Joe Lynch

Directing

Joe Lynch

Born

1976-03-23 (50)

Place of birth

Long Island, New York, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

44 titles

Joe Lynch (born March 23, 1976) is an American filmmaker, music video director and actor. He is best known for directing films such as Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007), Knights of Badassdom (2013), Everly (2014), Mayhem (2017), Point Blank (2019) and Suitable Flesh (2023).

Known for

The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs poster
7.2

The World’s Foremost Drive-in Movie Critic – actually he’s pretty much the world’s only Drive-in Critic – Joe Bob Briggs brings his iconic swagger to this firebrand of horror and drive-in cinema offering honest appreciation, hilarious insight, inside stories and of course, the Drive-in totals.

The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs

2019

Wrong Turn 2: Dead End poster
6.2

Retired military commander Colonel Dale Murphy hosts the simulated post-apocalyptic reality show where participants are challenged to survive a remote West Virginia wasteland. But the show turns into a nightmarish showdown when each realizes they are being hunted by an inbred family of cannibals determined to make them all dinner!

Wrong Turn 2: Dead End

2007

Frozen poster
6.0

When three skiers find themselves stranded on a chair lift at a New England ski resort that has closed for the next week, they are forced to make life or death choices that prove to be more perilous than staying put and freezing to death.

Frozen

2010

Victor Crowley poster
5.7

Ten years ago, over forty people were brutally torn to pieces in Louisiana’s Honey Island Swamp. Over the past decade, lone survivor Andrew’s claims that local legend Victor Crowley was responsible for the horrific massacre have been met with great controversy. But when a twist of fate puts him back at the scene of the tragedy, Crowley is mistakenly resurrected and Andrew must face the bloodthirsty ghost from his past.

Victor Crowley

2017

Point Blank poster
6.0

A nurse is forced to spring a wounded murder suspect from the hospital when the man’s brother kidnaps his pregnant wife and wants to make a trade.

Point Blank

2019

Suitable Flesh poster
5.3

A once-esteemed psychiatrist helplessly watches her life spiral into a nightmarish maelstrom of supernatural hysteria and gruesome deaths, all linked to a seemingly unstoppable ancient curse.

Suitable Flesh

2023

Film credits

2020s · 8 titles

Suitable Flesh poster
5.3

A once-esteemed psychiatrist helplessly watches her life spiral into a nightmarish maelstrom of supernatural hysteria and gruesome deaths, all linked to a seemingly unstoppable ancient curse.

Suitable Flesh

2023

The Serpent's Skin poster
5.4

Two young women form a romantic bond after discovering they have supernatural powers. Their insecurities unknowingly release a demon, which possesses one of their exes and begins feeding on their friends. As the bodies pile up, it becomes up to the women to face their pasts and stop the growing evil.

The Serpent's Skin

2026

Attack of the Doc! poster
5.5

Before the rise of big tech, social media and Marvel movies, Attack of the Show! chronicled the rise of nerd culture. G4TV's flagship show launched the careers of hosts Olivia Munn and Kevin Pereira and was beloved by fans! But what really happened?

Attack of the Doc!

2023

Till Death Do Us Part: Making of Bride of Re-Animator poster
NR

A newly produced, 60-minute documentary Extended interviews with Director Brian Yuzna, Bruce Abbott, Fabiana Udenio, Jeffrey Combs, and Kathleen Kinmont.

Till Death Do Us Part: Making of Bride of Re-Animator

2026

Generation Terror poster
NR

Horror bleeds into the 21st Century in an incisive documentary looking back at the late 1990s film industry on a global scale to find out what happened at the turn of the millennium to allow for the huge wealth of horror films flooding out from all corners of the globe. From SCREAM (1996), THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999) and FINAL DESTINATION (2000), to WRONG TURN (2003), HOSTEL (2005) and SAW (2004), with insight from Joe Lynch, Xavier Gens and Bill Malone who track the technology, the industry and the societal changes behind the next generation of horror films.

Generation Terror

2024

The Beastmaster Chronicles poster
NR

Documentary about the making of the film The Beastmaster.

The Beastmaster Chronicles

2020

No artwork available
7.0

A man faces a peculiar situation when he is asked to pet sit for a friend on Halloween night. Starring Jeff Lewis (THE GUILD), ArieScope's 26th annual Halloween short film explores the dark side of novelty pets.

The Pet Sitter

2024

House of Ashes poster
NR

Grieving widow Mia must survive psychological and supernatural horrors while under house arrest.

House of Ashes

2024

2010s · 17 titles

Frozen poster
6.0

When three skiers find themselves stranded on a chair lift at a New England ski resort that has closed for the next week, they are forced to make life or death choices that prove to be more perilous than staying put and freezing to death.

Frozen

2010

Victor Crowley poster
5.7

Ten years ago, over forty people were brutally torn to pieces in Louisiana’s Honey Island Swamp. Over the past decade, lone survivor Andrew’s claims that local legend Victor Crowley was responsible for the horrific massacre have been met with great controversy. But when a twist of fate puts him back at the scene of the tragedy, Crowley is mistakenly resurrected and Andrew must face the bloodthirsty ghost from his past.

Victor Crowley

2017

Point Blank poster
6.0

A nurse is forced to spring a wounded murder suspect from the hospital when the man’s brother kidnaps his pregnant wife and wants to make a trade.

Point Blank

2019

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

Mayhem poster
6.4

A virus spreads through an office complex causing white collar workers to act out their worst impulses.

Mayhem

2017

Chillerama poster
5.7

It's the closing night at the last drive-in theater in America and Cecil B. Kaufman has planned the ultimate marathon of lost film prints to unleash upon his faithful cinephile patrons. Four films so rare that they have never been exhibited publicly on American soil until this very night! With titles like Wadzilla, I Was a Teenage Werebear, The Diary of Anne Frankenstein, and Zom-B-Movie, Chillerama not only celebrates the golden age of drive-in B horror shlock but also spans over four decades of cinema with something for every bad taste.

Chillerama

2011

Everly poster
5.5

After she betrays a powerful mob boss, a woman matches wits and weaponry with a legion of killers who are out to collect the bounty on the heads of her and her family.

Everly

2015

Digging Up the Marrow poster
5.4

A documentary filmmaker turns his lens on an enigmatic conspiracy theorist who claims he's found the entrance to a vast underground city populated entirely by monsters.

Digging Up the Marrow

2015

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

Wolfman's Got Nards poster
7.7

A documentary that explores the power of cult film told through the lens of the Monster Squad and the impact it has on fans, cast and crew and the industry.

Wolfman's Got Nards

2018

FEARnet's Movies with More Brains poster
NR

Two celebrity hosts show a horror film and tell trivia related to the production.

FEARnet's Movies with More Brains

2011

The Psycho Legacy poster
6.5

The cast and crew of all four Psycho films recall their time working on the influential horror series, and modern masters of horror reminisce on what the movies stirred in them.

The Psycho Legacy

2010

The Intervention poster
8.0

All good things must come to an end. Or do they? Adam Green comes face to face(s) with one of his worst nightmares in the 20th annual ArieScope Halloween short film.

The Intervention

2018

A Holliston Halloween poster
NR

The cast of HOLLISTON finds themselves in a scary situation when a rehearsal goes horribly wrong.

A Holliston Halloween

2017

No artwork available
6.0

A cautionary Halloween tale about the consequences of taking more than just ONE piece of candy from a trick-or-treating "Honor Bowl".

Just Take One

2010

FrightFest: Beneath the Dark Heart of Cinema poster
6.0

Assembling a vast range of footage from every single past event and putting together dozens of interviews, the result is a warts-and-all look at the people behind FrightFest and what makes the UK’s best genre festival tick.

FrightFest: Beneath the Dark Heart of Cinema

2018

Fantasm poster
7.0

At 15 years old, Kyle Kuchta went to his first horror convention. Years later, he visits multiple cons to understand why these gatherings are so important to horror fans, vendors and celebrity guests.

Fantasm

2013

Series credits

Behind the camera

Wrong Turn 2: Dead End poster
6.2

Retired military commander Colonel Dale Murphy hosts the simulated post-apocalyptic reality show where participants are challenged to survive a remote West Virginia wasteland. But the show turns into a nightmarish showdown when each realizes they are being hunted by an inbred family of cannibals determined to make them all dinner!

Wrong Turn 2: Dead End

2007

Point Blank poster
6.0

A nurse is forced to spring a wounded murder suspect from the hospital when the man’s brother kidnaps his pregnant wife and wants to make a trade.

Point Blank

2019

Suitable Flesh poster
5.3

A once-esteemed psychiatrist helplessly watches her life spiral into a nightmarish maelstrom of supernatural hysteria and gruesome deaths, all linked to a seemingly unstoppable ancient curse.

Suitable Flesh

2023

Knights of Badassdom poster
5.6

Three best friends and dedicated roleplayers take to the woods to reenact a dungeons and dragons-like scenario as a live action role-playing game. Trouble arises when a prop spellbook purchased from the internet ends up being a genuine grimoire and they unwittingly conjure up a blood-lusting succubus from hell.

Knights of Badassdom

2014

Mayhem poster
6.4

A virus spreads through an office complex causing white collar workers to act out their worst impulses.

Mayhem

2017

Chillerama poster
5.7

It's the closing night at the last drive-in theater in America and Cecil B. Kaufman has planned the ultimate marathon of lost film prints to unleash upon his faithful cinephile patrons. Four films so rare that they have never been exhibited publicly on American soil until this very night! With titles like Wadzilla, I Was a Teenage Werebear, The Diary of Anne Frankenstein, and Zom-B-Movie, Chillerama not only celebrates the golden age of drive-in B horror shlock but also spans over four decades of cinema with something for every bad taste.

Chillerama

2011

Chillerama poster
5.7

It's the closing night at the last drive-in theater in America and Cecil B. Kaufman has planned the ultimate marathon of lost film prints to unleash upon his faithful cinephile patrons. Four films so rare that they have never been exhibited publicly on American soil until this very night! With titles like Wadzilla, I Was a Teenage Werebear, The Diary of Anne Frankenstein, and Zom-B-Movie, Chillerama not only celebrates the golden age of drive-in B horror shlock but also spans over four decades of cinema with something for every bad taste.

Chillerama

2011

Everly poster
5.5

After she betrays a powerful mob boss, a woman matches wits and weaponry with a legion of killers who are out to collect the bounty on the heads of her and her family.

Everly

2015

Dead Media poster
NR

The story of a troubled young woman, her lonely Gen X uncle, a haunted DVD, and a movie night that won’t die.

Dead Media

2025

No artwork available
NR

A small Texas town is terrorized by a creature that can only be seen by people who are drunk.

Buzzkill

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Tales from the Void: Into the Unknown poster
NR

When a mysterious black square appears in the middle of an apartment complex, suspicions develop between neighbors about the horrors it may bring. As mistrust grows, they slowly learn that the square isn't the only thing to be afraid of.

Tales from the Void: Into the Unknown

2024