Ted Nicolaou

Ted Nicolaou

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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 ...

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Ted Talk: Bad Channels

2025

as Self

Acting

An interview with Ted Nicolaou.

In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994

In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994

2024

as Self

7.3
Acting

Film icons and genre experts share observations, experiences, and analysis to help reframe, deconstruct, and re-contextualize the "lost" decade of hor...

Death Streamer

Death Streamer

2024

Editor

3.6

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

Subspecies V: Blood Rise

2023

Writer, Director

5.0
Writing Directing

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

Tales of the Fantastic

2023

Director

2.0
Directing

More fantastical family fun from the Moonbeam library.

Dragon Tales

Dragon Tales

2022

Director

5.0
Directing

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

In Search of Darkness: Part III

2022

as Self

7.4
Acting

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

Don't Let Her In

2021

Writer, Director

4.5
Writing Directing

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

Deadly Ten: Meet the Directors

2019

as Himself

2.0
Acting

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

Vampire Slaughter: Eaten Alive

2018

Director

3.0
Directing

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

Cool As Hell 2

2017

as Ted Nicolaou

2.5
Acting

The quest for God's bong.

Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence

Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence

2017

Editor, Director

6.0
Directing

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Martin Scorsese's "Silence."

The Wolf Pack

The Wolf Pack

2014

Writer, Editor

7.6
Writing

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

Finding Happiness

2014

Director

4.5
Directing

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

DevilDolls

2012

Director

4.7
Directing

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

Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino

2010

Director, Writer

8.5
Directing Writing

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

The Etruscan Mask

2007

Director, Screenplay

Directing Writing

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

Urban Evil: Trilogy of Fear

2005

Director

4.0
Directing

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

Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys

2004

Director

4.6
Directing

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

I, Vampire

2000

Director

4.8
Directing

A sensual trilogy of vampire stories from Wizard Entertainment.

Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth

Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth

2000

as Himself

6.9
Acting

A documentary primarily focusing on the filming and release of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

The Horrible Doctor Bones

The Horrible Doctor Bones

2000

Director

2.9
Directing

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

The St. Francisville Experiment

2000

Director

3.9
Directing

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

Ragdoll

Ragdoll

1999

Director

4.8
Directing

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

Lip Service

1999

Director

4.4
Directing

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

6.0
Directing

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

Dragonworld: The Legend Continues

1999

Writer, Director

5.2
Writing Directing

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

Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm

1998

Director, Screenplay

4.8
Directing Writing

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

The Shrunken City

1998

Director

5.4
Directing

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

Vampire Journals

Vampire Journals

1997

Writer, Director

4.8
Writing Directing

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

Magic in the Mirror: Fowl Play

1997

Director

5.0
Directing

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

Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns

1996

Director, Writer

3.0
Directing Writing

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

Magic in the Mirror

1996

Director

6.0
Directing

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

Leapin' Leprechauns

1995

Director, Writer

3.1
Directing Writing

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

Dragonworld

Dragonworld

1994

Screenplay, Director

5.0
Writing Directing

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

Bloodlust: Subspecies III

Bloodlust: Subspecies III

1994

Writer, Director

5.2
Writing Directing

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

Remote

1993

Director

4.8
Directing

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

Bloodstone: Subspecies II

1993

Director, Writer

5.2
Directing Writing

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

Bad Channels

1992

Director

4.9
Directing

An alien determined to capture human females takes over a radio station to do it.

Lucky Luke 2

Lucky Luke 2

1992

Director

5.2
Directing

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

Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth

1991

Editor

5.6

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

Subspecies

1991

Director

5.3
Directing

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

Meridian

Meridian

1990

Editor

4.6

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

Crash and Burn

1990

Editor

4.4

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

Robot Jox

1989

Editor

5.6

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

Assault of the Killer Bimbos

1988

Story, Screenplay

2.8
Writing

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

TerrorVision

1986

Writer, Director

5.8
Writing Directing

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

Zone Troopers

1985

Editor

5.3

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

Savage Island

1985

Writer, Director

3.5
Writing Directing

Women who have been captured and sold as slave labor to a South American emerald mine hatch a plan for revolution and revenge.

Ghoulies

Ghoulies

1985

Editor

4.9

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

Trancers

1984

Editor

5.9

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

The Dungeonmaster

1984

Editor, Director, Writer

4.9
Directing Writing

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

Young Warriors

1983

Editor

3.7

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

The Alchemist

1983

Editor

4.5

A man seeks revenge on an evil magician who placed a curse on him.

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

1981

Editor

6.6

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

Roar

1981

Editor, Additional Editing

5.9

Roar follows a family who are attacked by various African animals at the secluded home of their keeper.

The Day Time Ended

The Day Time Ended

1980

Editor, Sound Effects Editor

3.5

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

Tourist Trap

1979

Editor

6.1

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

Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Pictures

N/A

as Self

Acting

The official feature-length documentary about the rise and fall of Charles Band's legendary Empire Pictures studio.