Simon Barrett

Writing

Simon Barrett

Born

1978-07-29 (48)

Place of birth

Columbia, Missouri, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

49 titles

Simon Barrett (born 1978) is an American filmmaker and actor. He frequently collaborates with director Adam Wingard. He is best known for writing the films You're Next (2011), The Guest (2014), Blair Witch (2016), Azrael (2024) and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024). He made his feature directorial debut with the film Seance (2021).

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

2010s · 14 titles

You're Next poster
6.6

When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.

You're Next

2013

V/H/S poster
6.1

When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire one rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they had bargained for.

V/H/S

2012

The ABCs of Death poster
4.9

An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the film comprises 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.

The ABCs of Death

2013

V/H/S/2 poster
6.2

Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly with monochrome vistas of static white noise permeating the brain and fogging concentration. But you must fight the urge to relax: this is no mere movie night. Those obsolete spools contain more than just magnetic tape. They are imprinted with the very soul of evil.

V/H/S/2

2013

Contracted poster
5.3

A young woman contracts what she believes to be an STD—but it ends up being a far worse disease.

Contracted

2013

Always Shine poster
5.5

On a trip to Big Sur, two friends, both actresses, try to reconnect with one another. Once alone, the women's suppressed jealousies and deep-seated resentments begin to rise, causing them to lose their grasp on not only the true nature of their relationship, but also their identities.

Always Shine

2016

The Last Survivors poster
6.1

In the near future, society collapses and water becomes scarce. When a greedy water baron starts violently clearing out survivors, Kendal, a 17-year-old teenager, fights the baron's henchman to keep a well open.

The Last Survivors

2014

ABCs of Death 2 poster
5.4

Taking all that was great from the first instalment, the movie aims to be a wilder, leaner, faster-paced and even more entertaining anthology this time around, with a new crop of award-winning, visionary filmmakers from around the globe.

ABCs of Death 2

2014

Why Horror? poster
5.9

Horror fan Tal Zimerman examines the psychology of horror around the world to find out why people love to be scared.

Why Horror?

2014

Neverending Night: The Making of Blair Witch poster
6.0

A feature-length documentary on the making of Adam Wingard's Blair Witch (2016).

Neverending Night: The Making of Blair Witch

2017

A Horrible Way to Die poster
5.0

An escaped murderer is in pursuit of his ex-girlfriend, who has fled to start a new life in a small town.

A Horrible Way to Die

2010

All the Light in the Sky poster
5.0

An insomniac actress is facing the waning days of her career, when her niece pays a visit to her Malibu house.

All the Light in the Sky

2013

24 Exposures poster
4.0

Billy is a fetish photographer whose models begin to turn up dead. Michael, a melancholic cop, is tasked with investigating him.

24 Exposures

2013

No artwork available
NR

An eclipse that never goes away. Penned by some of the Bristol's finest writers, "The Day That Broke" is an ensemble piece connecting 6 different stories that revolve around a solar eclipse. The various characters, on a number of timelines before, during, and after the event each respond differently to it - and indeed, those timelines become different worlds since the eclipse, mysteriously, never ends.

The Day That Broke

2017

Behind the camera

Onslaught poster
5.7

When a rogue squad of genetically engineered super soldiers break loose in the desert, a badass Army sniper must unleash hell to protect her young daughter.

Onslaught

2026

Onslaught poster
5.7

When a rogue squad of genetically engineered super soldiers break loose in the desert, a badass Army sniper must unleash hell to protect her young daughter.

Onslaught

2026

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire poster
7.0

Following their explosive showdown, Godzilla and Kong must reunite against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own.

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

2024

You're Next poster
6.6

When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.

You're Next

2013

You're Next poster
6.6

When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.

You're Next

2013

V/H/S/94 poster
6.1

After the discovery of a mysterious VHS tape, a brutish police SWAT team launches a high-intensity raid on a remote warehouse, only to discover a sinister cult compound whose collection of pre-recorded material uncovers a nightmarish conspiracy.

V/H/S/94

2021

V/H/S/94 poster
6.1

After the discovery of a mysterious VHS tape, a brutish police SWAT team launches a high-intensity raid on a remote warehouse, only to discover a sinister cult compound whose collection of pre-recorded material uncovers a nightmarish conspiracy.

V/H/S/94

2021

Blair Witch poster
5.2

Students on a camping trip discover something sinister is lurking beyond the trees.

Blair Witch

2016

The Guest poster
6.6

A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.

The Guest

2014

V/H/S poster
6.1

When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire one rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they had bargained for.

V/H/S

2012

V/H/S poster
6.1

When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire one rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they had bargained for.

V/H/S

2012

Seance poster
5.6

At an elite boarding school for girls, six friends jokingly engage in a late night ritual, calling forth the spirit of a dead former student who reportedly haunts their halls. Before morning, one of the girls is dead, leaving the others wondering what they may have awakened.

Seance

2021

Seance poster
5.6

At an elite boarding school for girls, six friends jokingly engage in a late night ritual, calling forth the spirit of a dead former student who reportedly haunts their halls. Before morning, one of the girls is dead, leaving the others wondering what they may have awakened.

Seance

2021

Azrael poster
5.8

In a world where no one speaks, a devout female hunts down a young woman who has escaped her imprisonment. Recaptured by its ruthless leaders, Azrael is due to be sacrificed to pacify an ancient evil deep within the surrounding wilderness.

Azrael

2024

Azrael poster
5.8

In a world where no one speaks, a devout female hunts down a young woman who has escaped her imprisonment. Recaptured by its ruthless leaders, Azrael is due to be sacrificed to pacify an ancient evil deep within the surrounding wilderness.

Azrael

2024

The ABCs of Death poster
4.9

An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the film comprises 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.

The ABCs of Death

2013

V/H/S/2 poster
6.2

Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly with monochrome vistas of static white noise permeating the brain and fogging concentration. But you must fight the urge to relax: this is no mere movie night. Those obsolete spools contain more than just magnetic tape. They are imprinted with the very soul of evil.

V/H/S/2

2013

V/H/S/2 poster
6.2

Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly with monochrome vistas of static white noise permeating the brain and fogging concentration. But you must fight the urge to relax: this is no mere movie night. Those obsolete spools contain more than just magnetic tape. They are imprinted with the very soul of evil.

V/H/S/2

2013

Frankenfish poster
5.6

When the body of a man is found completely destroyed in the swamps in Louisiana, the medical investigator Sam Rivers is assigned to investigate the murder. He travels with the biologist Mary Callahan to the location where the victim lived in a floating house and he meets his family and friends. They find that Chinese snake-heads genetically engineered that belong to a wealthy hunter are attacking and killing the locals. While the group fights to survive, the hunter Jeff arrives with his team to hunt the predators.

Frankenfish

2004

Dead Birds poster
5.7

Towards the end of the Civil War, a group of Confederate soldiers hole up on an abandoned plantation after robbing a bank, and find themselves at the mercy of supernatural forces.

Dead Birds

2005

Red Sands poster
4.3

A group of U.S. soldiers on a mission in the Middle East find themselves with nothing to do in their free time. Out of sheer boredom they end up destroying an old statue in the desert, only to unleash a horrific entity.

Red Sands

2009

Temple poster
3.9

Three American tourists follow a mysterious map deep into the jungles of Japan searching for an ancient temple. When spirits entrap them, their adventure quickly becomes a horrific nightmare.

Temple

2017

A Horrible Way to Die poster
5.0

An escaped murderer is in pursuit of his ex-girlfriend, who has fled to start a new life in a small town.

A Horrible Way to Die

2010

A Horrible Way to Die poster
5.0

An escaped murderer is in pursuit of his ex-girlfriend, who has fled to start a new life in a small town.

A Horrible Way to Die

2010

Autoerotic poster
4.1

Four interconnected Chicago couples explore the boundaries of self-pleasure and sexual exploration.

Autoerotic

2011

What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape poster
3.0

An anthology film consisting of four segments, entitled "Hot Boys," "The Sleep Creep," "The Meat Man," and "Silver Bullets," each of which obliquely dramatizes an incident of sexual assault. The four stories take place in the same small American town on four different holidays: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Valentine's Day. "What Fun We Were Having" screened publicly once at the 2011 Fantasia International Film Festival, but received no further distribution.

What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape

2011

No artwork available
NR

Following an unspeakable tragedy, a rogue secret agent seeks revenge against a serial killer through a demented game of cat and mouse.

I Saw the Devil

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No artwork available
7.0

Two drug mules wait out their defecation.

The Nothing Deal

2000

No artwork available
7.0

Two drug mules wait out their defecation.

The Nothing Deal

2000

No artwork available
7.0

Two drug mules wait out their defecation.

The Nothing Deal

2000

No artwork available
NR

Legacy sequel to the 1997 John Woo film. Details TBA.

Face/Off 2

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