freddy vs. Jason poster
6.1

Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.

Freddy vs. Jason

2003

The Last House on the Left poster
6.5

When athletic teen Mari Collingwood opts to hang out with her friend Paige in town rather than spend an evening in with her parents vacationing at the family's remote lake house, it marks the beginning of a night no one is going to forget.

The Last House on the Left

2009

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday poster
4.6

Jason Voorhees is tracked down and blown to bits by a special FBI task force, reborn with the bone-chilling ability to assume the identity of anyone he touches.

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

1993

The Horror Show poster
5.4

Vowing revenge on the detective who apprehended him, serial killer "Meat Cleaver" Max Jenke returns from beyond the grave to launch a whole new reign of terror.

The Horror Show

1989

The Last House on the Left poster
6.0

On the eve of her 17th birthday, Mari and friend Phyllis set off from her family home to attend a rock concert in the city. Attempting to score some drugs on the way, the pair run afoul of a group of vicious crooks, headed up by the sadistic Krug.

The Last House on the Left

1972

House poster
6.2

A divorced horror novelist coming to terms with the disappearance of his young son inherits an old mansion home to malevolent supernatural residents.

House

1985

House II: The Second Story poster
5.6

Jesse moves into an old family property where his parents were mysteriously murdered years before. He soon finds himself with unexpected guests in the form of his mummified great-great grandfather, a mystical crystal skull, and a zombie cowboy.

House II: The Second Story

1987

DeepStar Six poster
5.5

The crew of an experimental underwater nuclear base are forced to struggle for their lives when their explorations disturb a creature who threatens to destroy their base.

DeepStar Six

1989

DeepStar Six poster
5.5

The crew of an experimental underwater nuclear base are forced to struggle for their lives when their explorations disturb a creature who threatens to destroy their base.

DeepStar Six

1989

My Boyfriend's Back poster
5.7

Missy McCloud is the most beautiful girl in school and Johnny Dingle has been in love with her for years. One night, as Johnny tries to stop an armed robbery and save Missy from danger, he's killed, but resurrected as a zombie not long after. Now, with the help of his mentor, self-proclaimed Zombie Expert Maggie, Johnny must control his flesh-eating urges while trying to win the heart of Missy.

My Boyfriend's Back

1993

Spring Break poster
4.9

Two sets of two college guys spend a spring break together in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. There they have lots of fun in and out of the sun.

Spring Break

1983

Spring Break poster
4.9

Two sets of two college guys spend a spring break together in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. There they have lots of fun in and out of the sun.

Spring Break

1983

The New Kids poster
6.3

A brother and his young sister come to a small town to find out a local gang terrorizes the population.

The New Kids

1985

The New Kids poster
6.3

A brother and his young sister come to a small town to find out a local gang terrorizes the population.

The New Kids

1985

Trapped Ashes poster
5.1

Trapped in a house of horror, seven people discover that the only way they'll get out alive is to tell their scariest stories.

Trapped Ashes

2006

A Stranger Is Watching poster
4.6

A twisted man holds a TV newswoman and a girl hostage in the bowels of Grand Central Station.

A Stranger Is Watching

1982

House IV poster
4.7

Unaware that it’s plagued by a host of supernatural phenomena, a mother and her daughter, still reeling from a car crash that claimed the life of Roger Cobb, move into the old family homestead to start a new life.

House IV

1992

Here Come the Tigers poster
6.0

A cop and his partner manage a little league baseball team, trying to turn the group of misfits into a competitive team.

Here Come the Tigers

1978

Here Come the Tigers poster
6.0

A cop and his partner manage a little league baseball team, trying to turn the group of misfits into a competitive team.

Here Come the Tigers

1978

The Case of the Smiling Stiffs poster
6.1

Is Emma a voyeur vampire who can turn into a bat? Apparently, and she leaves many smiling faces on her victims after going down on them during a full moon. When they're not having sex with their suspects, two cops investigate the murders.

The Case of the Smiling Stiffs

1973

The Case of the Smiling Stiffs poster
6.1

Is Emma a voyeur vampire who can turn into a bat? Apparently, and she leaves many smiling faces on her victims after going down on them during a full moon. When they're not having sex with their suspects, two cops investigate the murders.

The Case of the Smiling Stiffs

1973

XCU: Extreme Close Up poster
4.7

An unpredictable and irresistible thriller about instant celebrity, primetime morality and America's endless appetite for junk food TV. Television producer Karen Webber has built her career on her ability to create top-rated primetime TV. But as housemates and crew start turning up dead on the hit show XCU, Karen and her cast of instant celebrities can't possibly anticipate just how extreme their reality show is about to become!

XCU: Extreme Close Up

2001

XCU: Extreme Close Up poster
4.7

An unpredictable and irresistible thriller about instant celebrity, primetime morality and America's endless appetite for junk food TV. Television producer Karen Webber has built her career on her ability to create top-rated primetime TV. But as housemates and crew start turning up dead on the hit show XCU, Karen and her cast of instant celebrities can't possibly anticipate just how extreme their reality show is about to become!

XCU: Extreme Close Up

2001

Terminal Invasion poster
4.7

Aliens in human disguise commandeer a rural airport during a snowstorm. To survive, the people trapped inside must determine which of their own is not of this Earth.

Terminal Invasion

2002

Together poster
5.5

A mockumentary about sex in America.

Together

1971

Together poster
5.5

A mockumentary about sex in America.

Together

1971

Together poster
5.5

A mockumentary about sex in America.

Together

1971

House poster
NR

Upcoming horror comedy centering around the birth of a haunted house. A contemporary reimagining of the cult classic supernatural series, with monsters from the original film.

House

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Manny's Orphans poster
7.5

Manny coaches soccer for the fashionable Creighton Hall school, but is relieved of duty because he is 'not a good match' for the school. He finds a job at a Catholic home for orphans, where he forms a new soccer team, with the help of one very good player Pepe who turns out to be a girl. 'Pepe' is the sister of one of the orphans, who comes to the all-boy orphanage posing as a boy, because her former foster home was an abusive environment. Along the way, Manny has incurred a gambling debt, his creditors begin to lean on him, and the boys find out. They set up a soccer game and stake the outcome against Manny's debt. If they win, the debt will be forgiven.

Manny's Orphans

1978

Manny's Orphans poster
7.5

Manny coaches soccer for the fashionable Creighton Hall school, but is relieved of duty because he is 'not a good match' for the school. He finds a job at a Catholic home for orphans, where he forms a new soccer team, with the help of one very good player Pepe who turns out to be a girl. 'Pepe' is the sister of one of the orphans, who comes to the all-boy orphanage posing as a boy, because her former foster home was an abusive environment. Along the way, Manny has incurred a gambling debt, his creditors begin to lean on him, and the boys find out. They set up a soccer game and stake the outcome against Manny's debt. If they win, the debt will be forgiven.

Manny's Orphans

1978

The Art of Marriage poster
4.7

A host lectures on how to increase one's pleasure in the sack in marriage.

The Art of Marriage

1970

The Art of Marriage poster
4.7

A host lectures on how to increase one's pleasure in the sack in marriage.

The Art of Marriage

1970

The Art of Marriage poster
4.7

A host lectures on how to increase one's pleasure in the sack in marriage.

The Art of Marriage

1970

The Fireworks Woman poster
5.1

Angela is haunted by guilt for the morbid bond with her brother Peter, who is destined to be a priest. In an attempt to free herself from this passion, she embarks on a descent into the infernal rounds of erotic love.

The Fireworks Woman

1975