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Marcus Dunstan

Marcus Dunstan

Writer, director and producer · Born September 19, 1975 (51) · Macomb, Illinois, USA

Marcus Dunstan (born September 19, 1975) is an American screenplay writer and director.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 19, 1975 (51)
From
Macomb, Illinois, USA
Works as
Writer, director and producer
Titles
17 on MovieCove · 29 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 39 days to Oct 28Down 17% in 30 days

What are Marcus Dunstan's films like?

Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Horror7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 38th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Horror movies
Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 16th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy2 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
Morality
39%
Survival
39%
Bonds
10%
Self
4%
Society
4%
Power
4%
Survival9 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice6 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 15 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 5 · Dark 9

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

Grounded 4 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 5

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 14

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

Steady 0 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 6

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 9 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 3

Relentless: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their relentless movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 10

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

Casual 4 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 5

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 9 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
14
Dread
11
Absurd
7
Thrilling
4
Cold
2
Other
4

How their films linger

Unsettling8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 11 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet8
  • Tragic1
  • 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 Marcus Dunstan's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Marcus Dunstan'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

29 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • #AMFAD: All My Friends Are Dead(2024)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Unhuman(2022)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Take Back the Night(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Pilgrim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director · Writer

  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark(2019)

    Screenstory

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Naked Fury (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Writer

  • The Neighbor(2016)

    Director · Executive Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Crazy Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Story

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

    Screenplay

  • Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Thanks

  • Fun Size Horror: Volume One(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • When They Say You're Alone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Executive Producer

  • Sequence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Dale

  • The Collection(2012)

    Director · Characters · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Piranha 3DD(2012)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • The Candidate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Producer · Writer

  • Saw 3D(2010)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Saw VI(2009)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • The Collector(2009)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Feast III: The Happy Finish(2009)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Saw V(2008)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Feast II: Sloppy Seconds(2008)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Tiffany Problem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Pete

  • Saw IV(2007)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Feast(2005)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Jefftowne 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Producer

  • Project Greenlight(2001)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Leprechaun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Writer

  • The Collected (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 29 titles, 27 of them dated from 2001 to 2024.

Biggest box office

Saw IV (2007)

$139M worldwide

Highest rated

The Collector (2009)

Midcredits 55th

Most popular right now

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 29: 2 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting7 of 29: 0 only directing, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score33rdWriting21 of 29: 14 only writing, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score36thProducing7 of 29: 4 only producing, 3 with another roleOther crew1 of 29: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

29 titles, 8 with more than one role — writing and directing overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

2000s10 · 1 acting · 9 crew2010s14 · 1 acting · 13 crew2020s3 · 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 Marcus Dunstan's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 30th percentile, the median of all 16; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 35th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

35thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Approval · how many liked their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Reach · how many have seen their films

96thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Midcredits score across 17 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th8
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 17 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned2
  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · writer

Project Greenlight (2001)

64th percentile spread · 16% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, writer

The Collector (2009)

Midcredits 55th · 54% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 29/100 and the plot and story 29/100 in their films, across 15 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.

Is Marcus Dunstan's work okay for kids?

Across up to 14 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 & Gore12 titles75–96 · median 93 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity14 titles13–70 · median 45 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity10 titles61–91 · median 77 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs9 titles26–68 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense10 titles72–96 · median 89 · severeheavier 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 Marcus Dunstan work with?

People who share at least 2 of Marcus Dunstan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Patrick Melton shares the most, 14.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers