Stuart studied at NMIT in Melbourne and worked at the ABCTV through the camera dept and finally working as studio director. His passion for film began at an early age, making films with friends using Dad's VHS camcorder and editing on their VCR player. About his last feature film, 'Chocolate Strawberry Vanilla', Simon Foster (Screen Space) wrote "...[the film] further establishes Simpson as one of Australia's most inventive and assured genre filmmakers, his third feature a bracingly original and thoroughly macabre vision that is hard to shake..... [he] is far too talented a filmmaker to be contained by the underground; one day, these early efforts will be looked back upon in much the same way that fans now regard Peter Jackson's Brain Dead or George Miller's Mad Max - a work that defies its low-budget status with superbly crafted visuals and expertly-paced storytelling".
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Biography from IMDb.
- Director, writer, editor, producer, actor and cinematographer
- 3 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
What are Stuart Simpson's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 2
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 2
Steady 0 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1
Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 0
Resolved 0 · Open-ended 3 · 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 Stuart Simpson's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Stuart Simpson'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
10 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.
The Black Ritual: The Widow Demon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Sleeping Beauties(2023)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
MAGANDA! Pinoy Boy vs Milkman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
ABCs of Death 2.5(2016)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Baby Did a Bat Bat Thing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Chocolate Strawberry Vanilla (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Acid Spiders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Monstro! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
The Demons Among Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Career shape
A full career of 8 titles from 2006 to 2026.
By role
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.
How do Stuart Simpson's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 10th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 14th percentile for acclaim.
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
1 of their 3 titles is Universally Panned.
- Universally Panned1
- Divisive1
- Mixed1
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 Stuart Simpson work with?
People who share at least 2 of Stuart Simpson's MovieCove titles; Heath Brown shares the most, 2.
- Heath BrownShared titles: ABCs of Death 2.5 (2016), A Night of Horror: Volume 1 (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Heath Brown
- Jamie MurgatroydShared titles: ABCs of Death 2.5 (2016), A Night of Horror: Volume 1 (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Jamie Murgatroyd
