Directing

Brian Katkin

Known for

Directing

Credits

16 titles

Known for

Bad Dreams poster
5.7

Unity Field, a "free love" cult from the '70s, is mostly remembered for its notorious mass suicide led by Harris, its charismatic leader. While all members are supposed to burn in a fire together, young Cynthia is spared by chance. Years later, the nightmare of Unity Field remains buried in her mind. But when those around Cynthia start killing themselves, and she begins having visions of Harris, she may be forced to confront the past -- before it confronts her.

Bad Dreams

1988

Burial of the Rats poster
3.5

In 19th Century France, a young Bram Stoker is captured by a man-hating, all-female cult of thong bikini wearers. Aided by flesh-eating rats, the warrior women raid the lairs of evil men and punish them. Our hero must decide between his wish to escape the dangerous cult and his love for one of its members.

Burial of the Rats

1995

Scarecrow Gone Wild poster
3.5

College mischief spins out of control unleashing a horrifying scarecrow who terrorizes a resort town during Spring Break.

Scarecrow Gone Wild

2004

Blackout poster
7.2

After being charged with hacking into the Pentagon security system, computer-whiz Josh Martin is kidnapped during house arrest and delivered to a shadowy criminal known as Charles Keller. Requested to hack into the state’s highly advanced electrical system and shut it down, it’s clear what Keller wants—total chaos. When California goes dark, he gets what he wants. And tonight, no one will be prepared for what’s about to happen.

Blackout

2012

Vipers poster
4.2

A set of vipers has been taken by scientists to mutate them to make a cure for cancer. As their experiment goes awry, the vipers escape into the woods - they're not only biting people, they're actually killing people, in a little town.

Vipers

2008

Shakedown poster
4.4

In the middle of a devastating Los Angeles earthquake, terrorists and bank robbers battle over a deadly super-virus.

Shakedown

2002

Film credits

Behind the camera

Scarecrow Gone Wild poster
3.5

College mischief spins out of control unleashing a horrifying scarecrow who terrorizes a resort town during Spring Break.

Scarecrow Gone Wild

2004

Scarecrow Gone Wild poster
3.5

College mischief spins out of control unleashing a horrifying scarecrow who terrorizes a resort town during Spring Break.

Scarecrow Gone Wild

2004

Blackout poster
7.2

After being charged with hacking into the Pentagon security system, computer-whiz Josh Martin is kidnapped during house arrest and delivered to a shadowy criminal known as Charles Keller. Requested to hack into the state’s highly advanced electrical system and shut it down, it’s clear what Keller wants—total chaos. When California goes dark, he gets what he wants. And tonight, no one will be prepared for what’s about to happen.

Blackout

2012

Vipers poster
4.2

A set of vipers has been taken by scientists to mutate them to make a cure for cancer. As their experiment goes awry, the vipers escape into the woods - they're not only biting people, they're actually killing people, in a little town.

Vipers

2008

Shakedown poster
4.4

In the middle of a devastating Los Angeles earthquake, terrorists and bank robbers battle over a deadly super-virus.

Shakedown

2002

Enemy Action poster
4.7

The military's newest weapon has just been stolen. Captain John Reed and the weapon's designer are assigned to retrieve it. Battling well-armed terrorists and double-crossing CIA agents, they must succeed before a missile aimed at Washington, D.C. finds its target.

Enemy Action

1999

Enemy Action poster
4.7

The military's newest weapon has just been stolen. Captain John Reed and the weapon's designer are assigned to retrieve it. Battling well-armed terrorists and double-crossing CIA agents, they must succeed before a missile aimed at Washington, D.C. finds its target.

Enemy Action

1999

Mask of the Ninja poster
4.6

In a heavily wooded private estate in the Malibu Hills, towering above the tumbling Pacific, millionaire CEO Kenji Takeo and his daughter, Miko, prepare for the arrival from Japan of Takeo's wife, Kumiko. But the calm of Solstice Canyon is shattered by a meticulously planned stealth attack on the Takeo home by a masked band of ninja assassins.

Mask of the Ninja

2008

If I Die Before I Wake poster
4.9

A suburban family is held hostage and terrorized by three intruders while their sixteen year-old daughter first hides, then exacts her own brand of terror on the assailants.

If I Die Before I Wake

1998

If I Die Before I Wake poster
4.9

A suburban family is held hostage and terrorized by three intruders while their sixteen year-old daughter first hides, then exacts her own brand of terror on the assailants.

If I Die Before I Wake

1998

Hard as Nails poster
3.2

After being punished for disobedience and arranging an arms deal with Russian mobsters, young member Takura violently takes over control of his Japanese mafia family. Takura takes advantage of his new position and is proceeding his deal with the Russians, his recklessness attracts the attention of an undercover cop.

Hard as Nails

2001

Hard as Nails poster
3.2

After being punished for disobedience and arranging an arms deal with Russian mobsters, young member Takura violently takes over control of his Japanese mafia family. Takura takes advantage of his new position and is proceeding his deal with the Russians, his recklessness attracts the attention of an undercover cop.

Hard as Nails

2001

Slaughter Studios poster
4.3

Slaughter Studios has a legendary reputation as the place where a slew of classic low-budget horror movies were made. Long since abandoned and now in ruins, a group of aspiring filmmakers led by director Steve decide to break into Slaughter Studios so they can shoot one last B-grade creature feature on the premises before it meets the wrecking ball. However, things go awry when Slaughter Studios proves to be the stalking grounds of a vicious psycho.

Slaughter Studios

2002