He may be a schlockmeister, but David DeCoteau is the hardest-working schlockmeister in the business.ĭeCoteau’s exploitation credentials could hardly be better: He joined the industry in 1981 at age 18 as a production assistant for the legendary Roger Corman. ![]() ![]() You have to be able to turn on a dime and be aware of the markets.” “Now there’s a lot of noise and a lot of competition, so you have to stay on top of the trends. “Back in the day, B-movies were made in LA, New York, and maybe once in a while regionally,” says DeCoteau. Somewhere in Texas, Terrence Malick is laboring to complete his seventh movie in 41 years meanwhile, David DeCoteau has directed 102 movies since 1986, including 37 since 2010. Club as “ The Room of anthropomorphic animal movies featuring Eric Roberts”). Cooper), thriller ( Beastly Boyz), comedy ( My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?!), fantasy ( Hansel & Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft), Western ( Doc Holliday’s Revenge), and family ( A Talking Cat!?!, which Nathan Rabin described in the A.V. As the founder and chief creative force behind Rapid Heart Pictures, he has pumped out a daunting catalogue of low-budget movies in any and every genre: historical drama ( Bonnie & Clyde: Justified), action ( Badass Showdown), horror ( Bigfoot vs. The series has only a few linking threads: a cast of young, chiseled studs, often dressed only in briefs long scenes of the men showering, swimming, and lifting weights a token female character, often played by an aging glamor queen a mansion setting and titles that guarantee a spot at the top of a Netflix menu.Įven if the 1313 series isn’t to your taste, if you’ve spent any time on a streaming service in the last few years, you’ve probably encountered the work of David DeCoteau. Thus, the 1313 series was born – 1313: Cougar Cult, 1313: Haunted Frat, 1313: Actor Slash Model, 1313: Cougar Cult, and many more. With 1313: Nightmare Mansion, you kinda know what you’re getting.” ![]() You want to be early in the directory, but you also want it to be a simple, high-concept title. “The ‘1313’ branding put me in a very, very enviable spot on all the On Demand menus on all the cable services,” says DeCoteau. When DeCoteau changed the title of his 2011 movie A Dream Within a Dream to 1313: Nightmare Mansion, the veteran exploitation filmmaker found a surefire way to boost his audience. A lot has changed since David DeCoteau began making films, but one thing the producer/director has never lost sight of is the bottom line.
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