Rob Schmidt
Director · Born September 25, 1965 (61) · Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, USA
Robert Schmidt Barracano (born September 25, 1965) is an American film director and writer. His film credits include Wrong Turn and Crime and Punishment in Suburbia. He also created a pilot called American Town for Twentieth Century Fox. He directed a Masters of Horror episode called "Right to Die." His thriller The Alphabet Killer, which reunited him with Eliza Dushku (Wrong Turn), Martin Donovan ("Right to Die"), and Michael Ironside (Crime and Punishment in Suburbia), has been picked up for international distribution by New Films International. He is married to photographer Zoë Barracano.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 25, 1965 (61)
- Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, USA
- Director
- 10 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
What are Rob Schmidt's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 3
A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 2
Steady 0 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Rob Schmidt's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).
- discovery+
Subscription and free streaming for Rob Schmidt's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
14 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Room for Murder(2018)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Dead Silent(2016)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Your Worst Nightmare(2014)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Worst Thing About Coming Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Spirit Box (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
The Alphabet Killer(2008)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Fear Itself(2008)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
Right to Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Masters of Horror(2005)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Wrong Turn(2003)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Speed of Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
The Pompatus of Love(1995)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
The Doom Generation(1995)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 14 titles from 1995 to 2018.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Rob Schmidt's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 33rd percentile, the median of all 6; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 33rd percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 10 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the atmosphere 56/100 and the pacing 46/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Rob Schmidt's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Rob Schmidt work with?
People who share at least 2 of Rob Schmidt's MovieCove titles; Eliza Dushku shares the most, 2.
- Eliza DushkuShared titles: The Alphabet Killer (2008), Wrong Turn (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Eliza Dushku
- Michael IronsideShared titles: The Alphabet Killer (2008), Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Ironside
