Fritz Kiersch
Director · Born July 23, 1951 (75) · Alpine, Texas, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Fritz Kiersch, real name George Keith Kiersch (born July 23, 1951 in Alpine, Texas) is an American filmmaker, writer and producer. He is best known for directing the horror classic, Children of the Corn and Tuff Turf. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fritz Kiersch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 23, 1951 (75)
- Alpine, Texas, USA
- Director
- 8 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
What are Fritz Kiersch's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
Light 2 · Serious 4 · Dark 1
Grounded 6 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 5 · Intense 2
Steady 1 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 0
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous4
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 Fritz Kiersch's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Fritz Kiersch'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
15 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Surveillance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
The Hunt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Crayola Kids Adventures: Tales of Gulliver's Travels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
The Stranger(1995)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
High Tide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Shattered Image(1994)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Into the Sun(1991)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Fatal Charm(1990)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Swamp Thing(1990)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows
Under the Boardwalk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Gor(1987)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
Winners Take All (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Tuff Turf(1985)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Children of the Corn(1984)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all filmsFruit of the Poisonous Tree (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 15 titles, 14 of them dated from 1984 to 2006.
Biggest box office
Children of the Corn (1984)
Highest rated
Tuff Turf (1985)
Most popular right now
Children of the Corn (1984)
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 Fritz Kiersch's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 19th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 25th percentile for acclaim.
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th6
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 8 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the atmosphere 47/100 and the pacing 33/100 in their films, across 7 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 Fritz Kiersch'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 Fritz Kiersch work with?
People who share at least 2 of Fritz Kiersch's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Donald P. Borchers shares the most, 3.
Composers and cinematographers
- Steve GrassShared titles: Into the Sun (1991), Fatal Charm (1990)See all 2 shared titles with Steve Grass
- Jonathan EliasShared titles: Tuff Turf (1985), Children of the Corn (1984)See all 2 shared titles with Jonathan Elias
Producers
- Donald P. BorchersShared titles: The Stranger (1995), Tuff Turf (1985), Children of the Corn (1984)See all 3 shared titles with Donald P. Borchers
- Bruce Cohn CurtisShared titles: Shattered Image (1994), Fatal Charm (1990)See all 2 shared titles with Bruce Cohn Curtis