John Carl Buechler

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John Carl Buechler

Born 1952-06-18 · Belleville, Illinois, USA

John Carl Buechler (pronounced Beekler) was an American director, actor, and special effects and makeup artist. He was born in Belleville, Illinois, and is probably best known for directing Troll (1986), Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988), Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College (1990) and 2006The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (200&). John Carl Buechler was born on June 1, 1952, in Belleville (Illinois), and he died on March 18, 2019, in Los Angeles (Califronia).

Acting credits

Hatchet II poster
5.5

Picking up right where the original ended, Marybeth escapes the clutches of the swamp-dwelling killer Victor Crowley. After learning the truth about her family’s connection to the hatchet-wielding madman, Marybeth returns to the Louisiana swamps along with an army of hunters to recover the bodies of her family and exact the bloodiest revenge against the bayou butcher.

Hatchet II

2010

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

Hatchet poster
5.8

When a group of tourists on a New Orleans haunted swamp tour find themselves stranded in the wilderness, their evening of fun and spooks turns into a horrific nightmare.

Hatchet

2006

Troll poster
5.1

When a family moves into a San Francisco apartment, an opportunistic troll decides to make his move and take possession of little Wendy, thereby paving the way for new troll recruits, the first in his army that will take eventual control of the planet. We soon discover Torok is the ex-husband of Eunice St. Clair, a resident in the building who was married to Torok.

Troll

1986

Charles Band's Evil Bong poster
3.6

Straight-laced nerd Alistair moves into a college dorm with hardcore marijuana users, who order an old giant bong that proves to have strange magical powers, which sends people to a bizarre drugged-out alternate realm from which there is no easy escape.

Charles Band's Evil Bong

2006

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

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

Gingerdead Man 2: The Passion of the Crust poster
4.5

The horrifying yet delicious and chewy Gingerdead Man causes murder and mayhem on the set of a horrible low budget movie set. It will take the determination of the studio's young new owner to save both his company and well as the lives of his young new friends. Including a terminally ill young boy whose final wish it was to meet the studios stars - The Tiny Terrors.

Gingerdead Man 2: The Passion of the Crust

2008

Jason's Destroyer: The Making of Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood poster
8.0

The making of Friday the 13th: The New Blood (1988) with interviews with the cast and crew.

Jason's Destroyer: The Making of Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood

2009

Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors poster
6.7

Actors, directors and special effects technicians are interviewed at a horror-film convention.

Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors

1986

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

Not of This Earth poster
4.3

An anemic alien comes to Earth from a dying planet, in the remake of the Corman 50s classic.

Not of This Earth

1995

Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever poster
5.2

A celebration of slasher cinema - from PSYCHO to the present day, with a focus on highlighting many of the genre's forgotten cult classics, deconstructing how to survive a slice and dice movie and meditating upon why it is almost always a final girl and rarely a final guy... this is a documentary which is designed for both the biggest fan of "mad maniac" movies and the person who may only have seen HALLOWEEN and SCREAM. Either way, this is a documentary that proves the SLASHER FILM is truly FOREVER!

Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever

2012

The Sleeping Car poster
5.0

Jason moves into an abandoned train car where he resurrects the vicious ghost of his landlady's dead husband... The Mister. After some near-fatal encounters with the violent specter, he consults a local exorcist.

The Sleeping Car

1990

Catch of the Day poster
5.5

Officer Rod Davis becomes embedded undercover when a cartel starts bringing drugs into the city through fish shipments. He soon finds himself and his city under siege when a scientist accidentally creates mutant fish people with a poisonous bite. It's up to the rookie cop and a sexy lab assistant to find the drug stash and destroy the crime lord controlling the mutant monsters, but it turns personal when Rod's sister is kidnapped. Are they fighting giant mutant fish monsters just for the halibut? See the badge, bass, and ass in a horror-comedy that you won't want to throw back... because it's the "Catch of the Day."

Catch of the Day

2014

Fright Show poster
4.5

Two obscure film critics host four SF/Horror films: The Thing in the Basement, Illegal Alien, Nightfright, and Dr. Dobermind.

Fright Show

1985

Stingray poster
5.7

Lonigan and his partner Tony, two drug dealers, shoot two cops who attempt to set them up, and run away with a million bucks and the drugs, which they stash in a red Corvette Stingray in a used car lot. When they attempt to recover their stash with their leader, Abigail, they find out that two happy-go-lucky dudes, Elmo and Al, have bought the car. They quickly pursue the two along with the police who think that the car's new owners are the criminals.

Stingray

1978

Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Pictures poster
NR

The official feature-length documentary about the rise and fall of Charles Band's legendary Empire Pictures studio.

Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Pictures

The Horror of It All poster
8.3

A collection of film clips from horror movies and interviews with the actors and directors who made them.

The Horror of It All

1983

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

No artwork available
NR

A retrospective "making of" documentary for John Carl Buechler's "Troll" (1986), featuring production crew interviews, behind-the-scenes images, and significant focus on the visual effects artists involved.

Troll Empire

2015

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

No artwork available
NR

Behind the scenes of Friday the 13th.

Secrets Galore Behind the Gore

2004

Behind the Mask: The Making of The Phantom of the Opera poster
NR

Behind the scenes feature for 'The Phantom of the Opera' (1989). Included on the Shout! Factory blu-ray.

Behind the Mask: The Making of The Phantom of the Opera

2015

Behind the camera

Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood poster
5.5

Tina Shepard, a telekinetic teenage girl, accidentally unchains Jason from his watery grave, allowing him to go on another killing spree in the area.

Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood

1988

Cellar Dweller poster
5.0

A comic book artist Whitney Taylor is doomed to repeat history in a most grotesque way when she unleashes a demon after drawing it.

Cellar Dweller

1988

Troll poster
5.1

When a family moves into a San Francisco apartment, an opportunistic troll decides to make his move and take possession of little Wendy, thereby paving the way for new troll recruits, the first in his army that will take eventual control of the planet. We soon discover Torok is the ex-husband of Eunice St. Clair, a resident in the building who was married to Torok.

Troll

1986

Watchers Reborn poster
4.9

An extra-smart dog and detective team up to stop a DNA enhanced killer.

Watchers Reborn

1998

Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College poster
5.2

A college teacher brings the little creatures back to his campus, where they proceed to terrorize the faculty and students.

Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College

1990

The Dungeonmaster poster
4.9

A computer whiz is yanked into a twisted digital world by the sadistic wizard Mestema and forced through a gauntlet of wild, deadly trials, from mutant goblins to metal mayhem, with his girlfriend’s soul on the line.

The Dungeonmaster

1984

The Dungeonmaster poster
4.9

A computer whiz is yanked into a twisted digital world by the sadistic wizard Mestema and forced through a gauntlet of wild, deadly trials, from mutant goblins to metal mayhem, with his girlfriend’s soul on the line.

The Dungeonmaster

1984

Curse of the Forty-Niner poster
4.3

A group of friends discover gold deep inside an old mine. But by taking the gold and think they've hit it big, they awaken a long dead miner who's Hell Bent on protecting his treasure.

Curse of the Forty-Niner

2002

A Light in the Forest poster
9.0

Britta, the new girl in school Highland, has reason to be jubilant this Christmas: Her sadness has served to invoke Holly Boy, the holiday spirit, waking him from his deep slumber imposed by a dark elf, King Otto. This sets off a battle earthly and supernatural fury that develop simultaneously. The Young Britta must face her fears and death defying aerial action in the holidays from school, while Holly Boy has to fight against the forces of evil. Both battles must escape to save their lives, school, and the sacred forest, although, in reality, what is really at stake is the Christmas and values.

A Light in the Forest

2003

A Light in the Forest poster
9.0

Britta, the new girl in school Highland, has reason to be jubilant this Christmas: Her sadness has served to invoke Holly Boy, the holiday spirit, waking him from his deep slumber imposed by a dark elf, King Otto. This sets off a battle earthly and supernatural fury that develop simultaneously. The Young Britta must face her fears and death defying aerial action in the holidays from school, while Holly Boy has to fight against the forces of evil. Both battles must escape to save their lives, school, and the sacred forest, although, in reality, what is really at stake is the Christmas and values.

A Light in the Forest

2003

Saurian poster
5.0

FBI agents with the Paranormal Intelligence Team try to put a stop to the havoc being wreaked on the world by reptilian beings who have taken human form.

Saurian

2006

Saurian poster
5.0

FBI agents with the Paranormal Intelligence Team try to put a stop to the havoc being wreaked on the world by reptilian beings who have taken human form.

Saurian

2006

Deep Freeze poster
4.1

A deadly creature terrorizes a team of researchers at an isolated Antarctic laboratory.

Deep Freeze

2002

Deep Freeze poster
4.1

A deadly creature terrorizes a team of researchers at an isolated Antarctic laboratory.

Deep Freeze

2002

The Eden Formula poster
2.8

When industry spies break into a top secret lab at Calgorin Industries, they accidentlally let a T-Rex loose, which wreaks havoc into the lab before breaking out into the streets of Los Angeles.

The Eden Formula

2006

The Eden Formula poster
2.8

When industry spies break into a top secret lab at Calgorin Industries, they accidentlally let a T-Rex loose, which wreaks havoc into the lab before breaking out into the streets of Los Angeles.

The Eden Formula

2006

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde poster
4.4

After successfully curing a primate's heart condition, Dr. Henry Jeckyll develops a personality-enhancing serum for himself which inadvertently creates an evil alter ego personality, Edward Hyde, who sets out to terrorize college co-eds.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

2006

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde poster
4.4

After successfully curing a primate's heart condition, Dr. Henry Jeckyll develops a personality-enhancing serum for himself which inadvertently creates an evil alter ego personality, Edward Hyde, who sets out to terrorize college co-eds.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

2006

Grandpa's Place poster
5.5

Jason and Grandpa are in Grandpa's basement where they enjoy an afternoon of imagination, fun and learning.

Grandpa's Place

2004

Wizardream poster
2.0

A fantasy/science-fiction/sword'n'sorcery film from director John Carl Buechler. Shot in 2013 and still unreleased, this is a follow up to Trolls.

Wizardream

2025