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Edward Payson

Director, producer, writer, actor and editor · Born September 14, 1986 (40) · Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

Edward Payson is an American film director, writer, and producer specializing in horror and documentary films. He directed Our Friend Jon (2019), a documentary exploring the life and death of a horror filmmaker, and The Cohasset Snuff Film (2012), a found footage horror film. Payson is also known for his work on Ravage (2013) and Morbid: A Love Story (2009).

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 14, 1986 (40)
From
Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
Works as
Director, producer, writer, actor and editor
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 157% in 30 days

What are Edward Payson's films like?

Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

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.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 6 · Serious 0 · Dark 2

A split, not a type: Grounded 5 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2

A split, not a type: Gentle 4 · Charged 2 · Intense 2

Steady 4 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 2

A split, not a type: Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1

Casual 6 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd
3
Tense
3
Contemplative
3
Melancholic
4
Hopeful
2
Other
5

How their films end

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous1
  • Other1

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 Edward Payson's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).

Subscription and free streaming for Edward Payson'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, 10 with a MovieCove page.

  • Murdercise(2023)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • In Search of All American Massacre: The Lost Texas Chainsaw Film(2022)

    Director · Editor · Executive Producer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • Rarity: Retro Video Game Collecting in the Modern Era(2021)

    Director · Editor · Producer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
  • Our Friend Jon(2020)

    Director · Editor · Producer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • The Sunday Night Slaughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director · Executive Producer · Screenplay

  • Grindsploitation 4: Meltsploitation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director

  • Crazed(2014)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
  • Ooga Booga(2013)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
  • The Cohasset Snuff Film(2012)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
  • Unsigned(2011)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
  • The Id Proxy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Key Grip · Location Casting · Producer · as Jeff

  • Morbid: A Love Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director · Writer

  • Bits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 13 titles, 12 of them dated from 2009 to 2023.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 13: 0 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting9 of 13: 3 only directing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score35thWriting4 of 13: 0 only writing, 4 with another roleProducing6 of 13: 1 only producing, 5 with another roleEditing1 of 13: 0 only editing, 1 with another roleOther crew3 of 13: 2 only other crew, 1 with another role

13 titles, 7 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

2000s1 · crew2010s8 · 1 acting · 8 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 Edward Payson's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 26th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 17th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

17thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

36thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th4

Reviewers score the atmosphere 68/100 and the pacing 45/100 in their films, across 6 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.

Who does Edward Payson work with?

People who share at least 2 of Edward Payson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Chelsie Baker shares the most, 3.

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Actors

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Producers