Biography
Adam Gierasch is an American film director and screenwriter specializing in horror films. He directed Autopsy (2008) and Night of the Demons (2009), both of which have contributed to his reputation in the horror genre. Gierasch also co-directed a segment in the horror anthology Tales of Halloween (2015), showcasing his versatility within the genre.
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Long Game
2025
Writer, Producer
Ambitious young actress Holly Sloan agrees to help her boyfriend Richard Metzger scam Hollywood legend Mariah McKay, but the two women strike up an un...
Spaghetti
2023
Director
Nurse Lena Simon seems to have found the perfect man in savvy businessman Scotty Sharpe, but when she suspects him of seeing someone else she takes th...
Isolation
2021
as News Reporter
An anthology of nine horror shorts filmed under the social distancing and self-isolation requirements of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Day 14
2020
Two young siblings must take care of their dangerously ill parent and protect each other from the outside world during a pandemic.
He Knows Your Every Move
2018
Writer
Molly begins a romance with Jack shortly after having her laptop repaired. Soon, Jack turns clingy and Molly breaks it off. Suddenly, her bank account...
House by the Lake
2017
Director
The Morgans, a loving yet troubled family, go on vacation with intentions to reconnect with one another. However, when their autistic 10-year-old daug...
Tales of Halloween
2015
Director
Ten stories from horror's top directors. Ghosts, ghouls, monsters, and the devil delight in terrorizing unsuspecting residents of a suburban neighborh...
Big Ass Spider!
2013
as Homeless Man
When a giant alien spider escapes from a military lab and rampages across the city of Los Angeles, it is up to one clever exterminator and his securit...
Fractured
2013
Producer, Director, Writer
The film follows "Dylan White" who works as a cook in Baton Rouge. He is also in a solid relationship with his girlfriend "Brandy". Things are great u...
Fertile Ground
2011
Director, Writer
Emily and Nate Weaver leave the city for the rural comfort of Nate’s ancestral home in the country. Once there, Emily is plagued by horrifying visions...
Night of the Demons
2009
Director, Screenplay
Angela is throwing a decadent Halloween party at New Orleans' infamous Broussard Mansion. But after the police break up the festivities, Maddie and a ...
Red Sands
2009
as Sergeant Ramsey
A group of U.S. soldiers on a mission in the Middle East find themselves with nothing to do in their free time. Out of sheer boredom they end up destr...
Autopsy
2008
Director, Writer
Emily Johnson, her boyfriend Bobby and their friends Clare and Jude are recent college grads driving cross-country, taking a last vacation together be...
The Mother of Tears
2007
Writer
An ancient urn is found in a cemetery outside Rome. Once opened, it triggers a series of violent incidents: robberies, rapes and murders increase dram...
Mortuary
2005
as Mr. Barstow
A family moves to a small town in California where they plan on starting a new life while running a long-abandoned funeral home. The locals fear the p...
Mortuary
2005
Screenplay
A family moves to a small town in California where they plan on starting a new life while running a long-abandoned funeral home. The locals fear the p...
Toolbox Murders
2004
as Ned Lundy
Young couple Steve and Nell move into a once fashionable but now decaying apartment block in Hollywood, and soon realise that a number of young reside...
Toolbox Murders
2004
Writer, Associate Producer
Young couple Steve and Nell move into a once fashionable but now decaying apartment block in Hollywood, and soon realise that a number of young reside...
Rats
2003
as Jim
The Brookedale Psychiatric Hospital is a crumbling institution which barely has enough money to remain open. Formerly a prison, it sits atop a warren ...
Rats
2003
Screenplay
The Brookedale Psychiatric Hospital is a crumbling institution which barely has enough money to remain open. Formerly a prison, it sits atop a warren ...
Air Panic
2002
Screenplay
FAA system analyzer named Neil McCabe is the only person who seems to have this different hunch towards a group of international terrorists after a ho...
Derailed
2002
Screenplay
NATO operative Jacques Kristoff (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is summoned into action—on his birthday, no less—to track down Galina Konstantin (Laura Harrin...
Spiders
2002
Screenplay
A DNA experiment on a rare breed of spider is taking place on a NASA space shuttle, when a freak meteor shower engulfs the shuttle, causing everything...
Crocodile 2: Death Swamp
2002
Screenplay
After a bank robbery, four criminals escape to Mexico, but a storm causes an accident which takes down the plane where several die in the crash. The c...
Crocodile
2000
as Lester
A group of friends including Brady Turner, Claire and Duncan McKay go out on a boat trip on a lake in Southern California, but their joyful weekend tu...
Crocodile
2000
Screenplay
A group of friends including Brady Turner, Claire and Duncan McKay go out on a boat trip on a lake in Southern California, but their joyful weekend tu...
Asylum
1997
as Ronald Briggs
Robert Patrick stars as a private investigator traumatized by his father's suicide who goes undercover in a mental institution to uncover the murderer...