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
- Cutter's Club ... (Special Effects)
- Wizardream ... (Director)
2019
- Beneath the Black Veil as Mr. Jensen
2017
2015
- Behind the Mask: The Making of The Phantom of the Opera as Self
- Troll Empire as Self
2014
- Catch of the Day as Detective Martin Spangler
2012
2010
- Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self
- Hatchet II as Jack Cracker
- His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th as Self
- Hallow Pointe as Lazlo
2008
- Gingerdead Man 2: The Passion of the Crust as Orson Biggs
- Blood Scarab ... (Special Effects)
2006
- Hatchet as Jack Cracker
- Charles Band's Evil Bong as Gingerdead Man Puppeteer / Voice
- Saurian ... (Director)
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ... (Director)
- The Eden Formula ... (Director)
2005
- Mortuary ... (Special Effects)
- The Gingerdead Man ... (Special Effects)
- Making of: The Gingerdead Man
2004
- Countess Dracula's Orgy of Blood ... (Special Effects)
- Vampires: Out for Blood ... (Makeup Supervisor)
- The Friday the 13th Chronicles as Self
- Grandpa's Place ... (Director)
- Dr. Moreau's House of Pain ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Secrets Galore Behind the Gore as Self
- Friday the 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (Crystal Lake Victims Tell All - Documentary) as Self
2003
- The Mummy's Kiss ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Dark Wolf ... (Special Effects)
- A Light in the Forest ... (Director)
2002
- Deep Freeze ... (Director)
- Curse of the Forty-Niner ... (Director)
2001
- After the Storm ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
1998
- Watchers Reborn ... (Director)
1997
- Alien Escape ... (Makeup Designer)
1996
- Freeway ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Carnosaur 3: Primal Species ... (Special Effects)
- Inhumanoid ... (Special Effects)
1995
- Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
- Bikini Drive-In ... (Special Effects)
- Scanner Cop II ... (Makeup Designer)
- The Fear ... (Special Effects)
- Project: Metalbeast ... (Makeup Designer)
- Not of This Earth as The Other
1994
- Tammy and the T-Rex ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Dinosaur Island ... (Special Effects)
- Scanner Cop ... (Special Effects Supervisor)
- Biohazard: The Alien Force ... (Special Effects)
1993
- Necronomicon ... (Special Effects Supervisor)
- Red Rock West ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Carnosaur ... (Special Effects)
1992
- Demonic Toys ... (Second Unit Director)
- Seedpeople ... (Second Unit Director of Photography)
- Videozone: Making of Demonic Toys
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
- Arena ... (Creature Design)
- The Laughing Dead ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
1988
- Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
- Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood ... (Director)
- Demonwarp ... (Creature Design)
- Cellar Dweller ... (Director)
- Trancers: City of Lost Angels ... (Special Effects)
- Pulse Pounders ... (Makeup Designer)
- Ghost Town ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- To Die For ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
1987
- Dolls ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity ... (Special Effects)
- The Garbage Pail Kids Movie ... (Makeup Artist)
- The Caller ... (Special Effects Supervisor)
- Vicious Lips ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
1986
- From Beyond ... (Special Effects Coordinator)
- TerrorVision ... (Special Effects)
- Troll as Sorcerer (uncredited)
- Eliminators ... (Makeup Effects)
- Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors as Self
1985
- Re-Animator ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Ghoulies ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Zone Troopers ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Hard Rock Zombies ... (Second Unit Director)
- Fright Show as (segment "The Thing in the Basement")
1984
- Trancers ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- The Dungeonmaster ... (Director)
- Journeys through the Darkzone ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
1983
- Deathstalker ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Love Letters ... (Makeup Artist)
- The Prey ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- The Horror of It All as Self
1982
- Forbidden World ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Sorceress ... (Creature Design)
1978
- Stingray as The Flamer