Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ted Nicolaou is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. After graduating from the University of Texas film program, he joined the crew of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) as a sound recordist (and provided the famous van used by the protagonists). Later, he joined Charles Band's Empire Pictures, where he worked as an editor on such films as Ghoulies (1985) and eventually debuted as a director with The Dungeonmaster (1985) and TerrorVision ...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Ted Talk: Bad Channels
2025
as Self
An interview with Ted Nicolaou.

In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994
2024
as Self
Film icons and genre experts share observations, experiences, and analysis to help reframe, deconstruct, and re-contextualize the "lost" decade of hor...

Death Streamer
2024
Editor
A modern-age vampire employs technologically advanced glasses that enable him to not only hunt his victims in and out of the virtual world...but also ...

Subspecies V: Blood Rise
2023
Writer, Director
Stolen by crusaders on the night of his birth, Radu (Anders Hove) has no knowledge of his bloodline: his mother is a demon; his father is a vampire. T...

Tales of the Fantastic
2023
Director
More fantastical family fun from the Moonbeam library.

Dragon Tales
2022
Director
Enter a magical world of magical kingdoms, heroism and...dragons. From the Moonbeam family film library comes this charming fantasy clip collection de...

In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022
as Self
The conclusion to the ‘In Search of Darkness’ '80s trilogy. In this epic final chapter, our focus turns to the straight-to-video horror classics that ...

Don't Let Her In
2021
Writer, Director
When an attractive young couple rents out a room in their spacious loft to an eccentric, beautiful female artist, they soon live to regret it. Slowly ...

Deadly Ten: Meet the Directors
2019
as Himself
Meet the ‘Deadly Ten’ directors! DEADLY TEN is Full Moon's daring new experiment in interactive feature filmmaking. Ten movies, shot all over the worl...

Vampire Slaughter: Eaten Alive
2018
Director
After regaining consciousness on DeathHead Island, The Gore Collector, Tape Head and the now fully-assembled Molly board a ramshackle raft made with w...

Cool As Hell 2
2017
as Ted Nicolaou
The quest for God's bong.

Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
2017
Editor, Director
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Martin Scorsese's "Silence."

The Wolf Pack
2014
Writer, Editor
Extra for "The Wolf Of Wall Street" featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Jonah Hill and more as they take fans behind-the-scenes during the m...

Finding Happiness
2014
Director
Finding Happiness is a film that captures a joyful reality. With a unique story directly from the heart and soul of each person who has lived it. Told...

DevilDolls
2012
Director
A true trilogy of terror! Welcome to the haunted dollhouse where 3 devilish tales of twisted horror take place. From a re-animated rag doll that seeks...

Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
2010
Director, Writer
The story of the unlikely alliance between two of the most renowned innovators of the twentieth century: brilliantly eccentric Spanish Surrealist Salv...

The Etruscan Mask
2007
Director, Screenplay
A group of international art students in Siena comes in contact with a mysterious Etruscan artifact owned by the sinister Samuel Powell.

Urban Evil: Trilogy of Fear
2005
Director
From the dark vaults of Forbidden Worlds comes a new chapter of terror in Urban Evil: A Trilogy of Fear, a collection of three contemporary stories of...

Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys
2004
Director
A group of toymakers seek to use Andre Toulon's formula, now in the hands of Toulon's great-nephew Robert, to give life to a line of killer toys that ...

I, Vampire
2000
Director
A sensual trilogy of vampire stories from Wizard Entertainment.

Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
2000
as Himself
A documentary primarily focusing on the filming and release of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

The Horrible Doctor Bones
2000
Director
In this hip-hop slanted horror opus, a group of struggling rap musicians think they've gotten their big break when they're tapped to record with star-...

The St. Francisville Experiment
2000
Director
Four non-actors, with no script, lock themselves in a haunted Louisiana plantation home overnight to film what takes places. The Lalaurie plantation, ...

Ragdoll
1999
Director
A teenaged rapper uses his Gran's magic powders to help him in his revenge against those who put her in the hospital.

Lip Service
1999
Director
After a long absence, Kat returns to the life of her old college roommate, Allison. The trouble is, Allison is a successful furniture designer and Kat...
The Making of 'The Haunting'
1999
Director
This documentary treats movie fans to a behnd-the-scenes look at the making of The Haunting, a remake of the classic horror film about a group of peop...

Dragonworld: The Legend Continues
1999
Writer, Director
Yowler, the last dragon on Earth is in terrible danger. His arch enemy, the Dark Knight, has returned. Only young John McGowen can save him...

Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm
1998
Director, Screenplay
Vampire fledgling Michelle Morgan has escaped the grasp of her master Radu Vladislas. Found by a woman named Ana, she is taken to a hospital where a d...

The Shrunken City
1998
Director
Two teenaged kids discover a miniature bottled city buried beneath a construction site. They must protect the tiny civilization within from reptilian ...

Vampire Journals
1997
Writer, Director
A 19th century vampire stalks a more powerful vampire lord in his quest to gain revenge over the death of his mistress. In his search for the vampire ...

Magic in the Mirror: Fowl Play
1997
Director
Dr Tuttle uses the Doppelganger to breach a mirror, letting Dragora, Dabble and Swanson into the people world. Dragora uses this opportunity to get re...

Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns
1996
Director, Writer
Fairyhill Ireland is a place filled with mysteries and legends,Leprechauns and Magic. And for an American Kid like Mike Dennehy, it's a world of wonde...

Magic in the Mirror
1996
Director
A little girl's imaginary friends come to life when she goes through her great-grandmother's antique mirror, a la Alice, after she sees it glowing.

Leapin' Leprechauns
1995
Director, Writer
A man tries to build a theme park on top of land that's secretly the home to friendly Leprechauns.

Dragonworld
1994
Screenplay, Director
A young man must risk his life to save his fire-breathing friend from the unscrupulous owner of an amusement park.

Bloodlust: Subspecies III
1994
Writer, Director
Still in the thrall of the evil vampire Radu, Michelle yearns to be taught the skills of the vampire. Meanwhile, her sister Becky tries to free her fr...

Remote
1993
Director
When 13-year-old Randy is forced to stash his remote control toys in a model home, he stumbles across the hideout of three prison escapees. With the u...

Bloodstone: Subspecies II
1993
Director, Writer
Continuing after the first "Subspecies", a woman who has just become a vampire tries to escape the evil vampire, Radu, who seeks her as his love inter...

Bad Channels
1992
Director
An alien determined to capture human females takes over a radio station to do it.

Lucky Luke 2
1992
Director
Cowhairs want to drive farmers away from their lands. Luke takes matters into his own hands, and even Lotta's beauty and kindness can't hold him back....

Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth
1991
Editor
Once again someone from the future has come back to create an army of Trancers, human zombies who do what they're told without question or pause. Now ...

Subspecies
1991
Director
Three students get caught in the struggle between a good vampire and his evil brother in the Transylvanian mountains.

Meridian
1990
Editor
After her father’s death, Catherine returns to her family’s gothic castle in Italy and gets caught in the web of a mysterious love triangle.

Crash and Burn
1990
Editor
Unicom is a powerful organization overseeing most of the world after its economic collapse. They have banned computers and robots in an attempt to ins...

Robot Jox
1989
Editor
50 years after a nuclear war, the two superpowers handle territorial disputes in a different way. Each fields a giant robot to fight one-on-one battle...

Assault of the Killer Bimbos
1988
Story, Screenplay
Two go-go dancers, Lulu and Peaches, are framed for the murder of their employer by the real killer, sleazy gangster Vinnie. Picking up waitress Darle...

TerrorVision
1986
Writer, Director
Stanley Putterman installs a state-of-the-art satellite dish in his backyard, soon unleashing a strange monster that leaps off the screen and needs to...

Zone Troopers
1985
Editor
American soldiers, led by The Sarge, are stuck behind Nazi enemy lines. As they make their way across the Italian countryside, they come across an ali...

Savage Island
1985
Writer, Director
Women who have been captured and sold as slave labor to a South American emerald mine hatch a plan for revolution and revenge.

Ghoulies
1985
Editor
A young man and his girlfriend move into the man's old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a need to control ancient demons.

Trancers
1984
Editor
Angel City trooper Jack Deth is sent back in time from 2247 to 1985 L.A. to inhabit the body of his ancestor. Deth's assignment is to find his archene...

The Dungeonmaster
1984
Editor, Director, Writer
Paul, a computer whiz who spends more time with his machine than with his girlfriend, finds that he has been chosen as a worthy opponent for Mestema, ...

Young Warriors
1983
Editor
After a young woman is gang raped and murdered in a California college town, her brother takes up arms by night with a gang of like-minded vigilantes...

The Alchemist
1983
Editor
A man seeks revenge on an evil magician who placed a curse on him.

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
1981
Editor
Rejected by her lover, the only man left in Cheryl's life is the orphaned nephew she has raised as her own son. She'll stop at nothing to keep Billy w...

Roar
1981
Editor, Additional Editing
Roar follows a family who are attacked by various African animals at the secluded home of their keeper.

The Day Time Ended
1980
Editor, Sound Effects Editor
Deep in the desert, a rural American family is forced to endure a night of inter-dimensional, extra terrestrial terror when a UFO appears over their h...

Tourist Trap
1979
Editor
After their car breaks down, a group of young travelers find themselves stranded at a roadside museum run by the enigmatic Mr. Slausen and populated b...

Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Pictures
N/A
as Self
The official feature-length documentary about the rise and fall of Charles Band's legendary Empire Pictures studio.