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Richard Clabaugh

Born February 26, 1960 · St. Petersburg, Florida, USA (age 66)

Richard Clabaugh is a cinematographer and director known for his work in action and science fiction films. He served as the director of photography for films such as The Prophecy (1995) and Phantoms (1998). Clabaugh directed the film Eyeborgs (2009), a science fiction thriller exploring themes of surveillance and techno His work often incorporates elements of suspense and speculative fiction.

Known For

Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth

Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth · 1992

Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth

MovieHorrorThriller

Pinhead is set loose on the sinful streets of New York City to create chaos with a fresh cadre of Cenobitic kin.

Becky

MovieThrillerHorror

A teenager's weekend at a lake house with her father takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts wreaks havoc on their lives.

The Prophecy

The Prophecy · 1995

MovieFantasyHorror

The angel Gabriel comes to Earth to collect a soul which will end the stalemated war in Heaven. However, it is hidden inside of a Native American girl and only a former priest and a schoolteacher can stop him.

Burn

MovieThrillerCrime

Lonely, unstable gas station attendant Melinda is tired of being overshadowed by her more confident, outgoing co-worker Sheila. When the gas station is held up at gunpoint by Billy, a desperate man in need of quick cash, Melinda finds an opportunity to make a connection with the robber, regardless of who gets hurt.

The Prophecy II

The Prophecy II · 1998

The Prophecy II

MovieFantasyHorror

The archangel Gabriel returns to try to destroy the human race he despises so much, with the help of a suicidal teen and the opposition of the angel Danyael.

Warlock: The Armageddon

Warlock: The Armageddon · 1993

Warlock: The Armageddon

MovieFantasyHorror

Every six hundred years, a great evil has the opportunity to escape and unleash Armageddon. A group of five stones has the power to either free the evil, or banish it for another six hundred years. An order of Druids battles with a Warlock determined to unleash his father upon the world.

The Clean Up Crew

The Clean Up Crew · 2024

The Clean Up Crew

MovieActionCrime

When a crime scene clean up crew discovers a briefcase full of money, they must out smart a criminal kingpin and corrupt FBI agents who want it back.

Phantoms

Phantoms · 1998

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

In the peaceful Colorado town of Snowfield, something evil has wiped out the community. And now, it's up to a group of people to stop it, or at least get out of Snowfield alive.

Filmography

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Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth

Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth · 1992

Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth

MovieHorrorThriller

Pinhead is set loose on the sinful streets of New York City to create chaos with a fresh cadre of Cenobitic kin.

Camera Operator

Becky

MovieThrillerHorror

A teenager's weekend at a lake house with her father takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts wreaks havoc on their lives.

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Prophecy

The Prophecy · 1995

MovieFantasyHorror

The angel Gabriel comes to Earth to collect a soul which will end the stalemated war in Heaven. However, it is hidden inside of a Native American girl and only a former priest and a schoolteacher can stop him.

Director of Photography

Burn

MovieThrillerCrime

Lonely, unstable gas station attendant Melinda is tired of being overshadowed by her more confident, outgoing co-worker Sheila. When the gas station is held up at gunpoint by Billy, a desperate man in need of quick cash, Melinda finds an opportunity to make a connection with the robber, regardless of who gets hurt.

Special Effects Supervisor

The Prophecy II

The Prophecy II · 1998

The Prophecy II

MovieFantasyHorror

The archangel Gabriel returns to try to destroy the human race he despises so much, with the help of a suicidal teen and the opposition of the angel Danyael.

Director of Photography

Warlock: The Armageddon

Warlock: The Armageddon · 1993

Warlock: The Armageddon

MovieFantasyHorror

Every six hundred years, a great evil has the opportunity to escape and unleash Armageddon. A group of five stones has the power to either free the evil, or banish it for another six hundred years. An order of Druids battles with a Warlock determined to unleash his father upon the world.

Camera Operator

The Clean Up Crew

The Clean Up Crew · 2024

The Clean Up Crew

MovieActionCrime

When a crime scene clean up crew discovers a briefcase full of money, they must out smart a criminal kingpin and corrupt FBI agents who want it back.

Producer

Phantoms

Phantoms · 1998

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

In the peaceful Colorado town of Snowfield, something evil has wiped out the community. And now, it's up to a group of people to stop it, or at least get out of Snowfield alive.

Director of Photography

Waxwork

Waxwork · 1988

MovieHorrorComedy

Wealthy slacker Mark, his new girlfriend Sarah, and their friends, are invited to a special showing at a mysterious wax museum which displays eighteen of the most evil men of all time. After his ex-girlfriend and another friend disappear, Mark becomes suspicious…

Camera Operator

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence · 1992

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence

MovieActionHorror

A priest practicing the Voodoo arts resurrects Matt Cordell, who takes his badge and returns from the dead...again...to do his bidding.

Additional Photography

Drive

MovieActionAdventure

A prototype enhanced human, on the run from Chinese-hired hit men, hooks up with a dread-locked bystander, and the two of them elude their pursuers narrowly each time.

Second Unit Director of Photography

Cult Killer

Cult Killer · 2024

MovieMysteryThriller

A private investigator is forced into a dangerous alliance with a killer in order to uncover a quiet town’s grisly criminal underbelly and clear the name of her mentor, who is implicated in the crimes.

Producer

The Dark Side of the Moon

The Dark Side of the Moon · 1990

The Dark Side of the Moon

MovieHorrorAction

It is the year 2022. A mysterious systems failure causes the crew of a spaceship to be stranded on the dark side of the moon, while rapidly running out of fuel and oxygen. They are surprised to discover a NASA space shuttle floating in space, and board it in the hope of salvaging some supplies. One by one, the crew is possessed and killed, and it is up to Paxton Warner to find the links between the dark side of the moon, the Bermuda Triangle, and the Devil himself.

Chief Lighting Technician

Crypto

MovieThrillerCrime

A young agent is tasked with investigating a tangled web of corruption and fraud in New York.

Visual Effects Supervisor

Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering

Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering · 1996

Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering

MovieHorrorThriller

A bright young medical student must solve the frightening mystery that plagues the children of a small Midwestern town.

Director of Photography

Chick Fight

Chick Fight · 2020

MovieActionComedy

When Anna Wyncomb is introduced to an underground, all-female fight club in order to turn the mess of her life around, she discovers she is much more personally connected to the history of the club than she could ever imagine.

Post Production Supervisor

Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return

Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return · 1999

Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return

MovieHorrorThriller

A girl called Hannah goes back to her hometown (Gatlin) to find her mother but on the way she picks up a strange man who fore-shadows her life with a passage from the bible. When she gets there she wakes up Isaac from a coma he has been in for 19 years. Isaac is awake and wants to fulfil the final prophecy.

Director of Photography

Rogue Hostage

Rogue Hostage · 2021

MovieActionAdventure

A former Marine races against time to save a group of hostages -- including his young daughter and a congressman — when armed militants take over his stepfather's store.

"B" Camera Operator

No Way Back

No Way Back · 1995

MovieActionCrime

When FBI Agent Zack Grant's partner is killed during a blown-up operation, he attempts to find the person responsible. Mafioso Frank Serlano believes Zack is responsible for his only son's death in the same operation and kidnaps Zack's son to hold as bait. The action gets wild when airline stewardess Mary is taken hostage to add what seems an another insurmountable problem for Zack. There appears to be no way out.

Cinematography

Python

MovieComedyHorror

After a military plane crashes outside of a small American town, its cargo — a genetically engineered, sixty-foot-long python — begins stalking and killing the locals.

Director

Alone Together

Alone Together · 2022

MovieRomanceDrama

Strangers June and Charlie wind up double-booked in the same upstate New York Airbnb during the start of COVID-19. Exasperating the situation, the lockdown forces them both to stay and confront the unexpected feelings that develop between them.

Post Production Supervisor

Eyeborgs

Eyeborgs · 2009

MovieActionAdventure

Following a major terrorist attack, the US government initiates the ODIN surveillance system, made up of millions of mobile, robotic security cameras known as "Eyeborgs." When the physical evidence in a string of odd murders doesn't line up to the surveillance recordings, one federal agent finds himself working outside the system to find out who's really controlling the Eyeborgs.

Director

Campfire Tales

Campfire Tales · 1997

Anthology of famous, scary urban legends done with a modern twist.

Additional Photography

Deep Core

Deep Core · 2000

MovieActionScience Fiction

A powerful laser machine rips the core of the earth causing earthquakes and tsunamis, and only one man and his team can save the planet from destruction. Will they succeed?

Director of Photography