Josh Becker

Directing

Josh Becker

Born 1958-08-17 · Detroit, Michigan, USA

Josh Becker is a writer and director, of films and television, whose credits include episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess.

Acting credits

Army of Darkness poster
7.3

Ash, a handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk, is time warped backwards into England's Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty and faces legions of the undead.

Army of Darkness

1992

Evil Dead II poster
7.5

Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from "The Book of the Dead." As they play the recording an evil power is unleashed taking over Linda's body.

Evil Dead II

1987

Darkman poster
6.4

Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes known as Darkman, assuming alternate identities in his quest for revenge and a new life with a former love.

Darkman

1990

Mosquito poster
4.9

An alien starship crashes in a swamp in a U.S. National Park. Some mosquitos begin to feed from the alien's corpses, causing them to grow to the size of a vulture. These mutant insects became very agressive, killing every human being they find. Will the few survivors fight successfully against this nightmare...?

Mosquito

1994

Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except poster
4.8

Jack Stryker took two bullets in the leg in Vietnam and was carried back by one of his men. When he returns, he tries to live a quiet life in his cabin and go back out with his girlfriend, Sally.

Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except

1985

Torro. Torro. Torro! poster
5.9

A lawnmower goes on a rampage.

Torro. Torro. Torro!

1981

No artwork available
6.0

A comic book store clerk has an eventful day.

Cosmos Locos

2015

One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead poster
8.3

Cast and crew, as well as some famous fans, recall the insanity of making of the ultimate experience of grueling terror that is The Evil Dead.

One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead

2007

Lunatics: A Love Story poster
4.9

In the seedy part of Los Angeles, a man who writes poetry has spent six months without leaving his apartment because of his paranoid delusions involving sadistic doctors, rappers, and spiders. A woman who seems to jinx things by wanting to help is dumped by her boyfriend and finds herself penniless on the streets, and soon runs afoul of a local gang. Due to a telephone glitch, the man calls her at a phone booth trying to dial a "talk line" and invites her to his place. There they must help each other to overcome their respective problems.

Lunatics: A Love Story

1991

No artwork available
NR

A retrospective feature-length documentary on the cult horror film Mosquito produced by Red Shirt Pictures and included on the Synapse Films Blu-Ray release.

Bugging Out! The Making of 'Mosquito'

2015

Stryker's War poster
5.9

A wounded Vietnam Vet and his pals save a small town from a crazed cult leader and his maniac killer gang

Stryker's War

1980

Other Men's Careers poster
8.5

Eccentric, outspoken, and unfiltered TV and low budget film director Josh Becker struggles to emerge from the shadow of his work on "The Evil Dead", "Xena", the careers of his more successful colleagues, depression and alcoholism to fulfill his lifelong ambition of creating high quality, successful films.

Other Men's Careers

2023

Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist poster
8.5

Invaluable is the feature-length documentary film about Tom Sullivan, creator of the special make-up effects in "The Evil Dead", "Evil Dead II", and "Army of Darkness". This film contains footage and places never before seen until now and features interviews with Bruce Campbell, Scott Spiegel, Josh Becker, Ted Raimi, Hal Delrich, Betsy Baker, Sarah York, Ellen Sandweiss, Tom Sullivan, and many more.

Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist

2014

No artwork available
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Oedipus Rex

1972

No artwork available
NR

Having a theory that "The Imp of the Perverse" causes people to commit acts against their self-interest, narrator of the story tries to explain a murder he did.

Imp of the Perverse

1973

The Case of the Topanga Pearl poster
2.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Case of the Topanga Pearl

1976

The Final Round poster
NR

A short film by Josh Becker and Bruce Campbell in which a nebbish wimp, played by Josh Becker himself, ends up fighting in the heavyweight world championship.

The Final Round

1977

No artwork available
NR

Inspired by The Public Enemy (1931) guy feels inspired to set up a few dates with girls. Unfortunately, all of the dates are re-scheduled to one day.

Public Enemy Revisited

Behind the camera

Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur poster
5.7

Hercules has settled down with his wife and children, but misses the good old days traveling around having exciting adventures. Then one day he is persuaded out of his farming "retirement" to help a distant village which is being attacked by an unseen monster. "Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur" is the fifth out of five made for TV movies that spawned the series "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys".

Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur

1994

Running Time poster
5.7

Carl, a career criminal, receives an early release from prison and immediately begins preparations for his next big heist.

Running Time

1997

Running Time poster
5.7

Carl, a career criminal, receives an early release from prison and immediately begins preparations for his next big heist.

Running Time

1997

Running Time poster
5.7

Carl, a career criminal, receives an early release from prison and immediately begins preparations for his next big heist.

Running Time

1997

Harpies poster
4.6

Jason Avery is an ex-cop now working as a museum security guard. Armed thieves break in intent on stealing a priceless obelisk that's stored within this vault-like stone structure. The scientist behind the theft talks of the obelisk giving him the power to control harpies, demonic winged female monsters of classic mythology. Through a series of contrived events, the obelisk opens a time portal that Jason promptly falls into, crash landing over a thousand years in the past in a land threatened by evil harpies.

Harpies

2007

Warpath poster
3.8

Alice travels west along with a ruthless bounty hunter in search of her lost husband.

Warpath

2020

Warpath poster
3.8

Alice travels west along with a ruthless bounty hunter in search of her lost husband.

Warpath

2020

Warpath poster
3.8

Alice travels west along with a ruthless bounty hunter in search of her lost husband.

Warpath

2020

Holding It poster
5.0

Goofy suspense thriller by Josh Becker.

Holding It

1978

Holding It poster
5.0

Goofy suspense thriller by Josh Becker.

Holding It

1978

Holding It poster
5.0

Goofy suspense thriller by Josh Becker.

Holding It

1978

Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except poster
4.8

Jack Stryker took two bullets in the leg in Vietnam and was carried back by one of his men. When he returns, he tries to live a quiet life in his cabin and go back out with his girlfriend, Sally.

Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except

1985

Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except poster
4.8

Jack Stryker took two bullets in the leg in Vietnam and was carried back by one of his men. When he returns, he tries to live a quiet life in his cabin and go back out with his girlfriend, Sally.

Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except

1985

Alien Apocalypse poster
4.0

An astronaut doctor Ivan Hood and his fellow astronaut Kelly return from their mission in space to find the world has been taken over by aliens. Now Dr. Ivan Hood and Kelly must lead a revolution to free the human slaves from their alien masters.

Alien Apocalypse

2005

Alien Apocalypse poster
4.0

An astronaut doctor Ivan Hood and his fellow astronaut Kelly return from their mission in space to find the world has been taken over by aliens. Now Dr. Ivan Hood and Kelly must lead a revolution to free the human slaves from their alien masters.

Alien Apocalypse

2005

Torro. Torro. Torro! poster
5.9

A lawnmower goes on a rampage.

Torro. Torro. Torro!

1981

Torro. Torro. Torro! poster
5.9

A lawnmower goes on a rampage.

Torro. Torro. Torro!

1981

Hit List poster
6.2

A family man and a mob witness hunt for a hit-man who has mistakenly kidnapped the family man's son.

Hit List

1989

The Blind Waiter poster
7.0

Early Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell short.

The Blind Waiter

1980

The Blind Waiter poster
7.0

Early Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell short.

The Blind Waiter

1980

The Blind Waiter poster
7.0

Early Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell short.

The Blind Waiter

1980

Lunatics: A Love Story poster
4.9

In the seedy part of Los Angeles, a man who writes poetry has spent six months without leaving his apartment because of his paranoid delusions involving sadistic doctors, rappers, and spiders. A woman who seems to jinx things by wanting to help is dumped by her boyfriend and finds herself penniless on the streets, and soon runs afoul of a local gang. Due to a telephone glitch, the man calls her at a phone booth trying to dial a "talk line" and invites her to his place. There they must help each other to overcome their respective problems.

Lunatics: A Love Story

1991

Lunatics: A Love Story poster
4.9

In the seedy part of Los Angeles, a man who writes poetry has spent six months without leaving his apartment because of his paranoid delusions involving sadistic doctors, rappers, and spiders. A woman who seems to jinx things by wanting to help is dumped by her boyfriend and finds herself penniless on the streets, and soon runs afoul of a local gang. Due to a telephone glitch, the man calls her at a phone booth trying to dial a "talk line" and invites her to his place. There they must help each other to overcome their respective problems.

Lunatics: A Love Story

1991

Stryker's War poster
5.9

A wounded Vietnam Vet and his pals save a small town from a crazed cult leader and his maniac killer gang

Stryker's War

1980