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Michael Raso

Michael Raso

Producer and actor, also cinematographer · Born April 20, 1964 (62) · Jersey City, New Jersey

Producer, filmmaker and photographer. Has been working professionally in the visual arts for over 20 years. In 1994 he launched his filmmaking studio and distribution companies: Seduction Cinema, Shock-O-Rama and Camp Motion Pictures. In 1998, Michael began his retro line, finding, restoring and releasing lost and forgotten horror and exploitation films to home video.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 20, 1964 (62)
From
Jersey City, New Jersey
Works as
Producer and actor, also cinematographer
Titles
12 on MovieCove · 106 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 9% in 30 days

What are Michael Raso's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.

Genres

Horror7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 8th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Horror movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 5th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
34%
Morality
21%
Self
17%
Bonds
11%
Society
7%
Power
5%
Ideas
5%
Survival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themePower2 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence2 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 12 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Wry: How sincerely it treats its story and characters, from ironic to earnest. Browse their wry movies.
Tone · Sincerity
ironicearnest

A split, not a type: Ironic 8 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4

Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 8 · Serious 3 · Dark 1

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 6 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 7 · Charged 3 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 6 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 4

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 5

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 9 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 10 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd
9
Tense
7
Dread
4
Manic
3
Thrilling
3
Other
5

How their films linger

Fun8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet4
  • Ambiguous5

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 Michael Raso's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Michael Raso'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

106 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Desert Fiends(2024)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Land Shark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Producer

  • Ghastlies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Executive Producer

  • Call Girl of Cthulhu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Executive Producer

  • Haunted House on Sorority Row (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Executive Producer

  • Kill, Granny, Kill!(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Babysitter Massacre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Executive Producer

  • Lustful Illusions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Producer

  • Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Executive Producer

  • Batbabe: The Dark Nightie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Executive Producer · Story

  • Naughty Novelist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Story

  • Blood & Sex Nightmare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Executive Producer

  • Secret Desires (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Executive Producer

  • Chantal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Producer

  • Splatter Beach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Executive Producer

  • Sex Hex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Producer

  • Skin Crawl(2007)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Under Surveillance(2006)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Sinful (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Executive Producer

  • An Erotic Werewolf in London (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Producer

  • Curious Obsessions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Writer

  • Les Chic 2: The King of Sex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Producer

  • Bacterium (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Executive Producer

  • Demon Familiars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Executive Producer

  • Naughty Nudes of the 1960's (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director · Executive Producer · Producer

  • Jackie's Hot Property (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Producer

  • Shock-O-Rama(2005)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Lust in Space: The Erotic Witch Project IV (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Writer

  • The Girl Who Shagged Me(2005)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • New York Wildcats (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Producer

  • The Seduction of Misty Mundae (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • The Erotic Diary of Misty Mundae (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Executive Producer

  • The Sexy Adventures of Van Helsing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Writer

  • Bite Me!(2004)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Lust for Dracula (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Executive Producer

  • Voodoun Blues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Associate Producer

  • Sexy American Idle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Executive Producer

  • Suburban Nightmare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Executive Producer

  • Misty Mundae: From Skin to Scream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Producer

  • Suburban Secrets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Producer

  • Sexual Confessions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Producer

  • Screaming Dead(2003)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • SpiderBabe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Executive Producer

  • Inside Misty Mundae (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director

  • Girl Seduction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director

  • Sin Sisters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Producer

  • The Witches of Sappho Salon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Executive Producer

  • Vampire Vixens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Executive Producer

  • The Lord of the G-Strings: The Femaleship of the String (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Producer

  • Lustful Addiction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Producer

  • Carlito's Angels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Executive Producer

  • Dr. Jekyll & Mistress Hyde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Producer

  • That 70's Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Producer · Writer

  • Vampire Obsession (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Executive Producer

  • Silk Stocking Strangler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Producer

  • Lust in the Mummy's Tomb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Producer

  • The Erotic Time Machine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Producer

  • Who Wants to Be an Erotic Billionaire? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • My Vampire Lover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Executive Producer

  • Erotic Survivor 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Producer

  • The Erotic Mirror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Waiting Patient #1

  • Play-Mate of the Apes(2002)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Flesh for Olivia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Executive Producer

  • The Erotic Witch Project III: Witchbabe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Producer

  • Erotic Survivor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Creator · Executive Producer

  • Gladiator Eroticvs: The Lesbian Warriors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Senator Tittus Lickus

  • The Erotic Ghost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Producer

  • Mistress Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Producer · Screenplay · as Chopper

  • International Necktie Strangler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Producer

  • Erotic Witch Project 2: Book of Seduction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Executive Producer

  • The Erotic Witch Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Producer · Writer · as Interviewee

  • Misty's Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Producer

  • The Vibrating Maid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Producer

  • Mistress of Seduction(2000)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Duck! The Carbine High Massacre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Young Derwin / The Police Chief

  • Vampire Strangler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Producer

  • Rerun's Comedy Jam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

  • Cannibal Doctor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Producer

  • Snuff Perversions: Bizarre Cases of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Associate Producer

  • The Silver Mummy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Associate Producer

  • Titanic 2000 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Producer · Screenplay · as First Mate

  • Vampire's Seduction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Producer

  • Going Under (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Producer

  • In the Hood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Executive Producer · as -

  • Psycho Sisters(1998)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • The Duct Tape Killer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Associate Producer

  • Bloodletting (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Detective Orville

  • I Was a Teenage Strangler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Executive Producer

  • Polymorph (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Womeldorf

  • Blood, Bullets, Buffoons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Associate Producer

  • Psycho Sisters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Additional Editor · Foley Artist

  • Night of the Living Den (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Director · Producer

  • Ghoul School(1990)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Long is the Night When You Can't Get to Sleep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Director · Producer

  • The Halloween Takeover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Director

  • Pink (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Electrician

  • The Basement (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Cinematographer · Editor · Producer

  • Creepy Tales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Director

  • Meadowlands Showcase: Filmshorts Vol. 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Director

  • Ghoul School Pilot Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Cinematographer · Editor

  • A Halloween Tale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Cinematographer · Editor

  • Tag You're It (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Director · Cinematographer · Writer

  • The Green Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Cinematographer · Editor

  • Evil Vision (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Cinematographer · Editor

  • Attack of the Potato People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Director · Editor

  • Mistletoe Massacre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Thanks

Career shape

A full career of 104 titles, 103 of them dated from 1984 to 2024.

Highest rated

Ghoul School (1990)

Midcredits 4th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting9 of 104: 5 only acting, 4 with another roleDirecting15 of 104: 7 only directing, 8 with another roleWriting11 of 104: 4 only writing, 7 with another roleProducing77 of 104: 63 only producing, 14 with another role · typical Midcredits score11thCinematography7 of 104: 1 only cinematography, 6 with another roleEditing7 of 104: 0 only editing, 7 with another roleOther crew5 of 104: 3 only other crew, 2 with another role

104 titles, 21 with more than one role — producing and directing overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

1980s11 · crew1990s20 · 5 acting · 17 crew2000s65 · 4 acting · 63 crew2010s6 · crew2020s1 · crew

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 Michael Raso's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 9th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 6th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

6thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Approval · how many liked their films

13thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Reach · how many have seen their films

25thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Midcredits score across 12 titles, by percentile

  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th10

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 12 titles are Mixed.

  • Divisive3
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · producer

Play-Mate of the Apes (2002)

93rd percentile spread · 55% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Shock-O-Rama (2005)

Midcredits 26th · 32% liked

Reviewers score the acting 37/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 62, detractors 19. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

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.

Who does Michael Raso work with?

People who share at least 2 of Michael Raso's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Erin Brown shares the most, 6.

Directors

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles