Eli Roth on the set of “Borderlands”. Photo credit: Katalin Vermes. Copyright: ©2021 Lionsgate.
Director Eli Roth is one of the current masters of horror.
The filmmaker and occasional actor (“Inglourious Basterds”) is best known for horror films such as “Cabin Fever,” “Hostel,” and his most recent film “Thanksgiving.”
Roth has also directed films in other genres, including “Knock Knock,” “Death Wish,” “House with a Clock in Its Hand,” the documentary “Fin” and his latest project, the big screen adaptation of the video game “Borderlands,” which hits theaters August 9.
In honor of the release of Borderlands, Moviefone is counting down every feature film Eli Roth has ever directed.
Let’s get started!
(From left to right) Cate Blanchett as Lilith, Kevin Hart as Roland, Ariana Greenblatt as Tiny Tina, Florian Munteanu as Krieg and Jamie Lee Curtis as Tannis in “Borderlands.” Photo credit: Katalin Vermes. Copyright: ©2021 Lionsgate.
Lilith (Cate Blanchett), a notorious bounty hunter with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home of Pandora, the most chaotic planet in the galaxy. Her mission is to find the missing daughter of Atlas (Edgar Ramírez), the most powerful bastard in the universe. Lilith forms an unlikely alliance with a ragtag team of misfits – Roland (Kevin Hart), a skilled mercenary on a mission; Tiny Tina (Ariana Greenblatt), a fierce prepubescent demolition expert; Krieg (Florian Munteanu), Tina’s muscle-bound protector; Tannis (Jamie Lee Curtis), the weird scientist who has seen it all; and Claptrap (Jack Black), a cheeky robot. Together, these unlikely heroes must battle an alien species and dangerous bandits to uncover one of Pandora’s most explosive secrets. The fate of the universe may be in their hands – but they will fight for something greater: each other.
“Chaos is half chaos.”
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1 hour 41 minutes9 August 2024
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Lilith (Blanchett), a notorious bounty hunter with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home of Pandora, the most chaotic planet in the galaxy. Her mission… Read the plot
“Hostel: Part II” from 2007. Photo: Lionsgate.
Three American college students studying abroad are lured into a Slovakian dormitory and discover the grim reality behind it.
“Every year in America, over 10,000 people are killed with guns. About 2,000 more are stabbed. Americans… they have no imagination.”
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1 hour 33 minutesJune 8, 2007
8. “Fin” (2021)
(Right) Eli Roth in the 2021 documentary “Fin.” Photo: Discovery+.
Follow a group of scientists, researchers and activists as they expose the shark extinction.
Bruce Willis in “The Man Sees Red” (2018). Photo: MGM.
A gentle father (Bruce Willis) turns into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by an act of violence.
“They came for his family. Now he’s coming to get them.”
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1 hour 47 minutesMarch 2, 2018
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“The Green Inferno” from 2013. Photo: Open Road Films.
A group of student activists travel from New York City to the Amazon to save the rainforest. But when they arrive in this vast green landscape, they soon discover that they are not alone… and that no good deed goes unpunished.
“Fear will eat you alive.”
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1 hour 40 minutes25 September 2015
Jack Black in “The House with a Clock in Its Clock Face”. Photo: Universal Pictures.
When ten-year-old Lewis (Owen Vaccaro) is suddenly orphaned, he is sent to live with his uncle Jonathan (Jack Black) in a creaky (and creepy) old mansion, whose walls emit a mysterious ticking sound. When Lewis discovers that his uncle is a warlock, he begins to learn magic. But when he rebels and resurrects an evil warlock, he must discover the house’s secret and save the world from destruction.
(Left to right) Lorenza Izzo, Keanu Reeves and Ana de Armas in “Knock Knock.” Photo: Lionsgate.
When a devoted husband and father (Keanu Reeves) stays home alone for the weekend, two stranded young women (Lorenza Izzo and Ana de Armas) unexpectedly knock on his door asking for help. What begins as a kind gesture develops into a dangerous seduction and a deadly game of cat and mouse.
Jay Hernandez in “Hostel.” Photo: Lionsgate.
Three backpackers head to a Slovakian town that promises to fulfill their hedonistic expectations, unaware of the hell that awaits them there.
“Welcome to your worst nightmare.”
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1 hour 34 minutesJanuary 6, 2006
“Cabin Fever” from 2002. Photo: Lionsgate.
A group of five college graduates rent a cabin in the woods and gradually become victims of a horrific flesh-eating virus that attracts the unwanted attention of the murderous locals.
“Terror… in flesh and blood.”
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1 hour 38 minutes12 September 2003
Amanda Barker “Lizzie” in “Thanksgiving” from TriStar Pictures and Spyglass Media Group, LLC Thanksgiving.
After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts—the birthplace of the holiday. Killing one resident after another, what begins as random revenge killings soon turns out to be part of a larger, sinister holiday plan.
