Simon Barrett

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Simon Barrett

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Generation Terror
Movie 2024

Generation Terror

Horror bleeds into the 21st Century in an incisive documentary looking back at the late 1990s film industry on a global scale to find out what happened at the turn of the millennium to allow for the huge wealth of horror films flooding out from all corners of the globe. From SCREAM (1996), THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999) and FINAL DESTINATION (2000), to WRONG TURN (2003), HOSTEL (2005) and SAW (2004), with insight from Joe Lynch, Xavier Gens and Bill Malone who track the technology, the industry and the societal changes behind the next generation of horror films.

Outside the Law: The Scanner Cop Revolution
0h 50m
Movie 2021

Outside the Law: The Scanner Cop Revolution

A documentary on Scanner Cop and Scanner Cop II: The Showdown

Tales of the Uncanny
1h 44m
Movie 2020

Tales of the Uncanny

A detailed look at the history of horror anthology films.

Biography

Simon Barrett (born 1978) is an American filmmaker and actor. He frequently collaborates with director Adam Wingard. He is best known for writing the films You're Next (2011), The Guest (2014), Blair Witch (2016), Azrael (2024) and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024). He made his feature directorial debut with the film Seance (2021).