E.L. Katz

Directing

E.L. Katz

Born 1981-01-07 · New York City, New York, USA

Evan Louis Katz (born January 7, 1981) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the films Cheap Thrills (2013), Small Crimes (2017) and Azrael (2024).

Acting credits

Behind the camera

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

Cheap Thrills poster
6.4

Recently fired and facing eviction, a new dad has his life turned upside down when he meets a wealthy couple who offer a path to financial security... but at a price.

Cheap Thrills

2013

Mortuary poster
4.5

A family moves to a small California town where they plan on starting a new life running a long-abandoned funeral home. The locals fear the place, suspected to be on haunted ground.

Mortuary

2005

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

Small Crimes poster
5.4

A disgraced former cop, fresh off a six-year prison sentence for attempted murder, returns home looking for redemption but winds up trapped in the mess he left behind.

Small Crimes

2017

Small Crimes poster
5.4

A disgraced former cop, fresh off a six-year prison sentence for attempted murder, returns home looking for redemption but winds up trapped in the mess he left behind.

Small Crimes

2017

Autopsy poster
4.9

Emily Johnson, her boyfriend Bobby and their friends Clare and Jude are recent college grads driving cross-country, taking a last vacation together before they face the "real" world. An accident leaves them hurt and stranded on a lonely Louisiana road. When the ambulance arrives, it whisks them to Mercy Hospital.

Autopsy

2008

Pop Skull poster
4.7

Addled prescription drug addict Daniel finds himself unraveling further under the stress of a recent breakup. Worse yet, he lives in a house haunted by nightmarish events from the past, images of which torment him in terrifying dreams. This hallucinatory horror film leaps off the screen with its disturbingly vivid visuals.

Pop Skull

2007

Pop Skull poster
4.7

Addled prescription drug addict Daniel finds himself unraveling further under the stress of a recent breakup. Worse yet, he lives in a house haunted by nightmarish events from the past, images of which torment him in terrifying dreams. This hallucinatory horror film leaps off the screen with its disturbingly vivid visuals.

Pop Skull

2007

Home Sick poster
3.8

A maniac with a suitcase full of razorblades unleashes a super human killer upon a group of kids in a small Alabama town. They must take up arms with a insane Chili enthusiast if they want to survive.

Home Sick

2007

Home Sick poster
3.8

A maniac with a suitcase full of razorblades unleashes a super human killer upon a group of kids in a small Alabama town. They must take up arms with a insane Chili enthusiast if they want to survive.

Home Sick

2007

What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape poster
2.5

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

Short film by Adam Wingard.

Little Sister Gone

2008

Thousand Year Sleep poster
3.1

Samantha, Lydia, Isabella, and Lisa. These four young women are about to learn that humanity is just an irrelevant flame burning nowhere in the vastness of space. Their dreams will be shattered and one man will marvel at the evil he has committed.

Thousand Year Sleep

2007

No artwork available
6.0

A young woman is taken over by an evil entity on the way to meeting her boyfriend's parents for the first time.

The Girlfriend

2005

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10.0

A night of babysitting takes a horrific turn when the baby goes missing.

The Little One

2004

Laura Panic poster
4.5

Laura is in love with a man who hasn't quite noticed her yet. He's clearly not very observant, since she's been stalking him for days. The first in Adam Wingard's "Forgot My Meds" trilogy of short films.

Laura Panic

2008