Tom Holland

Tom Holland

1943-07-11 Poughkeepsie, New York, USA 52 Credits

Biography

Tom Holland (born July 11, 1943) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the films "Fright Night" (1985), "Fatal Beauty" (1987), "Child's Play" (1988), "The Temp" (1993) and "Thinner" (1996).

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The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide

The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide

2025

as Horror Film Expert

Acting

Why do people no longer see this type of stories nowadays? How can this notion be awakened? Which films should begin to feed back from the past and ba...

Doc of Chucky

Doc of Chucky

2024

as Self

Acting

The story of the cult horror empire through interviews with cast, crew, and horror icons such as Don Mancini, Brad Dourif, Jennifer Tilly, Catherine H...

The Occult

The Occult

2024

as Uncle Walter

Acting

When a young man falls for a seductive but mentally unstable fortune-teller, he begins to suspect her family is hiding a diabolical secret.

King on Screen

King on Screen

2023

as Self

6.9
Acting

1976, Brian de Palma directs Carrie, the first novel by Stephen King. Since, more than 50 directors adapted the master of horror's books, in more than...

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 ...

The Timekeepers of Eternity

The Timekeepers of Eternity

2021

Screenplay, Director

7.2
Writing Directing

In this mesmerizing experimental film, a Stephen King television movie is compressed and transformed through hypnotic black and white collage animatio...

A Place Among the Dead

A Place Among the Dead

2020

as TH

2.5
Acting

An exploration of our cultural obsession with vampires and what they reveal about the human psyche.

In Search of Darkness: Part II

In Search of Darkness: Part II

2020

as Self

7.7
Acting

The ultimate ‘80s Horror retrospective just got BIGGER. In Search of Darkness: Part II is a four-hour-plus sequel to the Rondo Hatton-nominated In Sea...

In Search of Darkness

In Search of Darkness

2019

as Self

7.7
Acting

An exploration of '80s horror movies through the perspective of the actors, directors, producers and SFX craftspeople who made them, and their impact ...

Rock, Paper, Scissors

Rock, Paper, Scissors

2017

3.7
Acting

After being released, a reformed serial killer moves into his family's ancestral estate and is haunted by his past -- both the living and the dead.

Rock, Paper, Scissors

Rock, Paper, Scissors

2017

Director

3.7
Directing

After being released, a reformed serial killer moves into his family's ancestral estate and is haunted by his past -- both the living and the dead.

The DePatie/Frelang Collection: The Blue Racer

The DePatie/Frelang Collection: The Blue Racer

2017

as Japanese Beetle

Acting

Unlike other high-velocity cartoon characters, nothing about DePatie-Freleng's supersonic Blue Racer could be described as "streamlined". While surely...

Faith

Faith

2017

Thanks

3.8

Adolfo, the town's priest, gets a phone call from a desperate family. They believe that their daughter is possessed by the devil.

You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night

You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night

2016

as Himself

6.8
Acting

An extensive look at the making of Fright Night (1985) and Fright Night Part 2 (1988) featuring exclusive interviews with cast and crew members, rare ...

Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy

Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy

2016

as Himself

Acting

An in-depth look at the hidden meanings and blistering truth buried within Ed Wood's PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE, which has long been considered the worst...

42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street

42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street

2015

as Himself

7.8
Acting

The story behind the rise and fall of New York's 42nd Street. The cinemas, the films, the people, the crime and the rebirth of the block as "New 42nd ...

Digging Up the Marrow

Digging Up the Marrow

2015

as Himself

5.4
Acting

A documentary filmmaker turns his lens on an enigmatic conspiracy theorist who claims he's found the entrance to a vast underground city populated ent...

Out of Print

Out of Print

2014

as Self

5.7
Acting

A documentary exploring the importance of revival cinema and 35mm exhibition - seen through the lens of the patrons of the New Beverly Cinema - a uniq...

Tom Holland's Twisted Tales

Tom Holland's Twisted Tales

2014

Director, Writer

4.3
Directing Writing

Horror legend Tom Holland dares you to join him for nine nerve-shredding, totally Twisted Tales. Serving up a mind-bending assortment of the macabre, ...

Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever

Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever

2012

as Self

5.5
Acting

A celebration of slasher cinema - from PSYCHO to the present day, with a focus on highlighting many of the genre's forgotten cult classics, deconstruc...

Fright Night

Fright Night

2011

Original Film Writer, Story

6.2
Writing

A teenager suspects his new neighbour is a vampire. Unable to convince anyone, he tries to enlist the help of a self-proclaimed vampire hunter and mag...

The Psycho Legacy

The Psycho Legacy

2010

as Self

6.9
Acting

The cast and crew of all four Psycho films recall their time working on the influential horror series, and modern masters of horror reminisce on what ...

Hatchet II

Hatchet II

2010

as Uncle Bob

5.5
Acting

Picking up right where the original ended, Marybeth escapes the clutches of the swamp-dwelling killer Victor Crowley. After learning the truth about h...

The Crystal Lake Massacres Revisited - Part I

The Crystal Lake Massacres Revisited - Part I

2009

Acting

A mockumentary exploring the Jason Vorhees murders at Crystal Lake with interviews from local townsfolk, skeptics, and historians.

The Return of the Living Dead:  The Decade of Darkness

The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness

2007

as Self

6.0
Acting

A look at the horror movies of the 1980's.

We All Scream for Ice Cream

We All Scream for Ice Cream

2007

as Funeral Guest (uncredited)

4.9
Acting

Years ago, they pulled a disastrous childhood prank on the neighborhood ice cream delivery man that got him killed, but now as they've become adults w...

We All Scream for Ice Cream

We All Scream for Ice Cream

2007

Director

4.9
Directing

Years ago, they pulled a disastrous childhood prank on the neighborhood ice cream delivery man that got him killed, but now as they've become adults w...

The Initiation of Sarah

The Initiation of Sarah

2006

Story

5.5
Writing

A sorority girl unwittingly becomes the focus of a battle between good and evil.

Hollywood Halloween

Hollywood Halloween

1997

as Self

6.0
Acting

Horror documentary with interviews to William Friedkin, Stan Winston, John McNaughton, Tom Holland and Ridley Scott.

Thinner

Thinner

1996

Director, Screenplay

5.9
Directing Writing

An obese lawyer finds himself growing "Thinner" when an old Romani man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized cri...

The Temp

The Temp

1993

Director

4.6
Directing

A series of mysterious accidents at a food company lead a manager to suspect his impressive new temporary secretary.

Two-Fisted Tales

Two-Fisted Tales

1992

Director

5.0
Directing

The foul-mouthed, wheelchair-bound Mr. Rush introduces three adventure tales inspired by the EC Comics of the 1950s: "Showdown," "King of the Road," a...

Tales from the Crypt: Volume 2

Tales from the Crypt: Volume 2

1992

Director

Directing

Two experienced horror filmmakers, Tom Holland (Child's Play) and Mary Lambert (Pet Sematary) plus a "comedian" (Pretty in Pink) for three stories of ...

The Owl

The Owl

1991

Executive Producer, Writer, Director

4.5
Producing Writing Directing

After the violent murder of his family, a man becomes a vigilante dispensing his own kind of justice to people in need. ["The Owl" originally aired on...

The Stranger Within

The Stranger Within

1990

Director

5.6
Directing

A troubled young man mysteriously appears in a rural Minnesota town from which he claims he was abducted 16 years ago.

Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play

Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play

1988

as Himself

6.7
Acting

A vintage featurette about the making of Child's Play (1988).

Child's Play

Child's Play

1988

Screenplay, Director

6.7
Writing Directing

An innocent-looking doll is inhabited by the soul of a serial killer who refuses to die.

Fright Night Part 2

Fright Night Part 2

1988

Characters

6.3

After three years of therapy Charley Brewster, now a college student, is convinced that Jerry Dandridge was a serial killer posing as a vampire. But w...

Fatal Beauty

Fatal Beauty

1987

Director

5.5
Directing

Detective Rita Rizzoli is accustomed to donning costumes and going undercover to nail crooks. But she'll be required to use all of her get-ups and mor...

Fright Night

Fright Night

1985

Director, Screenplay

7.0
Directing Writing

Charley Brewster, a high school student, accidentally discovers the true and creepy nature of Jerry Dandrige, his dashing and enigmatic new neighbor; ...

Scream for Help

Scream for Help

1984

Writer

5.2
Writing

A teenaged girl discovers that her stepfather is trying to murder her and her mother, but when she tells people, no one will believe her.

Cloak & Dagger

Cloak & Dagger

1984

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

Davey Osborne is an average 11-year-old boy with an overactive imagination. He spends his days playing video games and pretending to be a spy with his...

Psycho II

Psycho II

1983

as Deputy Norris

6.5
Acting

Norman Bates is declared sane and released from the facility in which he was being held, despite the complaints of Lila Loomis, sister of his most fam...

Psycho II

Psycho II

1983

Writer

6.5
Writing

Norman Bates is declared sane and released from the facility in which he was being held, despite the complaints of Lila Loomis, sister of his most fam...

Class of 1984

Class of 1984

1982

Story, Screenplay

6.4
Writing

Andy is a new teacher at an inner city high school that is unlike any he has seen before. There are metal detectors at the front door and the place is...

The Beast Within

The Beast Within

1982

Writer

5.5
Writing

A horrified teen mutates into a crazed cannibalistic swamp creature, and must uncover the terrifying secret identity of his father before his nasty na...

The Initiation of Sarah

The Initiation of Sarah

1978

Story

5.6
Writing

Shy misfit Sarah Goodwin has a secret gift: the ability to control — and destroy — with her mind. When Sarah goes off to college with her more outgoin...

Josie's Castle

Josie's Castle

1971

as Leonard Robbins

3.3
Acting

Three free spirits cut their ties with the old-fashioned square world and shack up in a love commune. A Seventies cult favorite featuring Star Trek's ...

A Walk in the Spring Rain

A Walk in the Spring Rain

1970

as Boy (as Tom Fielding)

5.8
Acting

A sophisticated, middle-aged grandmother, wed to a New York law professor, falls in love with a down-to-earth Tennessee farmer.

The Young Lawyers

The Young Lawyers

1969

as David Harrison (as Tom Fielding)

Acting

Attorney Michael Cannon leaves his Boston law firm to become director of the Neighborhood Law Office, where he guides three law students on a case inv...

Model Shop

Model Shop

1969

as Gerry

6.6
Acting

While trying to raise money to prevent his car from being repossessed, George is attracted to Lola, a Frenchwoman who works in a "model shop", an esta...

Robot Dracula

Robot Dracula

N/A

as Tom

Acting

A scientist with nefarious intentions seeks to dominate the world using his vast expertise in robotics.