Michael Roesch (born April 24, 1974) is a film director, film producer and screenwriter. He collaborates on his movies with fellow filmmaker Peter Scheerer. A movie aficionado since he was a kid, Michael Roesch started shooting short 8 mm movies at age 12. While Roesch was at college, he worked as a film journalist for several newspapers and magazines. Later he started together with his writing partner Peter Scheerer a successful career as a screenwriter, and worked in various production capacities. Among their screenwriting credits are 'House of the Dead 2 and the upcoming Far Cry. In 2006 Roesch and Scheerer directed their first feature, the vampire thriller Brotherhood of Blood, starring Victoria Pratt, Sid Haig and Ken Foree. The movie had its world premiere at the prestigious Sitges Film Festival in Sitges, Spain in October 2007. In 2007 Roesch and Scheerer directed Alone in the Dark II, starring Rick Yune, Lance Henriksen and Danny Trejo. It is a sequel to the 2005 film Alone in the Dark. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Roesch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- April 24, 1974 (52)
- Producer, writer and director
- 18 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
What are Michael Roesch's films like?
Across their 18 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 2 · Earnest 13
A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 6 · Dark 8
Grounded 7 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 2
Gentle 2 · Charged 6 · Intense 10
Steady 5 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 16 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 11 · Relentless 4
Casual 8 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 8 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 3
Resolved 15 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet8
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous4
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 Michael Roesch's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (15).
- First Shift (2024) · producer · free
- Brotherhood of Blood (2007) · director, writer · free
- Swift (2019) · producer · free
- Forbidden Empire (2014) · producer · free
- Alone in the Dark 2 (2008) · director, writer · free
- Run (2025) · producer · free
- House of the Dead 2 (2005) · writer · free
- In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007) · producer · free
- Prisoners of the Sun (2013) · producer · free
- Blubberella (2011) · producer · free
- BloodRayne: The Third Reich (2011) · producer · free
- Far Cry (2008) · writer · free
- +3 more
- First Shift (2024) · producer
- Brotherhood of Blood (2007) · director, writer
- Swift (2019) · producer
- Run (2025) · producer
- In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007) · producer
- Prisoners of the Sun (2013) · producer
- BloodRayne: The Third Reich (2011) · producer
- Far Cry (2008) · writer
- BloodRayne (2005) · producer
- First Shift (2024) · producer · free
- Brotherhood of Blood (2007) · director, writer · free
- Alone in the Dark 2 (2008) · director, writer · free
- In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007) · producer · free
- BloodRayne: The Third Reich (2011) · producer · free
- Alone in the Dark (2005) · writer · free
- BloodRayne (2005) · producer · free
- House of the Dead (2003) · producer · free
Subscription and free streaming for Michael Roesch'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
25 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page.
Citizen Vigilante(2026)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Run(2025)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
First Shift(2024)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Bandidos and I (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Swift(2019)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Female Fight Squad(2016)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Forbidden Empire(2014)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Prisoners of the Sun(2013)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Blubberella(2011)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Far Cry(2008)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Alone in the Dark 2(2008)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Brotherhood of Blood(2007)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
House of the Dead 2(2005)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
BloodRayne(2005)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Alone in the Dark(2005)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
House of the Dead(2003)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all filmsAlone in the Dark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
First Shift: Redemption (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
First Shift: Vengeance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Ness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Ocean on Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Wonderland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 21 titles, 15 of them dated from 2003 to 2026.
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 Michael Roesch's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 4th percentile, the median of all 18; across their 18 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 4th percentile for acclaim.
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th14
Shape of the crowd
10 of their 18 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Panned3
- Loved with Detractors1
- Divisive3
- Cult Classic1
- Mixed10
Reviewers score the dialogue 20/100 and the plot and story 21/100 in their films, across 18 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 Michael Roesch's work okay for kids?
Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity and profanity run heavier than most films.
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 Michael Roesch work with?
People who share at least 2 of Michael Roesch's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Uwe Boll shares the most, 14.
Directors
- Uwe BollShared titles: Citizen Vigilante (2026), Run (2025), First Shift (2024), Hanau (Deutschland im Winter - Part 1) (2022), Forbidden Empire (2014), Prisoners of the Sun (2013), BloodRayne: The Third Reich (2011), Blubberella (2011), Alone in the Dark 2 (2008), Far Cry (2008), In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007), Alone in the Dark (2005) and 2 moreSee newest 12 of 14 shared titles with Uwe Boll
- Peter ScheererShared titles: Run (2025), BloodRayne: The Third Reich (2011), Blubberella (2011), Alone in the Dark 2 (2008), Far Cry (2008), Brotherhood of Blood (2007), In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007), Alone in the Dark (2005), BloodRayne (2005), House of the Dead 2 (2005)See all 10 shared titles with Peter Scheerer
Writers
- Mark A. AltmanShared titles: House of the Dead 2 (2005), House of the Dead (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Mark A. Altman
Actors
- Michael ParéShared titles: BloodRayne: The Third Reich (2011), Blubberella (2011), Alone in the Dark 2 (2008), Far Cry (2008), BloodRayne (2005)See all 5 shared titles with Michael Paré
- Steffen MennekesShared titles: Citizen Vigilante (2026), Hanau (Deutschland im Winter - Part 1) (2022), BloodRayne: The Third Reich (2011), Blubberella (2011)See all 4 shared titles with Steffen Mennekes
- Clint HowardShared titles: BloodRayne: The Third Reich (2011), Blubberella (2011), House of the Dead (2003)See all 3 shared titles with Clint Howard
- Will SandersonShared titles: Alone in the Dark (2005), BloodRayne (2005), House of the Dead (2003)See all 3 shared titles with Will Sanderson
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Mathias NeumannShared titles: Run (2025), First Shift (2024), Hanau (Deutschland im Winter - Part 1) (2022), BloodRayne: The Third Reich (2011), Blubberella (2011), Far Cry (2008), In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007), Alone in the Dark (2005), BloodRayne (2005), House of the Dead (2003)See all 10 shared titles with Mathias Neumann
- Jessica de RooijShared titles: BloodRayne: The Third Reich (2011), Blubberella (2011), Alone in the Dark 2 (2008), Far Cry (2008), In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007)See all 5 shared titles with Jessica de Rooij
- David M. RichardsonShared titles: In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007), BloodRayne (2005), House of the Dead (2003)See all 3 shared titles with David M. Richardson
- Ethan ManiquisShared titles: Run (2025), First Shift (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Ethan Maniquis
Producers
- Jonathan ShoreShared titles: BloodRayne: The Third Reich (2011), Blubberella (2011), Alone in the Dark 2 (2008), Far Cry (2008), In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007), Alone in the Dark (2005), BloodRayne (2005), House of the Dead (2003)See all 8 shared titles with Jonathan Shore
- Wolfgang HeroldShared titles: BloodRayne: The Third Reich (2011), Alone in the Dark 2 (2008), Far Cry (2008), Brotherhood of Blood (2007), In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007), Alone in the Dark (2005), BloodRayne (2005), House of the Dead (2003)See all 8 shared titles with Wolfgang Herold
- Dan ClarkeShared titles: BloodRayne: The Third Reich (2011), Blubberella (2011), Far Cry (2008), In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007), Alone in the Dark (2005), BloodRayne (2005), House of the Dead (2003)See all 7 shared titles with Dan Clarke
- Shawn WilliamsonShared titles: Far Cry (2008), In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007), Alone in the Dark (2005), BloodRayne (2005), House of the Dead (2003)See all 5 shared titles with Shawn Williamson
