Richard Stanley

Richard Stanley

Birthday: 1966-11-22

Place of Birth: Fish Hoek, South Africa

Biography: Richard Stanley is a South African filmmaker, known for his work in the horror genre. He began his career making short films and music videos, and subsequently directed the feature films Hardware and Dust Devil, both of which are considered cult classics.

Movies

Dust Devil
Dust Devil

A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker....

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Hardware
Hardware

Mark 13 is a government-built killing machine programmed with artificial intelligence, able to repai...

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The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Island of Dr. Moreau

A plane crash surviving attorney stumbles upon a mysterious island and is shocked to discover that a...

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Cult of Terror
Cult of Terror

A journey of years through many countries and film festivals; a nostalgic, adrenaline-fueled and roc...

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Brave
Brave

Cult director Richard Stanley brings Marillion's music to the screen in the 50-minute BRAVE. A teena...

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Vampire Diary
Vampire Diary

Whilst making a documentary, filmmaker Holly meets the highly enigmatic and beautiful Vicki who clai...

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In the Belly of the Beast
In the Belly of the Beast

For 11 years, the FantAsia Film Festival in Montreal has been the premiere showcase in North America...

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The Darkside of Society
The Darkside of Society

It’s one of the most controversial, influential and groundbreaking horror satires of the 1980s. Bria...

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Jodorowsky's Dune
Jodorowsky's Dune

In 1974, Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky embarked on the quixotic project of adapting F...

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Exegesis Lovecraft
Exegesis Lovecraft

A cathartic journey that Qais, a Pakistani-Canadian filmmaker embarks on as he traces the life of H....

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Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

The story of the insane scandals related to the remake of “Island of Dr. Moreau” —originally a novel...

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Twelve Monkeys
Twelve Monkeys

In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the ...

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Rites of Passage
Rites of Passage

A disillusioned modern man is haunted by memories of a previous life as a primitive caveman who live...

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The Otherworld
The Otherworld

Hidden deep in the south of France, practically untouched by the modern age, is a place known by man...

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78/52
78/52

The most famous murder scene in movie history comprises 78 camera settings and 52 cuts: the shower s...

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Uncovering Wolfen
Uncovering Wolfen

After the huge financial and cultural success of WOODSTOCK (1970), filmmaker and political activist ...

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A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'

Exploring Michael Mann's 1983 film adapted from the F. Paul Wilson novel and its impact....

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Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo

Feature-length in-depth documentary by High Rising Productions chronicling the Giallo film genre fro...

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Incidents in an Expanding Universe
Incidents in an Expanding Universe

The year 2037. Rugged soldier Max and weary sculptress Nicky try to sustain a relationship in a blea...

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Tales of the Uncanny
Tales of the Uncanny

A detailed look at the history of horror anthology films....

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Post Traumatic: An American Nightmare
Post Traumatic: An American Nightmare

This thirty minute documentary features interviews with Giovinazzo's key contemporaries discussing t...

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Clark Ashton Smith: The Emperor of Dreams
Clark Ashton Smith: The Emperor of Dreams

Clark Ashton Smith was a poet, fantasist, sculptor, and painter. This lyrical documentary explore's ...

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Shadowland
Shadowland

Director Otso Tiainen’s fascinating study of an esoteric community hidden within the French Pyrenees...

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Dagon
Dagon

A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fish...

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Zone
Zone

Hidden in the French Pyrenees lays an esoteric spider web of myths and mysteries. The Golden Triangl...

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The Dark Fantastic
The Dark Fantastic

The Dark Fantastic is a psychedelic journey into the mind of renowned composer Simon Boswell, blendi...

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No Flesh Shall Be Spared
No Flesh Shall Be Spared

Film about the making of the film Hardware....

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