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
- Hatchet II as Jack Cracker
- Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self
- His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th as Self
- Hallow Pointe as Lazlo
2008
- Blood Scarab ... (Special Effects)
- Gingerdead Man 2: The Passion of the Crust as Orson Biggs
2006
- Hatchet as Jack Cracker
- Evil Bong as Gingerdead Man Puppeteer / Voice
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ... (Director)
- The Eden Formula ... (Director)
- Saurian ... (Director)
2005
- Mortuary ... (Special Effects)
- The Gingerdead Man ... (Special Effects)
- Making of: The Gingerdead Man
2004
- Vampires: Out for Blood ... (Makeup Supervisor)
- The Friday the 13th Chronicles as Self
- Countess Dracula's Orgy of Blood ... (Special Effects)
- Dr. Moreau's House of Pain ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Friday the 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (Crystal Lake Victims Tell All - Documentary) as Self
- Grandpa's Place ... (Director)
- Secrets Galore Behind the Gore as Himself
2003
- Dark Wolf ... (Special Effects)
- The Mummy's Kiss ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- A Light in the Forest ... (Director)
2002
- Curse of the Forty-Niner ... (Director)
- Deep Freeze ... (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)
- Scanner Cop II ... (Makeup Designer)
- Bikini Drive-In ... (Special Effects)
- The Fear ... (Special Effects)
- Not of This Earth as The Other
- Project: Metalbeast ... (Makeup Designer)
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
- Seedpeople ... (Second Unit Director of Photography)
- Demonic Toys ... (Second Unit Director)
- 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)
- Cellar Dweller ... (Director)
- Pulse Pounders ... (Makeup Designer)
- Demonwarp ... (Creature Design)
- Ghost Town ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- To Die For ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Trancers: City of Lost Angels ... (Special Effects)
1987
- The Garbage Pail Kids Movie ... (Makeup Artist)
- Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity ... (Special Effects)
- Vicious Lips ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- The Caller ... (Special Effects Supervisor)
1986
- From Beyond ... (Special Effects Coordinator)
- Troll as Sorcerer (uncredited)
- Dolls ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- TerrorVision ... (Special Effects)
- 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 Horror of It All as Self
- The Prey ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
1982
- Forbidden World ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Sorceress ... (Creature Design)
1978
- Stingray as The Flamer