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C. Courtney Joyner

C. Courtney Joyner

Writer, actor and director · Born June 25, 1959 (67) · Philadelphia, PA, USA

Born
June 25, 1959 (67)
From
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Works as
Writer, actor and director
Titles
25 on MovieCove · 56 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 26% in 30 days

What are C. Courtney Joyner's films like?

Across their 23 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.

Genres

Action11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 9th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Horror4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 3rd percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 5th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 22nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Fantasy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 22nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Fantasy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
32%
Morality
20%
Power
19%
Self
13%
Society
9%
Bonds
5%
Ideas
1%
Survival11 titles, browse their movies with this themePower4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 23 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Wry: How sincerely it treats its story and characters, from ironic to earnest. Browse their wry movies.
Tone · Sincerity
ironicearnest

A split, not a type: Ironic 5 · Wry 3 · Earnest 13

Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 8 · Dark 9

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 13 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 7 · Intense 11

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 6 · Shifting 17 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 14 · Relentless 3

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 17 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 21 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
16
Dread
10
Absurd
10
Thrilling
9
Melancholic
3
Other
9

How their films linger

Fun11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet8
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous8

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch C. Courtney Joyner's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 23 of their 25 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (19).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for C. Courtney Joyner's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

56 credits, 25 with a MovieCove page; 19 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • House On Haunted Hill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as William White

  • Quadrant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Writer

  • Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Writer

  • One Step Further: Becoming Lumet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Writer

  • Carnage Collection: Forbidden Freaks(2023)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Co-Producer · Writer

  • This Is the Inner Sanctum: Making a Universal Mystery Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Associate Producer · as Self

  • The Creeper: Rondo Hatton at Universal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Associate Producer · as Self

  • Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Associate Producer · as Self

  • Bunker of Blood: Chapter 6: Zombie Lust: Night Flesh(2018)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Psycho Sideshow: Demon Freaks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director

  • Slay Belles(2018)

    as Officer J. Bishop

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • The Boneyard Collection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Lab Tech #2 (segment "Cry of the Mummy")

  • Gimme Skelter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Thanks

  • Decadent Evil(2005)

    as Club Patron

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys(2004)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Slammed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Writer

  • Tomb of Terror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director

  • Puppet Master: The Legacy(2003)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Betrayal(2003)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Stealing Candy(2003)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Deadly Stingers(2003)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • White Rush(2003)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Scream Queen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Thanks · as Detective Hammer

  • Trancers 6(2002)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Instinct to Kill(2001)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Devil's Prey(2001)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Guilty as Charged(2000)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Nautilus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Writer

  • Lip Service (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Writer

  • Dungeon of Desire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Writer

  • Shandra: The Jungle Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Writer

  • Hidden Beauties (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Writer

  • Veronica 2030 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Writer

  • Deadly Tales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as 3rd DiCaprio Hitman

  • Iron Thunder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Mark

  • Public Enemies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Screenplay

  • Lurking Fear(1994)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Mandroid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Writer

  • Distant Cousins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Invisible: The Chronicles of Benjamin Knight(1993)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • The Flesh Merchant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Chick

  • Doctor Mordrid(1992)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Trancers III(1992)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge(1991)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Demon Lover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Extra in Office

  • Class of 1999(1990)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Vietnam, Texas(1990)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Prison(1987)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • From a Whisper to a Scream(1987)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Murphy's Law(1986)

    as Bar Patron (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Divided We Fall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Makeup Artist

  • Dawn of the Dead(1978)

    as Zombie Wearing Eyeglasses

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Puppet Master: Furnace Leech Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Writer

  • The Grim Rapper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Writer

  • Zombie Bloodlines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 54 titles, 51 of them dated from 1978 to 2024.

Biggest box office

Class of 1999 (1990)

$2.5M worldwide

Highest rated

Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1991)

Midcredits 42nd

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting11 of 54: 10 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting6 of 54: 4 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting34 of 54: 31 only writing, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score9thProducing4 of 54: 3 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew3 of 54: 2 only other crew, 1 with another role

54 titles, 4 with more than one role.

By decade

1970s1 · acting1980s4 · 1 acting · 3 crew1990s18 · 4 acting · 14 crew2000s17 · 3 acting · 15 crew2010s4 · 1 acting · 3 crew2020s7 · 1 acting · 6 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do C. Courtney Joyner's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 8th percentile, the median of all 25; across their 23 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 12th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

12thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Approval · how many liked their films

7thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Reach · how many have seen their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Midcredits score across 25 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th18

Shape of the crowd

19 of their 25 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Universally Panned3
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed19

Most divisive · writer

Trancers 6 (2002)

75th percentile spread · 61% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Midcredits 96th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 33/100 and the plot and story 36/100 in their films, across 21 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is C. Courtney Joyner's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 46 · moderateMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does C. Courtney Joyner work with?

People who share at least 2 of C. Courtney Joyner's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Charles Band shares the most, 12.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles