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Samuel Z. Arkoff

Samuel Z. Arkoff

Producer, also actor · Died September 16, 2001, aged 83 · Fort Dodge, Iowa, USA

Born
June 12, 1918
Died
September 16, 2001 (aged 83)
From
Fort Dodge, Iowa, USA
Works as
Producer, also actor
Titles
188 on MovieCove · 206 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 28% in 30 days

What are Samuel Z. Arkoff's films like?

Across their 181 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 181 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 72 · Serious 46 · Dark 63

A split, not a type: Grounded 79 · Stylized 67 · Heightened 35

Gentle 30 · Charged 95 · Intense 56

Steady 57 · Shifting 101 · Whiplash 23

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 103 · Some laughs 44 · Funny 34

Slow burn 62 · Even-paced 107 · Relentless 12

Casual 108 · Engaged 64 · Full focus 9

Easy watch 92 · Affecting 64 · Heavy 25

Resolved 139 · Open-ended 33 · Ambiguous 9

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
132
Dread
56
Melancholic
66
Absurd
46
Thrilling
47
Other
113

How their films end · 28 with a twist

  • Happy55
  • Bittersweet76
  • Tragic27
  • Ambiguous19
  • Cyclical4

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 Samuel Z. Arkoff's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 167 of their 188 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (119).

Subscription and free streaming for Samuel Z. Arkoff'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

206 credits, 188 with a MovieCove page; 12 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Teenage Caveman(2002)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
  • She Creature(2001)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
  • The Day the World Ended(2001)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
  • How to Make a Monster(2001)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
  • Earth vs. the Spider(2001)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
  • The Haunting(1999)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
  • The Dark Side of Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Actor

  • Runaway Daughters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Storekeeper

  • Rebel Highway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Shopkeeper

  • Hellhole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Executive Producer

  • Up the Creek(1984)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
  • The Final Terror(1983)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • Q: The Winged Serpent(1982)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
  • Underground Aces(1981)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
  • Dressed to Kill(1980)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • The Earthling(1980)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • How to Beat the High Cost of Living(1980)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
  • Defiance(1980)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • Gorp(1980)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
  • Nothing Personal(1980)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
  • C.H.O.M.P.S.(1979)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
  • Meteor(1979)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
  • Something Short of Paradise(1979)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
  • The Amityville Horror(1979)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • The Evictors(1979)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • California Dreaming(1979)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
  • The Visitor(1979)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • Jaguar Lives!(1979)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
  • Love at First Bite(1979)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • Seven(1979)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • Sunnyside(1979)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
  • The Norseman(1978)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
  • Our Winning Season(1978)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
  • Mean Dog Blues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Executive Producer

  • Here Come the Tigers(1978)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
  • High-Ballin'(1978)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • Matilda(1978)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
  • Youngblood(1978)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
  • Rolling Thunder(1977)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • The Island of Dr. Moreau(1977)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
  • The People That Time Forgot(1977)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • Empire of the Ants(1977)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
  • Joyride(1977)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
  • Tentacles(1977)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
  • Breaker! Breaker!(1977)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
  • Chatterbox!(1977)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
  • Cracking Up(1977)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • Last Cannibal World(1977)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
  • Record City(1977)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
  • The Chosen(1977)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
  • The Monkey Hu$tle(1976)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
  • The Town That Dreaded Sundown(1976)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
  • A Matter of Time(1976)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
  • Futureworld(1976)

    Executive Producer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
  • A Small Town in Texas(1976)

    Presenter

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday(1976)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • The Food of the Gods(1976)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
  • Street People(1976)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
  • Dragonfly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Executive Producer

  • At the Earth's Core(1976)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
  • Escape from Angola(1976)

    Executive Producer · Presenter

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
  • J.D.'s Revenge(1976)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • Shout at the Devil(1976)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • Special Delivery(1976)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
  • Squirm(1976)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
  • The House by the Lake(1976)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
  • Who Can Kill a Child?(1976)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • Hennessy(1975)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • Return to Macon County(1975)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • The Wild Party(1975)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
  • Cooley High(1975)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
  • Abby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Executive Producer

  • Macon County Line(1974)

    Presenter

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Madhouse(1974)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • Sugar Hill(1974)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • Hell Up in Harlem(1973)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
  • Heavy Traffic(1973)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • Dillinger(1973)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Scream Blacula Scream(1973)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
  • Little Cigars(1973)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
  • Coffy(1973)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • Blacula(1972)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • Slaughter(1972)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • Dr. Phibes Rises Again(1972)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • Boxcar Bertha(1972)

    Executive Producer · Presenter

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • Baron Blood(1972)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • Bunny O'Hare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Executive Producer

  • Murders in the Rue Morgue(1971)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
  • The Abominable Dr. Phibes(1971)

    Executive Producer · Presenter

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • Godzilla vs. Hedorah(1971)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
  • Up in the Cellar(1970)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
  • Cry of the Banshee(1970)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
  • Wuthering Heights(1970)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • Dorian Gray(1970)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
  • Bloody Mama(1970)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
  • The Dunwich Horror(1970)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
  • An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe(1970)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Space Amoeba(1970)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • De Sade(1969)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
  • Two Gentlemen Sharing(1969)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • Three in the Attic(1968)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
  • Wild in the Streets(1968)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • Witchfinder General(1968)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • The Savage Seven(1968)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • Psych-Out(1968)

    Executive Producer · Presenter

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
  • Devil's Angels(1967)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
  • Thunder Alley(1967)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
  • The Trip(1967)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • What's Up, Tiger Lily?(1966)

    Presenter

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
  • Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs(1966)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
  • The Wild Angels(1966)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
  • Fireball 500(1966)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
  • Queen of Blood(1966)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
  • The Big T.N.T. Show(1965)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
  • The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Presenter

  • Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
  • Die, Monster, Die!(1965)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
  • Sergeant Dead Head(1965)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
  • Frankenstein vs. Baragon(1965)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
  • Ski Party(1965)

    Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
  • Beach Blanket Bingo(1965)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
  • City in the Sea(1965)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
  • Pajama Party(1964)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • The Tomb of Ligeia(1964)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • Bikini Beach(1964)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • The Last Man on Earth(1964)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • Muscle Beach Party(1964)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
  • War of the Zombies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Executive Producer

  • The Comedy of Terrors(1963)

    Presenter · Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
  • Crypt of the Vampire(1964)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
  • The Haunted Palace(1963)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Beach Party(1963)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
  • X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes(1963)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • Operation Bikini(1963)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
  • The Raven(1963)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
  • Panic in Year Zero!(1962)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
  • Tales of Terror(1962)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Night of the Eagle(1962)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
  • The Premature Burial(1962)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • Fury of Achilles(1962)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
  • The Pit and the Pendulum(1961)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • Master of the World(1961)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
  • Reptilicus(1961)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
  • Assignment: Outer Space (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Executive Producer

  • Circus of Horrors(1960)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
  • Alakazam the Great(1960)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • Black Sunday(1960)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
  • Tank Commandos(1959)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
  • Paratroop Command(1959)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • A Bucket of Blood(1959)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • Submarine Seahawk(1958)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
  • Terror from the Year 5000 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Executive Producer

  • The Day the Sky Exploded (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Executive Producer

  • The Spider(1958)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
  • Hot Rod Gang(1958)

    Presenter

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • Teenage Cave Man(1958)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
  • War of the Colossal Beast(1958)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
  • Machine-Gun Kelly(1958)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
  • Suicide Battalion(1958)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
  • High School Hellcats(1958)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
  • The Amazing Colossal Man(1957)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
  • Reform School Girl(1957)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • Invasion of the Saucer Men(1957)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
  • Dragstrip Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Executive Producer

  • Voodoo Woman(1957)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
  • Motorcycle Gang(1957)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
  • Naked Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Executive Producer · as Sam (uncredited)

  • The She-Creature(1956)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
  • It Conquered the World(1956)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
  • Girls in Prison(1956)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
  • Female Jungle(1955)

    Executive Producer · Presenter

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
  • The Oklahoma Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Executive Producer

  • Gunslinger(1956)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
  • Hot Rod Girl(1956)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
  • Runaway Daughters(1956)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
  • Shake, Rattle & Rock!(1956)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Executive Producer

  • Apache Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Executive Producer

  • Day the World Ended(1955)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
  • Five Guns West(1955)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
  • Outlaw Treasure(1955)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 144 titles from 1955 to 2002.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting5 of 144: 4 only acting, 1 with another roleProducing135 of 144: 128 only producing, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score28thOther crew11 of 144: 5 only other crew, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score36th

144 titles, 7 with more than one role — producing and other crew overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

1950s27 · 1 acting · 27 crew1960s45 · crew1970s56 · crew1980s7 · crew1990s4 · 3 acting · 1 crew2000s5 · 1 acting · 4 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 Samuel Z. Arkoff's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 29th percentile, the median of all 188; across their 181 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 35th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

35thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 181

Approval · how many liked their films

23rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 181

Reach · how many have seen their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 181

Midcredits score across 188 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up14
  • 50th to 74th24
  • 25th to 49th67
  • Below 25th83

Shape of the crowd

107 of their 188 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Universally Panned17
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Crowd Pleaser34
  • Broadly Agreed28
  • Mixed107

Reviewers score the acting 56/100 in their films, across 177 reviewed titles; fans 69, detractors 37. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

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 Samuel Z. Arkoff's work okay for kids?

Across up to 53 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore29 titles43–84 · median 63 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity53 titles13–66 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity26 titles13–67 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs25 titles15–47 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense26 titles43–80 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Samuel Z. Arkoff work with?

People who share at least 2 of Samuel Z. Arkoff's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Roger Corman shares the most, 26.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

  • Les Baxter22 titles
    See newest 12 of 22 shared titles with Les Baxter
  • Ronald Sinclair20 titles
    See newest 12 of 20 shared titles with Ronald Sinclair
  • Floyd Crosby20 titles
    See newest 12 of 20 shared titles with Floyd Crosby
  • Ronald Stein16 titles
    See newest 12 of 16 shared titles with Ronald Stein

Producers

Mixed roles