Directing

Emmett Alston

Born December 22, 1941 · USA (age 84)

Emmett Alston began his career in the 1970s as a cinematographer, working on the experimental horror film Moonchild and co-producing the drive-in movie Country Blue. He went on to make his directorial debut with the comedy Three-Day Weekend and furthered his directing career with the horror films New Year's Evil and Demonwarp.

Known For

Demonwarp

Demonwarp · 1988

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

A man and his daughter are attacked in the woods by what they believe is a Bigfoot-type creature. However, they soon begin to suspect that they may have stumbled onto a nest of aliens in a hidden spacecraft.

New Year's Evil

New Year's Evil · 1980

New Year's Evil

MovieHorrorThriller

During a live punk-rock New Year's Eve TV programme, the presenter gets a phone call from a psycho calling himself "Evil" saying that when New Year's strikes in each US time zone, he will murder someone.

9 Deaths of the Ninja

9 Deaths of the Ninja · 1985

9 Deaths of the Ninja

A trio of specialized soldiers is called in to stop a group of drug traffickers who have hijacked a busload of tourists in the Philippines and threaten to kill them all if one of their companions is not released from jail and the government does not stop its anti-drug policies.

Hunter's Blood

Hunter's Blood · 1986

MovieHorrorAction

Five "city boys" travel to the country to relax by doing some hunting, drinking Bud, and generally having good time. However, the local inbred backwoods psychos turn the hunters to be the hunted, and they need all the ammo and wits they have to get out of the woods alive.

Twogether

Twogether · 1992

MovieRomanceComedy

An artist and an environmentalist go through an up and down relationship over the years. They get married in an early fling, she gets pregnant as they celebrate their divorce together, they deal with his nude artwork and her tempermental situation as they learn about her strict upbringing and her fear of commitment based on her father's unflinching attitudes.

Enter the Ninja

Enter the Ninja · 1981

Enter the Ninja

MovieActionCrime

A newly trained ninja warrior journeys to the Philippines, where he must defend his former war comrade's property against a determined adversary.

Moonchild

Moonchild · 1974

MovieHorrorDrama

A young artists spends the night at a mysterious inn, where he meets a group of strange, sullen people, among them the innkeeper's beautiful daughter. What he doesn't know is that he has wandered into a kind of spiritual void, and the inn's residents are engaging in a battle over his soul.

Country Blue

Country Blue · 1973

MovieDramaCrime

Bobby Lee (Jack Conrad) has just been released from jail and wants to make a better life for he and girlfriend Ruthie (Rita George).

Filmography

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Demonwarp

Demonwarp · 1988

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

A man and his daughter are attacked in the woods by what they believe is a Bigfoot-type creature. However, they soon begin to suspect that they may have stumbled onto a nest of aliens in a hidden spacecraft.

Director

New Year's Evil

New Year's Evil · 1980

New Year's Evil

MovieHorrorThriller

During a live punk-rock New Year's Eve TV programme, the presenter gets a phone call from a psycho calling himself "Evil" saying that when New Year's strikes in each US time zone, he will murder someone.

Director

9 Deaths of the Ninja

9 Deaths of the Ninja · 1985

9 Deaths of the Ninja

A trio of specialized soldiers is called in to stop a group of drug traffickers who have hijacked a busload of tourists in the Philippines and threaten to kill them all if one of their companions is not released from jail and the government does not stop its anti-drug policies.

Director

Hunter's Blood

Hunter's Blood · 1986

MovieHorrorAction

Five "city boys" travel to the country to relax by doing some hunting, drinking Bud, and generally having good time. However, the local inbred backwoods psychos turn the hunters to be the hunted, and they need all the ammo and wits they have to get out of the woods alive.

Writer

Twogether

Twogether · 1992

MovieRomanceComedy

An artist and an environmentalist go through an up and down relationship over the years. They get married in an early fling, she gets pregnant as they celebrate their divorce together, they deal with his nude artwork and her tempermental situation as they learn about her strict upbringing and her fear of commitment based on her father's unflinching attitudes.

Producer

Enter the Ninja

Enter the Ninja · 1981

Enter the Ninja

MovieActionCrime

A newly trained ninja warrior journeys to the Philippines, where he must defend his former war comrade's property against a determined adversary.

Second Unit Director

Moonchild

Moonchild · 1974

MovieHorrorDrama

A young artists spends the night at a mysterious inn, where he meets a group of strange, sullen people, among them the innkeeper's beautiful daughter. What he doesn't know is that he has wandered into a kind of spiritual void, and the inn's residents are engaging in a battle over his soul.

Director of Photography

Country Blue

Country Blue · 1973

MovieDramaCrime

Bobby Lee (Jack Conrad) has just been released from jail and wants to make a better life for he and girlfriend Ruthie (Rita George).

Producer

Adam's Package

Adam's Package · 2019

MovieComedyScience Fiction

Professional model Adam finds himself in danger as his hot new romance with fellow model Eve heats up. He encounters a questionable hit-man hired by his ex-wife, and Shadow government agents threaten him after discovering a Top Secret package in his basement. Not to mention a beautiful opera-singing ghost who is haunting his new condo. His only solution may be out-of-this-world.

Story

Force of the Ninja

Force of the Ninja · 1988

Force of the Ninja

In the Arizona desert during an attack on a military convoy, mercenaries keep young Kasuko, from the Japanese royal family, as a hostage. While the Yakuza tries to gather the money asked, her family asks for the help of a powerful ninja warrior to free her.

Director

Tigershark

Tigershark · 1987

A martial arts instructor sets out to rescue his girlfriend who is being held for ransom by a South American warlord.

Director

Three-Way Weekend

Three-Way Weekend · 1979

Three-Way Weekend

Two bisexual girls go on a weekend camping trip only to run across a sadistic forest ranger, a recently-married couple and a former Nixon aide who has turned into a perverted wildman in a cheap gorilla mask.

Director

Little Ninjas

Little Ninjas · 1993

MovieActionAdventure

A treasure map found by three young boys allows them reason to get their kicks in more ways than one.

Director