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William Butler

William Butler

Writer, actor, director and producer · Born June 18, 1963 (63)

Having written produced and directed around the world, Butler has created film and television programming in most countries including, Spain, Italy, Romania, Africa, the UK and of course the good old fashion U.S. He most recently wrote "To Grandmother's House We Go" for Creepshow Season 4. Butler also wrote and directed the "Baby Oopsie" television series, airing on multi-platforms and garnering Amazon's highest VOD record ever as well as wrote produced and directed "Madhouse" for Lakeshore Entertainment and "Furnace" for Lion's Gate. In the written word, Butler is also the #1 Best Selling Author of "Tawdry Tales and Confessions From Horror's Boy Next Door", which launched in May 2021. The book follows his insane journey from acting in virtually every major horror franchise to his current occupation as an independent film creator. He's also a two-time winner for best director of World of Wonder's "Music Video of the Year" 2017/2018. In 2021 he was nominated by Film Threat Magazine for BEST INDY COMEDY for the "Barbie and Kendra" re-dub movie series he created. 15 Year veteran writer producer director for Disney Channel. 22 time Telly Award winner, Winner of the Dove Award for excellence in children's entertainment, The Kids First Award for excellence in writing. One time "Scream King" Butler is also the only actor in movie history to have appeared in features with Jason Vorhees, Leatherface, Freddy Krueger the Zombies from "Night of the Living Dead".

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 18, 1963 (63)
Works as
Writer, actor, director and producer
Titles
47 on MovieCove · 74 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 8% in 30 days

What are William Butler's films like?

Across their 34 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.

Genres

Action12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 2nd percentile
: browse their Action movies
Horror10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 6th percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Comedy6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 7th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Family2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 15th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Family movies
Fantasy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 8th 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
39%
Bonds
17%
Morality
13%
Self
12%
Ideas
9%
Power
6%
Society
2%
Survival19 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge5 titles, browse their movies with this themeTechnology3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 34 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 18 · Serious 7 · Dark 9

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 16 · Stylized 13 · Heightened 5

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

Gentle 8 · Charged 16 · Intense 10

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

Steady 8 · Shifting 21 · Whiplash 5

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 15 · Some laughs 12 · Funny 7

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

Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 16 · Relentless 8

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

Casual 27 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 30 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
29
Absurd
21
Thrilling
12
Dread
9
Hopeful
4
Other
7

How their films linger

Fun20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy12
  • Bittersweet9
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous12

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 William Butler's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 35 of their 47 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (30).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for William Butler'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

74 credits, 47 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Special Op: Rent-a-Cop(2026)

    Director · Writer

  • Arctic Annihilation(2026)

    Producer

  • Geostorm(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Ice-Pocalypse(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Immortal Combat(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Master of the Universe(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • The Odyssey(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • The Gingerdead Man: Murder-Thon(2025)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Earthquake Underground (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Line Producer

  • Ballerina Assassin(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • President Down(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Barbie & Kendra Crash Joe Bob's Drive-In Jamboree! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as (voice)

  • Baby Oopsie 3: Burn Baby Burn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director · Writer

  • Snow White and the Seven Samurai(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • The 12 Slays of Christmas: 2023 Edition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director · Producer · Production Designer

  • Demonic Toys: Jack-Attack(2023)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • AIMEE. The Visitor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Producer

  • Carnage Collection: Deadly Dollies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director

  • Alien Apocalypse(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Attack of the Meth Gator(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • The 12 Slays of Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director · Producer

  • Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Producer · Production Design

  • Puppet Master: Doktor Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Producer

  • Headless Horseman(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Baby Oopsie 2: Murder Dolls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director · Production Design · Writer

  • My Babysitter the Super Hero(2022)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Curse of the Re-Animator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Beyond the Resonator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Baby Oopsie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director · Production Design · Writer

  • The Resonator: Miskatonic U(2021)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Barbie & Kendra Storm Area 51 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Writer

  • Dead Voices(2020)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Barbie & Kendra Save the Tiger King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Co-Producer · Writer · as Various shemps (voice) (as Billy Butler)

  • Butcher's Bake Off: Hell's Kitchen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director

  • Creepshow(2019)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • 3 Bears Christmas(2019)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Personal Demons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Humbert

  • Bunker of Blood: Chapter 2 - Deadly Dolls: Deepest Cuts(2018)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Gingerdead Man vs. Evil Bong(2013)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • DevilDolls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director

  • Waffle Hut (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Writer

  • Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver(2011)

    Director · Producer · Story · as Gingerdead Man (voice)

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Demonic Toys: Personal Demons(2010)

    Director · Co-Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Dead Country (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust(2008)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief(2008)

    Production Sound Mixer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Furnace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • The Gingerdead Man(2005)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis(2005)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave(2005)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Madhouse(2004)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel(2000)

    as Irvin

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Watchers Reborn(1998)

    as Duke

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Leather Jacket Love Story(1997)

    as Julian

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Crumummy (voice)

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • Melrose Place(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Brian

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows

  • Inner Sanctum(1991)

    as Jeff Siegel

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Night of the Living Dead(1990)

    as Tom

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III(1990)

    as Ryan

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Terror Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Chip

  • Buried Alive(1989)

    as Tim

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Arena(1989)

    as Skull

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt(1989)

    Prosthetic Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Cellar Dweller(1987)

    Makeup Effects

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Lady Avenger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Kevin

  • Catacombs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

  • Friday the 13th: The New Blood(1988)

    as Michael

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Spellcaster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Billy

  • Prison(1987)

    Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Ghoulies II(1987)

    as Merle

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold(1986)

    Makeup Effects

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • From Beyond(1986)

    Makeup Effects

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

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

    Makeup Artist · Makeup Effects · Producer · Production Design · Special Effects Makeup Artist · Actor

  • Untitled Geretta Geretta Horror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Earl

Career shape

Star power in the 87th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 62 titles, 60 of them dated from 1986 to 2026; peak year 1989.

Biggest box office

Night of the Living Dead (1990)

$5.8M worldwide

Highest rated

Night of the Living Dead (1990)

Midcredits 75th

Most popular right now

The Odyssey (2026)

Film career

19862026

Peak 1989 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting22 of 62: 19 only acting, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score14thDirecting21 of 62: 5 only directing, 16 with another role · typical Midcredits score12thWriting23 of 62: 7 only writing, 16 with another role · typical Midcredits score8thProducing17 of 62: 4 only producing, 13 with another role · typical Midcredits score7thOther crew12 of 62: 7 only other crew, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score12th

62 titles, 20 with more than one role — writing and acting overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1980s13 · 7 acting · 6 crew1990s7 · acting2000s9 · 2 acting · 7 crew2010s9 · 2 acting · 8 crew2020s22 · 2 acting · 21 crew

Billing

usually 8th · top billed in 14% of 7 roles

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. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do William Butler's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 7th percentile, the median of the 42 of 44 with a score; across their 34 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 8th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

8thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Approval · how many liked their films

5thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Reach · how many have seen their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Midcredits score across 45 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th37

Shape of the crowd

29 of their 45 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned4
  • Divisive6
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed29

Most divisive · director, writer, producer

3 Bears Christmas (2019)

97th percentile spread · 64% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Night of the Living Dead (1990)

Midcredits 75th · 67% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 27/100 and the plot and story 26/100 in their films, across 29 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 William Butler's work okay for kids?

Across up to 12 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 83 · severeMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity12 titles21–72 · median 46 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 79 · intenseMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 40 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 70 · intenseMedian 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 William Butler work with?

People who share at least 2 of William Butler's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; David Michael Latt shares the most, 12.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

  • David Michael Latt12 titles    See all 12 shared titles with David Michael Latt
  • David Rimawi12 titles    See all 12 shared titles with David Rimawi
  • Paul Bales12 titles    See all 12 shared titles with Paul Bales
  • John Vulich4 titles · 3 as producer    See all 4 shared titles with John Vulich

Mixed roles