Tom McLoughlin

Directing

Tom McLoughlin

Born 1950-07-19 · Los Angeles, California, USA

An American screenwriter and film and television director whose credits include numerous television movies, such as Murder in Greenwich, the feature film Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives and the 2009 Lifetime Movie Network film The Wronged Man. In 1977 McLoughlin was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program for his contributions to Van Dyke and Company, a special starring Dick Van Dyke. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Tom McLoughlin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI poster
6.3

Tommy Jarvis, tormented by the fear that maybe Jason isn't really dead, unwittingly resurrects the mass murderer for another bloody rampage.

Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI

1986

The Black Hole poster
5.8

The explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposedly lost ship, the USS Cygnus, hovering near a black hole. The ship is controlled by Dr. Hans Reinhardt and his monstrous robot companion, but the initial wonderment and awe the Palomino crew feel for the ship and its resistance to the power of the black hole turn to horror as they uncover Reinhardt's plans.

The Black Hole

1979

Critters 2 poster
6.2

Three bounty hunters from space fly back to the town of Grovers Bend, hoping to save local residents from a new batch of Critter eggs.

Critters 2

1988

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

Nightmares in Red, White and Blue poster
6.5

An exploration of the appeal of horror films, with interviews of many legendary directors in the genre.

Nightmares in Red, White and Blue

2009

Date with an Angel poster
6.8

Aspiring composer Jim Sanders is engaged to spoiled rich girl Patty. But the morning after his bachelor party, Jim wakes up to discover a beautiful, broken-winged angel in his pool. When everyone finds out about his heavenly houseguest, Jim must cope with a dangerously jealous fiancée, an exploitive future father-in-law and a group of buddies with an outrageous business plan!

Date with an Angel

1987

Prophecy poster
5.4

When a dispute occurs between a logging operation and a nearby Native American tribe, Dr. Robert Verne and his wife, Maggie, are sent in to mediate. Chief John Hawks insists the loggers are poisoning the water supply, and, though company man Isley denies it, the Vernes can't ignore the strangely mutated wildlife roaming the woods. Robert captures a bear cub for testing and soon finds himself the target of an angry mutant grizzly.

Prophecy

1979

King on Screen poster
7.0

1976, Brian de Palma directs Carrie, the first novel by Stephen King. Since, more than 50 directors adapted the master of horror's books, in more than 80 films and series, making him now, the most adapted author still alive in the world.

King on Screen

2023

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

The Incredible Shrinking Woman poster
5.4

After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of household chemicals, Pat Kramer begins to shrink. This baffles scientists, makes parenting difficult, warms the hearts of Americans, and captures the attention of a group of people who want to take over the world. This evil group plots to kidnap Pat and perform experiments on her so that they can eventually shrink everyone.

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

1981

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

Vengeance 2: Bloodlines poster
NR

Elias Voorhees (C.J. Graham) is back and has plans for his undead son Jason Voorhees (Jason Brooks) that involve bringing an end to the Jarvis family once and for all.

Vengeance 2: Bloodlines

2022

An American Masquerade poster
4.0

Two failed actors and a porn star. A car full of contraband. One hell of a road trip.

An American Masquerade

2024

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

Jason Lives: The Making of Friday the 13th: Part VI poster
8.0

The making of Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) with interviews with the cast and crew.

Jason Lives: The Making of Friday the 13th: Part VI

2009

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

Behind the camera

Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI poster
6.3

Tommy Jarvis, tormented by the fear that maybe Jason isn't really dead, unwittingly resurrects the mass murderer for another bloody rampage.

Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI

1986

Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI poster
6.3

Tommy Jarvis, tormented by the fear that maybe Jason isn't really dead, unwittingly resurrects the mass murderer for another bloody rampage.

Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI

1986

Sometimes They Come Back poster
5.9

Desperate for a job to help him support his family, Jim Norman takes a position teaching high school in the town where his brother was murdered in front of him by teenage bullies twenty-seven years before. The teens who committed the crime are long dead, but now the kids in Jim's new class keep dying and being replaced by new students who look like the deceased hoodlums.

Sometimes They Come Back

1991

D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear poster
6.4

Based on the known events that shook the United States for 23 days in 2002. Within 24 hours six people were killed by a sniper in Maryland County. A man and his son get overlooked in all settings where shootings occur. The police, in cooperation with the FBI follows the wrong track of a white van, while the murderers act with impunity and panic seizes the population

D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear

2003

Date with an Angel poster
6.8

Aspiring composer Jim Sanders is engaged to spoiled rich girl Patty. But the morning after his bachelor party, Jim wakes up to discover a beautiful, broken-winged angel in his pool. When everyone finds out about his heavenly houseguest, Jim must cope with a dangerously jealous fiancée, an exploitive future father-in-law and a group of buddies with an outrageous business plan!

Date with an Angel

1987

Date with an Angel poster
6.8

Aspiring composer Jim Sanders is engaged to spoiled rich girl Patty. But the morning after his bachelor party, Jim wakes up to discover a beautiful, broken-winged angel in his pool. When everyone finds out about his heavenly houseguest, Jim must cope with a dangerously jealous fiancée, an exploitive future father-in-law and a group of buddies with an outrageous business plan!

Date with an Angel

1987

FairyTale: A True Story poster
6.4

In 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on the true story of the Cottingley Fairies.

FairyTale: A True Story

1997

The Unsaid poster
6.6

A doctor dealing with the aftermath of his son's death tries to help a troubled young man.

The Unsaid

2001

One Dark Night poster
5.4

A strange man named Karl Rhamarevich dies shortly after discovering a way to become even more powerful in death through telekinesis. On the night of his burial in a crypt, Julie is to spend the night there as part of an initiation rite, supervised by two other girls. The crypt becomes a scene of horror as Raymar returns to life and deploys his horrifying telekinetic powers.

One Dark Night

1982

One Dark Night poster
5.4

A strange man named Karl Rhamarevich dies shortly after discovering a way to become even more powerful in death through telekinesis. On the night of his burial in a crypt, Julie is to spend the night there as part of an initiation rite, supervised by two other girls. The crypt becomes a scene of horror as Raymar returns to life and deploys his horrifying telekinetic powers.

One Dark Night

1982

The Front poster
5.4

A detective uncovers a sinister conspiracy when he is sent to research a disintegrating neighborhood for a public relations campaign.

The Front

2010

The Wronged Man poster
6.1

Janet Gregory, a single mother with a haunting past, is a paralegal struggling to overcome doubts about Calvin Willis, an African-American husband and father wrongfully accused of raping a neighborhood girl. Eventually convinced of his innocence, Janet takes Calvin's pro bono case and wages a dramatic and stormy 22-year battle with the justice system that ultimately redeems an unjustly accused man and cements a life-long friendship.

The Wronged Man

2010

Leave of Absence poster
4.5

A man asks his wife for a 'leave of absence' in order to care for his mistress who is dying of cancer.

Leave of Absence

1994

Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life poster
3.8

A high school kid develops an addiction to Internet porn so intense that it begins to destroy his life and tear his family apart.

Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life

2005

Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life poster
3.8

A high school kid develops an addiction to Internet porn so intense that it begins to destroy his life and tear his family apart.

Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life

2005

She's Too Young poster
5.8

A mother/daughter relationship is thrown off balance when the mother discovers that her "good girl" daughter is part of a group who are engaging in sexual activities with multiple partners that results in an outbreak of sexually transmitted diseases.

She's Too Young

2004

Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story poster
5.8

An AIDS-stricken woman becomes a leader in the struggle to educate people about the disease and its prevention.

Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story

1992

At Risk poster
4.6

Detective Win Garano is asked to reopen a twenty-year-old murder case, and soon finds himself endangered by the political ambitions of a district attorney.

At Risk

2010

Not Like Everyone Else poster
6.2

A teenager fights to clear her name after her small Oklahoma town mistakenly assumes she is practicing witchcraft. Based on a true story.

Not Like Everyone Else

2006

Not Like Everyone Else poster
6.2

A teenager fights to clear her name after her small Oklahoma town mistakenly assumes she is practicing witchcraft. Based on a true story.

Not Like Everyone Else

2006

Journey poster
6.2

Deserted by their mother, a young boy and his sister discover the true meaning of family while living with their grandfather.

Journey

1995

The Yarn Princess poster
6.3

Margaret, who has certain mental disabilities, struggles when her husband, Jake, is diagnosed with schizophrenia and the authorities wish to take her children away from her. She has to prove in a court of law that she is capable of taking care of her family.

The Yarn Princess

1994

Odd Girl Out poster
5.6

A mother and her daughter confront the intimidation of teen peer pressure and the emotionally brutalizing social rituals of high school.

Odd Girl Out

2005

Anya's Bell poster
6.2

Inspirational tale set in the late 1940s involving an elderly blind woman with a unique collection of bells in her home and a dyslexic 12-year-old boy who form an offbeat friendship to help each other overcome a disability.

Anya's Bell

1999