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Brian Yuzna

Brian Yuzna

Producer, director, writer and actor · Born August 30, 1949 (77) · Manila, Philippines

Brian Yuzna (born in the Philippines in 1949) is a director, writer and producer of films. He is mostly known for making cult Horror films.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
August 30, 1949 (77)
From
Manila, Philippines
Works as
Producer, director, writer and actor
Titles
34 on MovieCove · 44 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 38% in 30 days

What are Brian Yuzna's films like?

Across their 34 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Genres

Horror13 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 22nd percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Action6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 33rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 18th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 26th percentile
: browse their Adventure 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
30%
Self
19%
Bonds
18%
Morality
16%
Ideas
8%
Power
6%
Society
3%
Survival12 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession8 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge4 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma4 titles, browse their movies with this themeParenthood4 titles, browse their movies with this themeMortality3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 33 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 10 · Dark 17

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

Grounded 3 · Stylized 18 · Heightened 12

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

Gentle 3 · Charged 6 · Intense 24

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

Steady 10 · Shifting 13 · Whiplash 10

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

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 19 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 6

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

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 24 · Relentless 3

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

Casual 15 · Engaged 17 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 13 · Affecting 12 · Heavy 8

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

Resolved 24 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
23
Dread
21
Thrilling
11
Absurd
9
Joyful
4
Other
20

How their films linger

Unsettling14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet11
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous11
  • Cyclical2

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 Brian Yuzna's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 23 of their 34 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Brian Yuzna'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

44 credits, 34 with a MovieCove page; 22 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Robot Dracula(2026)

    as Brian

  • Game of Death: The Six Doors to Hell(2024)

    as Mr. West

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Suitable Flesh(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Bloody Bridget (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Associate Producer

  • Slice! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Brian

  • 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero(2011)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Amphibious Creature of the Deep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director · Producer

  • Takut: Faces of Fear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Producer · Writer

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

    Producer

  • The Nun(2005)

    Creative Producer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Beneath Still Waters(2005)

    Director · Creative Producer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Rottweiler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Producer

  • Romasanta(2004)

    Creative Producer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Beyond Re-Animator(2003)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Darkness(2002)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Dagon(2001)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Arachnid(2001)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Faust(2000)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • The Dentist 2(1998)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Progeny(1998)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show(1997)

    Show 66 episodes · Characters

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows

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

    Producer

  • Conan the Adventurer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 2 episodes · Producer

  • Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves!(1997)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Tarzan: The Epic Adventures(1996)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • The Dentist(1996)

    Director · as Attendant

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Crying Freeman(1995)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Necronomicon: Book of Dead(1993)

    Director · Producer · Story · as Cabbie

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Ticks(1993)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Return of the Living Dead III(1993)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Honey, I Blew Up the Kid(1992)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker(1991)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Guyver(1991)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation(1990)

    Director · Story

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Bride of Re-Animator(1990)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Society(1989)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Honey, I Shrunk the Kids(1989)

    Co-Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Warlock(1989)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Dolls(1986)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • From Beyond(1986)

    Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Re-Animator(1985)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes(1985)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Self Portrait in Brains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Faces of Horror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

A full career of 42 titles, 41 of them dated from 1978 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)

$223M worldwide

Highest rated

Re-Animator (1985)

Midcredits 87th

Most popular right now

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)

Film career

  • 1993Screen debut· Necronomicon

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting6 of 42: 4 only acting, 2 with another roleDirecting16 of 42: 5 only directing, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score23rdWriting13 of 42: 3 only writing, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score13thProducing28 of 42: 14 only producing, 14 with another role · typical Midcredits score35th

42 titles, 16 with more than one role — producing and directing overlap on 9 of them.

By decade

1970s1 · crew1980s5 · crew1990s17 · 2 acting · 17 crew2000s11 · crew2010s2 · crew2020s5 · 3 acting · 2 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 Brian Yuzna's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 25th percentile, the median of the 32 of 33 with a score; across their 33 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 28th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

28thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 33

Approval · how many liked their films

28thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 33

Reach · how many have seen their films

84thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 33

Midcredits score across 33 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th17

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 33 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned5
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed16

Most divisive · actor

Game of Death: The Six Doors to Hell (2024)

98th percentile spread · 40% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Re-Animator (1985)

Midcredits 87th · 74% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 60/100 and the pacing 42/100 in their films, across 29 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 Brian Yuzna's work okay for kids?

Across up to 22 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore19 titles36–94 · median 86 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity22 titles19–75 · median 56 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity15 titles31–64 · median 54 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs16 titles24–55 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense17 titles44–87 · median 76 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Brian Yuzna work with?

People who share at least 2 of Brian Yuzna's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Stuart Gordon shares the most, 11.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles