Jim Wynorski

Jim Wynorski

Born: August 14, 1950
in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA
Jim Wynorski (born August 14, 1950) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer.

Wynorski has been making B-movies and exploitation movies since the early 1980s, and has directed over 150 feature films. His earliest films were released to movie theaters, but his later works have predominantly been released to cable or the straight-to-video market. He often works under pseudonyms such as "Jay Andrews," "Arch Stanton," "H.R. Blueberry," "Tom Popatopolis," and "Noble Henry." His movies often spoof horror films: Cleavagefield, for example, parodies Cloverfield, The Bare Wench Project parodies The Blair Witch Project, and Para-Knockers Activity parodies Paranormal Activity. A character in the film The Final Destination is named after him.

In 2009, the documentary Popatopolis, directed by Clay Westervelt and named for one of Wynorski's pseudonyms, chronicled Wynorski during the making of his soft-core horror film, The Witches of Breastwick. The film serves as a partial biography, with clips from many of his previous films and includes interviews with Wynorski, his contemporaries, cast, and crew.

In 2016, he directed Nessie & Me, the character Jack O’Grady directly references Wynorski's earlier films Dinocroc vs. Supergator and Piranhaconda when he encounters Nessie at the start of the film, hinting that Nessie & Me is canon to those film series, as well as Monster Cruise, with many characters from it appearing in Nessie & Me as well.

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Movies for Jim Wynorski...

We Kill for Love
Title: We Kill for Love
Character: Self
Released: March 31, 2023
Type: Movie
A documentary that goes in search of the forgotten world of the direct-to-video erotic thriller, an American film genre that once dominated late night cable television and the shelves of neighborhood video stores.
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Giantess Battle Attack!
Title: Giantess Battle Attack!
Character: Jim Wynorski
Released: October 20, 2022
Type: Movie
The beautiful, beastly Beverly returns and faces a new gaggle of gargantuan gals, hell bent on achieving deluxe diva domination. Get ready for the cinematic smackdown thrills of Giantess Battle Attack. Size really does matter.
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Title: Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
Released: May 24, 2022
Type: TV
Join trailblazing producer, director, best-selling author and B-movie mogul Charles Band as he invites you into his weird world.
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You're Melting!
Title: You're Melting!
Character: Jim
Released: February 1, 2022
Type: Movie
A Witch Doctor with a vendetta. The worlds new plastic normal is anything but! See the victims of marketing and cosmetic surgery melt in this tale of terror.
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Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90s
Title: Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90s
Character: Himself
Released: October 12, 2019
Type: Movie
A documentary about the direct-to-video horror hits of the 90s.
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Lizard Man
Title: Lizard Man
Character: Crowd Reporter
Released: January 1, 2012
Type: Movie
Sci-Fi - Haunted by a terrifying incident in his past, billionaire Bill Hansen seeks revenge by enlisting a team of mercenaries and a television personality to capture and exploit a dangerous lizard-like creature - Alejandra Bejar, Steven M. Blasini, Brittany Blaze
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Corman's World
Title: Corman's World
Character: Self - Filmmaker
Released: December 16, 2011
Type: Movie
A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious low-budget producer and director in the US film industry, a pioneer of independent filmmaking and discoverer of new talent.
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Dinocroc vs. Supergator
Title: Dinocroc vs. Supergator
Character: Roy Jensen
Released: June 26, 2010
Type: Movie
On a lush tropical island, working under a secret government charter, Martin Drake has not only grown sprawling acres of giant vegetables, but inadvertently spawned two mammoth reptiles as well. Now they've broken free of their enclosures, and Drake has only one option: kill the creatures before word gets back to Washington and they close him down. When Drake's first team of well-armed mercenaries gets wiped out within hours of setting down in the jungle, he turns to one lone hunter, The Cajun, to go in single-handedly. But will The Cajun be cunning enough to find the creatures and destroy them before they turn the blue waters red with the blood of tourists. The only hope is to bring the monsters together and make them fight. When one emerges victorious, that will be the time to strike and kill the other. It's a risky plan, but ultimately the only one that may work. One of David Carradine's last movies.
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American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
Title: American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
Character: Eddie
Released: December 7, 2009
Type: Movie
Ten years after the first American Pie movie, three new hapless virgins discover the Bible hidden in the school library at East Great Falls High. Unfortunately for them, the book is ruined, and with incomplete advice, the Bible leads them on a hilarious journey to lose their virginity.
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Lost in the Woods
Title: Lost in the Woods
Released: September 25, 2009
Type: Movie
During an excursion, the two children Tim and Chelsea get lost in the forest. They soon find out that they are being followed by three gangsters led by the treacherous Stuart Bunka who want to kidnap Chelsea for a large ransom ...
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Popatopolis
Title: Popatopolis
Character: Jim Wynorski
Released: June 10, 2009
Type: Movie
In 20 years, he's directed more films than Martin Scorsese, He's produced more profitable movies than Jerry Bruckheimer, And he's infuriated more actors than Alfred Hitchcock. The ultimate B Movie Documentary, focusing on B Movie Giant Jim Wynorski (and B Movie Celebration Mentor) and his attempt to make a feature film in 3 days. He's directed seventy feature films, but he's never made one... in THREE DAYS. Jim cuts the shooting schedule, has the actors cook their own food. A documentary featuring B-Movie legends Roger Corman, Andy Sidaris, Julie Strain, Julie K. Smith and Stormy Daniels, Popatopolis follows Jim Wynorski as he begins to film one of his many opuses "Witches of Breastwick" Jim's frenetic pace demands 100 setups per day (the Hollywood standard is 20), and he reduces his electric package to just two lights so he can concentrate on the task at hand.A great overview of a true master at work and in many ways a laser sharp dialectic on the state of B filmmaking today.
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The Devil Wears Nada
Title: The Devil Wears Nada
Character: Sydney (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
Rebecca works as an assistant to the highly demanding Julia Crimson and is about to be promoted if she can take care of the last week and find a capable replacement.
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Brain Dead
Title: Brain Dead
Character: Sheriff Bodine
Released: October 17, 2007
Type: Movie
A sleepy fishing port town is consumed with terror when a small crater crash-lands nearby and releases a slimy parasitic agent that transforms the residents into brain-eating zombies. Cornered in an abandoned fishing lodge, six strangers are forced to band together to stave off the blood-sucking monsters clawing the walls outside.
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Komodo vs. Cobra
Title: Komodo vs. Cobra
Character: Jungle Scientist (uncredited)
Released: August 19, 2005
Type: Movie
A team of environmentalists, including a reporter, her camera man, and an environmentalist's famous girlfriend charter a boat and with the captain, sail to a military island. They suspect the island is hosting to illegal activities. Upon arrival, however, they find no one. They finally reach a deserted house, where they find Dr. Susan Richardson, who tells them that everyone on the island is dead, including her father. Richardson's team were working on a compound that could make edible plants grow to super size, however the military intervened with plans of their own. They wanted to test the compound's effects on animals, and proceeded to feed it to several komodo dragons and cobras.
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Gargoyle: Wings of Darkness
Title: Gargoyle: Wings of Darkness
Character: Bogdan
Released: October 26, 2004
Type: Movie
Two CIA agents are sent to Bucharest, Romania to solve a high profile kidnapping. But what they discover is something inexplicable. An evil gargoyle, once thought dead and banished forever, has returned with a vengeance.
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Lost Treasure
Title: Lost Treasure
Character: Police Helicopter Pilot (as David Gibbs)
Released: November 25, 2003
Type: Movie
A paint is stolen from a building during a great fire and after recovered, the police finds inside it a mysterious map. A police officer responsible for the case ask his brother, who is an antiques expert, to help him during investigations. Analysing the paint an fabric, he finds that the map belonged to Cristopher Columbus and the drawings in it refer to an old legend of a lost treasure. Asside from unravel mysterious riddles the police officer and his brother will have to fight against a violent gang which is after the treasure as well.
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Cheerleader Massacre
Title: Cheerleader Massacre
Character: Principal Mazlo (as Archibald Stanton)
Released: March 5, 2003
Type: Movie
Five high school cheerleaders, their coach and a couple of adolescent sex-crazed guys travel to a cabin in the woods for a weekend getaway only to be killed off one by one by an unseen maniac.
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Treasure Hunt
Title: Treasure Hunt
Character: Jim
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
A tropical island is the setting for television's hottest new reality show, "Treasure Hunt," where 10 sexy contestants are competing for $10 million in hidden cash. Their celebration of fun, sun and seduction turns to panic when the contestants start having mysterious and deadly accidents. A killer is loose on the island... and as the body country grows, so do the television ratings!
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Raptor
Title: Raptor
Character: Man in Sheriff's Station (uncredited)
Released: November 6, 2001
Type: Movie
When a series of unexplained vicious animal attacks strikes his community, Sheriff Jim Tanner and his assistant Barbara trace them back to a Dr. Hyde, a former military researcher whose government funding for a dinosaur cloning project was cut. When the Pentagon discovers Hyde obtained foreign backing to continue his experiments, they send in a strike team to save Tanner and Barbara and stop Hyde.
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Some Nudity Required
Title: Some Nudity Required
Character: Himself
Released: October 16, 1998
Type: Movie
A woman working in the B movie industry begins examining the industry and the damaged, desperate people who work in it.
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Desert Thunder
Title: Desert Thunder
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Released: June 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Terrorists threaten to launch a missile armed with deadly disease at Europe. A special unit is put together to stop them.
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Alien Escape
Title: Alien Escape
Character: Lester
Released: December 16, 1997
Type: Movie
Cindy and her beautiful friends are on vacation when they are assaulted by a ruthless gang of aliens attempting to take control of Earth. The friends join forces with Matt, a mysterious man they meet in the woods who turns out to be more than human. Together, Cindy and Matt launch a valiant attack against the alien ship and do battle with the murderous invaders from space.
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Sorceress II: The Temptress
Title: Sorceress II: The Temptress
Character: Agent in Car
Released: August 2, 1997
Type: Movie
In this sensual horror tale, Paul Stevens is transported to a mysterious world where he is surrounded by strange and beautiful women, led by Tara Coventry. Tara initiates Paul into their world of bizarre erotic rituals; however Tara and her minions are actually practitioners of black magic, who are trying to snare Paul's soul through their sexual mischief. Will he realize the evil he has fallen into before it is too late?
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Passion and Romance: Ocean of Dreams
Title: Passion and Romance: Ocean of Dreams
Character: Captain Rockford
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Hungry for more sizzle and spice in their bland love lives, a married couple embarks upon a cruise. Once aboard the ship, they find themselves faced with a veritable buffet of erotic delights and a strong temptation to overindulge.
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Demolition High
Title: Demolition High
Character: Police Sniper (uncredited)
Released: April 12, 1996
Type: Movie
When a group of terrorists (led by Luther) take over a high school making the students in it their hostages, it is up to several of the students (led by Lenny) to help prevent disaster while the authorities (Slater and General Wainwright) do their part on the other side.
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Masseuse
Title: Masseuse
Character: Pig Truck Driver
Released: February 2, 1996
Type: Movie
Jack is a real scum-bag who is going to marry Kristy. He has a bad habit of sleeping with other women and stealing all of their money. Two weeks before their marriage, Kristy sees Jack having sex with their maid, Rosa. It turns out that he was threatening Rosa into having sex as well as his secretary, Diane. When he goes away on business, Kristy, Rosa, and Diane devise a way to get him back for all of the things he has put them through. They also decide to turn his house into a special massage parlor for a few nights so Kristy can try to make some of the money back that Jack stole from her.
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Midnight Tease II
Title: Midnight Tease II
Character: Drunk at Bar
Released: November 14, 1995
Type: Movie
Jennifer Brennan gets a job at a strip club to try and find out who killed her sister. She works with undercover cop John Donnelly and befriends other strippers some of whom also get murdered by a very unhappy murdering murderer.
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Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure
Title: Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure
Character: Hanging Judge
Released: September 19, 1995
Type: Movie
TV producer Clair Archer, charged with the murder of her co-producer, hires attorney Simon Mitchell to defend her. Though happily married, Simon falls for Clair's seductive wiles and then, in the middle of the trial and the torrid affair, discovers that Clair is guilty. Simon's associate, Lane, finds incriminating evidence against Clair. Simon tries to end the affair. But Clair cleverly sets up Lane so that when Clair kills Simon, Simon's wife suspects Lane -- and shoots her. Clair Archer is judged "not guilty" and walks away free.
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The Wasp Woman
Title: The Wasp Woman
Character: Friendly Man at Bar
Released: August 29, 1995
Type: Movie
Janice Starlin is an aging model who owns a cosmetics company. When a researcher experimenting with wasps brings her a serum that will turn back the aging process, she decides to first try it on herself. The serum works, but it also turns her into a killer wasp woman.
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Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold
Title: Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold
Character: Guy Who Can't Believe His Eyes
Released: June 2, 1995
Type: Movie
Among the finalists for "Centerfold Of The Year" are Angel and her spiteful rival Betty. However, no one is aware of Angel's involvement in a secret medical beauty enhancement program headed by Dr. Lindstrom. Desperate to win, Angel overdoses on Lindstrom's formula, with disastrous results. Soon she has grown to monstrous but shapely proportions, causing all sorts of complications, the most dangerous being Betty's jealousy of Angel's new-found attention. Betty discovers Angel's secret and takes the formula herself, causing her to grow into an equally gorgeous giant. As the girls battle it out on Hollywood Blvd., Dr. Lindstrom races to find an antidote.
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Bikini Drive-In
Title: Bikini Drive-In
Released: April 8, 1995
Type: Movie
Kim Taylor inherits her grandfather's drive-in theatre. She must raise $25,000 over one weekend or the bank will take the property from her. She also has to deal with pesky capitalist J.B. Winston.
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Dragon Fire
Title: Dragon Fire
Character: Night Club M.C.
Released: October 20, 1993
Type: Movie
Los Angeles 2050 A.D. Crime. Drugs. Violence. Rape. The City of Angels has descended into chaos. Street fighter Dominic La Banca seeks to avenge his brother's death in this lawless city. To find the killer, he must enter the deadly underworld of the Alley Fights a savage kickboxing match of the future!
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The Bikini Carwash Company
Title: The Bikini Carwash Company
Character: Ralph
Released: June 17, 1992
Type: Movie
A young midwest man comes to L.A. to take over his uncle's carwash an gets help from a shapely business manager. Together they hire gals to wear skimpy bathing suits... or nothing at all... to clean up in more ways than one.
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Hollywood Boulevard II
Title: Hollywood Boulevard II
Character: The Man Who Does Lunch
Released: January 30, 1991
Type: Movie
A studio finds itself in the middle of a bizarre murder mystery when an exploding teddy bear kills the latest star. Soon more actresses get violently eliminated as the desperate search for the killer begins.
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Scream Queen Hot Tub Party
Title: Scream Queen Hot Tub Party
Character: Monster in Basement
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Five of Hollywood's leading scream queens get together in a creepy mansion and decide to get in the hot tub (as true scream queens would). They talk in the tub and exchange secrets on the do's and don'ts of being a scream queen.
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Hard to Die
Title: Hard to Die
Character: Porno Director
Released: October 9, 1990
Type: Movie
While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series of killings years back, is at the bottom of the whole thing. Little do they know the real horror that they face in the end.
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Big Bad Mama II
Title: Big Bad Mama II
Character: Police Officer / Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1987
Type: Movie
It's 1934, and the evil local land baron forecloses on Angie's place, and she and her two daughters must leave and continue their life of crime. A reporter witnesses their heist of a bank, and helps them become folk legends by writing a story about them. After a time the evil land baron wants to run for governor, and Angie and her daughters kidnap his son and turn him into a gangster in order to discredit his father and his run for governor.
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Deathstalker II
Title: Deathstalker II
Character: Dying Soldier
Released: June 3, 1987
Type: Movie
Deathstalker helps Reena the Seer out of a few jams, and she solicits his help for a bigger task. She reveals that she is actually Princess Evie, but the evil sorcerer had her abducted and cloned in order to seize control of the kingdom. Together they travel to the evil sorcerer's stronghold to restore the princess to her rightful position, encountering challenges along the way both from the sorcerer's goons and the fierce Amazon women.
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Chopping Mall
Title: Chopping Mall
Character: Killbots (voice)
Released: March 21, 1986
Type: Movie
A group of teenagers that work at the mall all get together for a late night party in one of the stores. When the mall goes on lock down before they can get out, the robot security system activates after a malfunction and goes on a killing spree. One by one the three bots try to rid the mall of the “intruders.” The only weapons the kids can use are the supplies in other stores, or if they can make it till morning when the mall opens back up.
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West Ridge
Title: West Ridge
Character: Public Enemy Number #1 (voice, uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A group of criminals find that a heist they just pulled turns deadly.