
Directing
David DeCoteau
Born
1962-01-05 (64)
Place of birth
Portland, Oregon, USA
Known for
Directing
Credits
68 titles
David DeCoteau (born January 5, 1964) is an independent film director, a dual citizen of the US and Canada, who has worked professionally in the movie business since he was 18 years old. He got his start through a generous offer from movie legend Roger Corman, who hired him in 1980 as a production assistant at New World Pictures. In 1986, DeCoteau directed and produced his first feature film, Dreamaniac, for another generous film legend, Charles Band. DeCoteau has gone on to produce and direct over 200 motion pictures over the next several decades. His passion lies in the creation of popular genre programming made for global consumption. DeCoteau's experience in creating content in countrie…
Known for
7.1An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made.
The Disaster Artist
2017
6.0A new team of paranormal researchers has come to the hotel to investigate its murder-soaked past; the puppets -- led by a new member, Torch -- shed some light on the matter, as they tunnel, burn, strangle and hook to survive.
Puppet Master II
1990
7.3Harris Glenn Milstead, aka Divine (1945-1988) was the ultimate outsider turned underground hero. Spitting in the face of the status quos of body image, gender identity, sexuality, and preconceived notions of beauty, Divine succeeded in becoming an internationally recognized icon, recording artist, and character actor of stage and screen. Glenn went from the often-mocked, schoolyard fat kid to underdog royalty, standing up for millions of gay men and women, drag queens and punk rockers, and countless other socially ostracized misfits and freaks. With a completely committed in-your-face style, he blurred the line between performer and personality, and revolutionized pop culture.
I Am Divine
2014
4.8Out to steal a trophy from a local bowling alley, a group of college students accidentally unleash the imp -- a sadistic little spirit that creates demons and loves sexy women.
Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama
1988
4.5Five Army deserters wander the post-apocalyptic, post-industrial Los Angeles landscape, seeking shelter from an increasingly toxic environment and poisonous rain.
Creepozoids
1987
6.4After hearing that mystical toymaker Andre Toulon has managed to create a troupe of sentient, living puppets, Nazi underling Dr. Hess sets his sights on exploiting Toulon's powers for the glory of the Reich.
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
1992
Film credits
2020s · 1 titles
2010s · 12 titles
7.1An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made.
The Disaster Artist
2017
7.3Harris Glenn Milstead, aka Divine (1945-1988) was the ultimate outsider turned underground hero. Spitting in the face of the status quos of body image, gender identity, sexuality, and preconceived notions of beauty, Divine succeeded in becoming an internationally recognized icon, recording artist, and character actor of stage and screen. Glenn went from the often-mocked, schoolyard fat kid to underdog royalty, standing up for millions of gay men and women, drag queens and punk rockers, and countless other socially ostracized misfits and freaks. With a completely committed in-your-face style, he blurred the line between performer and personality, and revolutionized pop culture.
I Am Divine
2014
4.9To stop the Third Reich and the Nazi war machine from winning World War II and affecting the outcome of the free world, Toulon's indestructible puppets join forces with the masters of psychic powers.
Puppet Master: Axis Termination
2017
4.6An obsessed fan and his mother kidnap former 'scream queens' and force them to reenact their famous film roles...with deadly results.
Trophy Heads
2014
3.8Rabbit has escaped the Evil Bong’s World of Weed, and has opened a topless bowling alley. When his old friends, Larnell and Sarah Leigh stop by to help him celebrate his wacky new business venture, the Evil Bong gets hot on his trail.
Evil Bong 420
2015
6.7Three girls living in Los Angeles, CA in the 1980s found cult fame when they "accidentally" transitioned from models to B-movie actresses, coinciding with the major direct-to-video horror film boom of the era. Known as "The Terrifying Trio," Linnea Quigley (The Return of the Living Dead), Brinke Stevens (The Slumber Party Massacre) and Michelle Bauer (The Tomb), headlined upwards of ten films per year, fending off men in rubber monster suits, pubescent teenage boys, and deadly showers. They joined together in campy cult films like Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-a-Rama (1988) and Nightmare Sisters (1987). They traveled all over the world, met President Reagan, and built mini-empires of trading cards, comic books, and model kits. Then it all came crashing down. This documentary remembers these actresses - and their most common collaborators - on how smart they were to play stupid
Screaming in High Heels: The Rise & Fall of the Scream Queen Era
2011
2.7With Larnell, Sarah Leigh, Rabbit, Velicity and a lobotomized Gingerdead Man trapped in her dastardly web of weed, the Bong World, for good, EeBee the Evil Bong once more sets about her plan for world domination.
Evil Bong: High-5!
2016
5.1When a midnight scavenger hunt for a rare bud of weed brings a group of party-hungry stoners to a haunted hotel, they open a portal and unleash a group of ghastly hysterical creatures that has only one mission: party ‘till you die.
Weedjies! Halloweed Night
2019
8.3Behind the scenes of Roger Corman's Galaxy of Terror.
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
2010
2.0Meet the ‘Deadly Ten’ directors! DEADLY TEN is Full Moon's daring new experiment in interactive feature filmmaking. Ten movies, shot all over the world back-to-back, streamed LIVE from the set ONLY at the DEADLY TEN website. In this exclusive video, you'll get the chance to meet all 10 DEADLY TEN directors and get a taste of what wild, weird entertainment awaits you!
Deadly Ten: Meet the Directors
2019
6.1The golden age of home video may be over, but VHS is still very much alive for these dedicated fans, collectors and low-budget filmmakers.
VHS Lives: A Schlockumentary
2017
2.0A brand new retrospective documentary produced by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures and featuring interviews with writer Nick Castle, cinematographer Dean Cundey, composer Alan Howarth, production designer Joe Alves, special visual effects artist/model maker Gene Rizzardi, production assistant David De Coteau, photographer Kim Gottleib-Walker, Carpenter biographer John Muir, visual effects historian Justin Humphreys, and music historian Daniel Schweiger.
Purgatory: Entering John Carpenter's 'Escape From New York'
2018
2000s · 3 titles
4.5The horrifying yet delicious and chewy Gingerdead Man causes murder and mayhem on the set of a horrible low budget movie set. It will take the determination of the studio's young new owner to save both his company and well as the lives of his young new friends. Including a terminally ill young boy whose final wish it was to meet the studios stars - The Tiny Terrors.
Gingerdead Man 2: The Passion of the Crust
2008
4.5The horrifying yet delicious and chewy Gingerdead Man causes murder and mayhem on the set of a horrible low budget movie set. It will take the determination of the studio's young new owner to save both his company and well as the lives of his young new friends. Including a terminally ill young boy whose final wish it was to meet the studios stars - The Tiny Terrors.
Gingerdead Man 2: The Passion of the Crust
2008
3.6When a crop of doped-up athletes from the Lakecrest College swim team dive into the campus lake, the bloodsucking leeches below undergo a stunning transformation. Ingesting small amounts of the swimmers' steroid-laced blood, the slimy creatures grow to unusual size and set out to sink their teeth into an unsuspecting student population.
Leeches!
2003
1990s · 9 titles
4.3Unicom is a powerful organization overseeing most of the world after its economic collapse. They have banned computers and robots in an attempt to insure "life, liberty, and the pursuit of economic stability". When a Unicom Synth robot infiltrates a southwest TV station and kills the manager, a revolutionary against the gestapo-like corporation, a lowly Unicom delivery man must help the rest of the station survive through the incoming "thermal storm".
Crash and Burn
1990
8.0A documentary about special makeup effects on low budget horror films. Includes behind-the-scenes footage from Murder Weapon (1989), Robot Ninja (1989), Ghoul School (1990) and Skinned Alive (1990).
Shock Cinema: Volume Four
1991
4.0An hour-long documentary featuring interviews with various filmmakers who've made a name in the direct-to-video market.
Shock Cinema: Volume One
1991
4.0Two-part anthology featuring resurrected zombie actors and a young woman whose murderous dreams may become reality.
Creaturealm: From the Dead
1998
3.5During a drug raid, a narcotics officer confronts a strange Voodoo priest named Dr. Death, who is chanting. The officer and the priest shoot it out and they both wind up dead. Later, the two rise from their graves and return to the land of the living as zombies. Dr. Death is resurrected with a new mission in mind, to take over the world. The "zombie" cop enlists the aid of his old police buddies to stop the mad priest.
Zombie Cop
1991
6.0Join the cast and crew for a making of featurette on the movie about a puppeteer's journey to bring inanimate objects to life during World War II.
Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III"
1991
7.8Women who have made a career out of starring in the B horror and science fiction genres are interviewed, and clips and trailers from their films are shown.
Invasion of the Scream Queens
1992
4.5Framed by interviews with real life celebrities, Hollywood Mortuary tells the tale of a horror make-up artist who, in 1941 Hollywood, uses voodoo to resurrect two rival horror stars (thinly disguised versions of Karloff and Lugosi) from the dead to help revive his fading career.
Hollywood Mortuary
1998
NRRevisit the killer puppets and paranormal researchers, whose brain fluid they craved, with in-depth BTS footage and commentary from the cast and crew.
Videozone: The Making of "Curse of the Puppet Master"
1998
1980s · 2 titles
Behind the camera
6.0A new team of paranormal researchers has come to the hotel to investigate its murder-soaked past; the puppets -- led by a new member, Torch -- shed some light on the matter, as they tunnel, burn, strangle and hook to survive.
Puppet Master II
1990
4.8Out to steal a trophy from a local bowling alley, a group of college students accidentally unleash the imp -- a sadistic little spirit that creates demons and loves sexy women.
Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama
1988
4.8Out to steal a trophy from a local bowling alley, a group of college students accidentally unleash the imp -- a sadistic little spirit that creates demons and loves sexy women.
Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama
1988
4.5Five Army deserters wander the post-apocalyptic, post-industrial Los Angeles landscape, seeking shelter from an increasingly toxic environment and poisonous rain.
Creepozoids
1987
4.5Five Army deserters wander the post-apocalyptic, post-industrial Los Angeles landscape, seeking shelter from an increasingly toxic environment and poisonous rain.
Creepozoids
1987
4.5Five Army deserters wander the post-apocalyptic, post-industrial Los Angeles landscape, seeking shelter from an increasingly toxic environment and poisonous rain.
Creepozoids
1987
6.4After hearing that mystical toymaker Andre Toulon has managed to create a troupe of sentient, living puppets, Nazi underling Dr. Hess sets his sights on exploiting Toulon's powers for the glory of the Reich.
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
1992
6.4After hearing that mystical toymaker Andre Toulon has managed to create a troupe of sentient, living puppets, Nazi underling Dr. Hess sets his sights on exploiting Toulon's powers for the glory of the Reich.
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
1992
3.2Victor Reynolds arrives at the notorious House of Usher, whereupon he is greeted by old acquaintances Roderick and Madeline Usher and their servant, Markus. As Victor uncovers more about the history of the house and the disappearances of those that entered it previously, he begins to realize that he is in mortal danger.
Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher
2008
3.2Victor Reynolds arrives at the notorious House of Usher, whereupon he is greeted by old acquaintances Roderick and Madeline Usher and their servant, Markus. As Victor uncovers more about the history of the house and the disappearances of those that entered it previously, he begins to realize that he is in mortal danger.
Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher
2008
4.2Andre Toulon, living a peaceful life as a puppeteer in pre-WWI Paris, encounters the renegade sorcerer Afzel, who has stolen the mysterious secrets of life from the dark god Sutekh.
Retro Puppetmaster
1999
2.0Seven students answer an advertisement to participate in an experiment to explore how the sensation of pain can be eliminated. Arriving at a secluded institute, they are welcomed by mysterious scientist JB Divay. Initially, JB's fascination with hypnosis, clocks and cactus plants are dismissed by the group as mere eccentricities. But as the students begin to disappear one by one, they begin to question JB's true intentions.
Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit & The Pendulum
2009
2.0Seven students answer an advertisement to participate in an experiment to explore how the sensation of pain can be eliminated. Arriving at a secluded institute, they are welcomed by mysterious scientist JB Divay. Initially, JB's fascination with hypnosis, clocks and cactus plants are dismissed by the group as mere eccentricities. But as the students begin to disappear one by one, they begin to question JB's true intentions.
Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit & The Pendulum
2009
4.3The Beach Babes are back... and better than ever! Attempting to return to their home planet, Xena, once again, crash lands the T-Bird ship - this time on a primitive island full of naughty nubile natives. Chased by rampaging dinosaurs and pursued by the evil megalomaniac, James T. Renford II, and his wise-cracking sidekick, Gund, the stranded space sirens have the island rockin'. In an effort to help out the hot heroines, one of the girl's pumped-up playmates rewires Renford's computers which accidentally sets off a chain reaction that will cause the island to explode in an ultimate cosmic climax!
Beach Babes 2: Cave Girl Island
1995
4.0When smokeshow space teens Xena, Sola, and Luna steal Xena's dad's spaceship for an illicit joyride, they run out of gas and come crashing to Earth. There, they meet Dave and Jerry, two equally horny Earth dudes who are good to go. But when Dave's easygoing Uncle Bud is targeted for eviction from his ramshackle beach house, the hormonal honeys must put their libidos aside and enter a bikini contest, the prize money of which will save the day.
Beach Babes from Beyond
1993
5.6A trio of socially awkward sorority girls invite three pledges over for a night of fun, but when the group holds a séance, the girls find themselves possessed by a shaman who transforms them into lustful, uninhibited succubi.
Nightmare Sisters
1988
5.6A trio of socially awkward sorority girls invite three pledges over for a night of fun, but when the group holds a séance, the girls find themselves possessed by a shaman who transforms them into lustful, uninhibited succubi.
Nightmare Sisters
1988
6.0After vanishing from her violent husband's grasp ten years ago, Mona thought she had finally secured a peaceful new life for herself and her teenage daughter, Denise, behind carefully crafted new identities. But their fragile safety shatters when a seemingly harmless housemaid enters their home and begins manipulating their lives with chilling precision.
The Wrong Housemaid
2026
5.1When the mysterious Ms. Xenobia takes over the local college biology class, the dating life of supergeek Wesley Littlejohn takes a serious turn. Littlejohn agrees to be a lab rat for the professor's unusual vitamin research study. Now, thanks to some out-of-this-world supplements, he's been transformed into the campus stud. However, Xenobia has ulterior extraterrestrial motives.
Dr. Alien
1989
5.1When the mysterious Ms. Xenobia takes over the local college biology class, the dating life of supergeek Wesley Littlejohn takes a serious turn. Littlejohn agrees to be a lab rat for the professor's unusual vitamin research study. Now, thanks to some out-of-this-world supplements, he's been transformed into the campus stud. However, Xenobia has ulterior extraterrestrial motives.
Dr. Alien
1989
2.3A young man hell bent on revenge uses dark forces to reanimate a recently unearthed mummy.
Evil Exhumed
2016
2.3A young man hell bent on revenge uses dark forces to reanimate a recently unearthed mummy.
Evil Exhumed
2016
2.3A young man hell bent on revenge uses dark forces to reanimate a recently unearthed mummy.
Evil Exhumed
2016
4.5Andre Toulon's diminutive assassins take up residence at The House of Marvels, a traveling doll circus run by Dr. Magrew, who has been trying to create a living doll of his own with little success.
Curse of the Puppet Master
1998
7.5Lila’s life finally feels complete when she starts a dream job with her close friend Robin, falls into a promising romance with Mark, and discovers she’s pregnant. But everything shifts when Julia, Mark’s ex-wife, reappears the moment she learns about the baby. At first, Julia’s involvement seems harmless, even polite, until she begins showing up uninvited, inserting herself into every corner of Lila’s new life. As Julia’s presence grows more intrusive and her intentions more unsettling, Lila realizes she may be fighting to protect far more than just her future. Soon, what began as a perfect new chapter becomes a tense battle of boundaries, obsession, and survival.
The Wrong Baby Daddy
2026
5.6Successful teacher and author Charlotte Hansen has a passionate, one-night stand with a younger man, Chris. She later finds out that he is 18 years old and a student at her high school. Now, Chris will stop at nothing to have her for himself.
The Wrong Teacher
2018
5.6Successful teacher and author Charlotte Hansen has a passionate, one-night stand with a younger man, Chris. She later finds out that he is 18 years old and a student at her high school. Now, Chris will stop at nothing to have her for himself.
The Wrong Teacher
2018
5.1After troubled teen Katie is sentenced to house arrest, Katie falls for an attractive young man named John, who has just moved in next door. While their affair seems harmless at first, Katie becomes increasingly convinced there's more than meets the eye with John.
The Wrong Boy Next Door
2019
3.8A troubled teenage girl finds herself in a web of lies and deceit when her stepmother attempts to murder her by sending her to a discipline camp.
Snow White: A Deadly Summer
2012
3.8A troubled teenage girl finds herself in a web of lies and deceit when her stepmother attempts to murder her by sending her to a discipline camp.
Snow White: A Deadly Summer
2012
4.3Unicom is a powerful organization overseeing most of the world after its economic collapse. They have banned computers and robots in an attempt to insure "life, liberty, and the pursuit of economic stability". When a Unicom Synth robot infiltrates a southwest TV station and kills the manager, a revolutionary against the gestapo-like corporation, a lowly Unicom delivery man must help the rest of the station survive through the incoming "thermal storm".
Crash and Burn
1990
5.0In search of a story, an up-and-coming journalist goes back to her home town and uncovers a forgotten tale of young love, inspiring her to follow her heart and find her own true love.
A Christmas for Mary
2020
NRAmbitious writer Claire visits a new Christmas retreat for a career-making article, but falling for owner Julian forces her to choose between chasing headlines and embracing the season's true magic and her heart.
Checking Inn for Christmas
2026
4.8In therapy due to her uncontrollable desire for young men, Michelle and the therapist swap stories, of her sordid past and his unusual cases.
Naked Instinct
1993
5.9When Danielle reunites with her high school boyfriend, she is shocked to learn how far he's willing to go to keep everything alive.
The Wrong High School Sweetheart
2022
4.6Jeff Allen scores a job at one of Manhattan's wealthiest brokerage firms, Wolfe Brothers, where young, good-looking stockbrokers make a lot of money by being particularly cutthroat. Jeff soon uncovers that the real secret to success is an animal instinct that's turning him into a werewolf, but it may be too late for him to get out.
Wolves of Wall Street
2002
5.1After a recent divorce, Laura is encouraged to move on with an online dating service. She receives a message from someone who catches her attention, but her daughter grows suspicious and is determined to discover the truth.
The Wrong Blind Date
2022
2.6In this update to Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale, it's time for the biggest gay party of the year. Unfortunately, the host has chosen the site of the infamous Ravenswood Massacre to stage his blowout gala, where a mass murder happened fifty years ago to the night. The boozie revelry is cut short when a Raven-masked killer crashes the party, intent on repeating the bloody history. As the unknown killer picks the guests off, old grudges resurface among friends, and new suspicions emerge.
Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven
2007
2.6In this update to Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale, it's time for the biggest gay party of the year. Unfortunately, the host has chosen the site of the infamous Ravenswood Massacre to stage his blowout gala, where a mass murder happened fifty years ago to the night. The boozie revelry is cut short when a Raven-masked killer crashes the party, intent on repeating the bloody history. As the unknown killer picks the guests off, old grudges resurface among friends, and new suspicions emerge.
Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven
2007
2.4When several young hunters arrive at a secluded lodge in the Pacific Northwest little do they know that they will become the hunted.
Bigfoot vs. D.B. Cooper
2014




