John Carl Buechler
Born: 1952-06-18 in Belleville, Illinois, USA
Died: 2019-03-18
Known For: Crew
Biography
John Carl Buechler (pronounced Beekler) was an American director, actor, and special effects and makeup artist. He was born in Belleville, Illinois, and is probably best known for directing Troll (1986), Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988), Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College (1990) and 2006The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (200&). John Carl Buechler was born on June 1, 1952, in Belleville (Illinois), and he died on March 18, 2019, in Los Angeles (Califronia).
Filmography
2025
- Wizardream ... (Director)
- Cutter's Club ... (Special Effects)
2019
- Beneath the Black Veil as Mr. Jensen
2017
2015
- Troll Empire as Self
- Behind the Mask: The Making of The Phantom of the Opera as Self
2014
- Catch of the Day as Detective Martin Spangler
2012
2010
- Hatchet II as Jack Cracker
- Hallow Pointe as Lazlo
- Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self
- His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th as Self
2008
- Blood Scarab ... (Special Effects)
- Gingerdead Man 2: The Passion of the Crust as Orson Biggs
2006
- Hatchet as Jack Cracker
- Saurian ... (Director)
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ... (Director)
- Evil Bong as Gingerdead Man Puppeteer / Voice
- The Eden Formula ... (Director)
2005
- The Gingerdead Man ... (Special Effects)
- Mortuary ... (Special Effects)
2004
- Dr. Moreau's House of Pain ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Vampires: Out for Blood ... (Makeup Supervisor)
- The Friday the 13th Chronicles as Self
- Countess Dracula's Orgy of Blood ... (Special Effects)
- Friday the 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (Crystal Lake Victims Tell All - Documentary) as Self
- Secrets Galore Behind the Gore as Himself
- Grandpa's Place ... (Director)
2003
- Dark Wolf ... (Special Effects)
- The Mummy's Kiss ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- A Light in the Forest ... (Director)
2002
- Deep Freeze ... (Director)
- Curse of the Forty-Niner ... (Director)
2001
- After the Storm ... (Special Effects)
1998
- Watchers Reborn ... (Director)
1997
- Alien Escape ... (Makeup Designer)
1996
- Inhumanoid ... (Special Effects)
- Freeway ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Carnosaur 3: Primal Species ... (Special Effects)
1995
- The Fear ... (Special Effects)
- Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
- Bikini Drive-In ... (Special Effects)
- Not of This Earth as The Other
- Scanner Cop II ... (Makeup Designer)
- Project: Metalbeast ... (Makeup Designer)
1994
- Dinosaur Island ... (Special Effects)
- Scanner Cop ... (Special Effects Supervisor)
- Tammy and the T-Rex ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Biohazard: The Alien Force ... (Special Effects)
1993
- Necronomicon ... (Special Effects Supervisor)
- Carnosaur ... (Special Effects)
- Red Rock West ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
1992
- Demonic Toys ... (Second Unit Director)
- Seedpeople ... (Special Effects)
1991
- Land of the Lost ... (Director)
1990
- Robot Jox ... (Makeup Effects)
- Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College ... (Director)
- The Sleeping Car as The Mister
1989
- The Laughing Dead ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Arena ... (Creature Design)
1988
- Ghost Town ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood ... (Director)
- Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
- Cellar Dweller ... (Director)
- Demonwarp ... (Creature Design)
- Pulse Pounders ... (Makeup Designer)
- Trancers: City of Lost Angels ... (Special Effects)
- To Die For ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
1987
- Vicious Lips ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- The Caller ... (Special Effects Supervisor)
- Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity ... (Creature Design)
- The Garbage Pail Kids Movie ... (Makeup Artist)
1986
- Troll as Sorcerer (uncredited)
- From Beyond ... (Special Effects Coordinator)
- TerrorVision ... (Special Effects)
- Dolls ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Eliminators ... (Makeup Effects)
- Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors as Self
1985
- Zone Troopers ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Fright Show as (segment "The Thing in the Basement")
- Re-Animator ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Ghoulies ... (Creature Design)
- Hard Rock Zombies ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
1984
- Trancers ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- The Dungeonmaster ... (Writer)
1983
- Deathstalker ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Love Letters ... (Makeup Artist)
- The Prey ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- The Horror of It All as Self
1982
- Sorceress ... (Creature Design)
- Forbidden World ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
1978
- Stingray as The Flamer