Matt Cunningham, also known as D.M. Cunningham, is an award-winning writer, director, and producer in film and television. He owns a Halloween mask company called Horror Hoods and is a published children's book author. Cunningham has sold feature projects to Disney, pilots to Cartoon Network, and was a staff writer for MTV's series Live Through This. His short films, including There's One Inside the House and Motherhood Bites, have been featured in various film festivals.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Writer, director, actor, editor and producer
- 7 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
What are Matt Cunningham's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 3
Grounded 3 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 3
Steady 2 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 2
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1
Casual 5 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 1
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet2
- 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 Matt Cunningham's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
- 3 Demons (2022) · director, writer, producer · free
- Decampitated (1998) · actor, director, writer, producer · free
- Julia X (2011) · writer · free
- Lost Colony: The Legend of Roanoke (2007) · producer · free
- The Mangler Reborn (2005) · director, writer · free
- The Spore (2021) · director, writer, producer, editor · free
Subscription and free streaming for Matt Cunningham'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
11 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.
SlashFM II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
3 Demons(2022)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
The Spore(2021)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Bible Secrets Revealed(2013)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
Julia X(2011)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
The Mangler Reborn(2005)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Cutthroat Alley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Decampitated(1998)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all filmsEsther (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
There's One Inside The House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 8 titles, 6 of them dated from 1998 to 2023.
How do Matt Cunningham's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 9th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 9th percentile for acclaim.
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 7 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Panned1
- Cult Classic2
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the dialogue 25/100 and the plot and story 24/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
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 Matt Cunningham work with?
People who share at least 2 of Matt Cunningham's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Haley iO Benedict Heslip shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Haley iO Benedict HeslipShared titles: 3 Demons (2022), The Spore (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Haley iO Benedict Heslip
- Peter TellShared titles: 3 Demons (2022), The Spore (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Tell
- Rhett GilesShared titles: Lost Colony: The Legend of Roanoke (2007), The Mangler Reborn (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Rhett Giles
Composers and cinematographers
- Dreaming In NeonShared titles: 3 Demons (2022), The Spore (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Dreaming In Neon
- Keith GolinskiShared titles: 3 Demons (2022), The Spore (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Keith Golinski
Producers
- Brian HillardShared titles: 3 Demons (2022), The Spore (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Brian Hillard
- Tara CunninghamShared titles: 3 Demons (2022), The Spore (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Tara Cunningham
Mixed roles
- Erik GardnerShared titles: The Mangler Reborn (2005), Decampitated (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Erik Gardner