Simon Barrett

Simon Barrett


in Columbia, Missouri, USA
Simon Barrett (born 1978 in Columbia, Missouri) is an American screenwriter, director, producer and occasional actor. He is best known for his collaborations with director Adam Wingard, on projects such as "You're Next" (2011), "V/H/S" (2012), "The Guest" (2014) and "Blair Witch" (2016). Barrett made his feature directorial debut with "Seance" (2021).

Movies for Simon Barrett...

Outside the Law: The Scanner Cop Revolution
Title: Outside the Law: The Scanner Cop Revolution
Character: Self
Released: May 31, 2021
Type: Movie
A documentary on Scanner Cop and Scanner Cop II: The Showdown
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Tales of the Uncanny
Title: Tales of the Uncanny
Character: Self
Released: October 31, 2020
Type: Movie
A detailed look at the history of horror anthology films.
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Neverending Night: The Making of Blair Witch
Title: Neverending Night: The Making of Blair Witch
Character: Self
Released: January 3, 2017
Type: Movie
A feature-length documentary on the making of Adam Wingard's Blair Witch (2016).
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Always Shine
Title: Always Shine
Character: Producer #2 (uncredited)
Released: November 25, 2016
Type: Movie
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.
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Why Horror?
Title: Why Horror?
Character: Self
Released: October 3, 2014
Type: Movie
Horror fan Tal Zimerman examines the psychology of horror around the world to find out why people love to be scared.
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All the Light in the Sky
Title: All the Light in the Sky
Released: December 20, 2013
Type: Movie
An insomniac actress is facing the waning days of her career, when her niece pays a visit to her Malibu house.
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You're Next
Title: You're Next
Character: Tiger Mask
Released: August 22, 2013
Type: Movie
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.
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24 Exposures
Title: 24 Exposures
Character: Michael Bamfeaux
Released: August 4, 2013
Type: Movie
Billy is a fetish photographer whose models begin to turn up dead. Michael, a melancholic cop, is tasked with investigating him.
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Contracted
Title: Contracted
Character: BJ
Released: July 7, 2013
Type: Movie
After being drugged and raped at a party, a young woman contracts what she thinks is an STD, but it's actually something much worse.
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V/H/S/2
Title: V/H/S/2
Character: Steve (segment "Tape 49")
Released: June 6, 2013
Type: Movie
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.
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Tape 56
Title: Tape 56
Character: Steve
Released: January 22, 2012
Type: Movie
"V / H / S" (2012) is an anthology of several stories, all of which feature "found footage". Each individual tape is framed by a story (titled "Tape 56") that follows a team of masked criminals that are sent by an unknown person to retrieve a VHS tape from a seemingly empty house.