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4Eli Raphael Roth (born April 18, 1972 in Newton, Massachusetts) is an American film director, producer, writer and actor. A proud member of a group of horror directors known as the Splat Pack, Roth is known for his financially successful SplatterHorror films, sparking the latest trend of R-rated {{horror}} films during a time when PG-13 films were considered more lucrative.
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6Creator/QuentinTarantino loves him like a brother; they have worked together on several projects of each person's creation, and they clearly have a lot in common. Best not to ask what that involves, but it sounds like a lot of fun.
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8He, along with Jack Davis, is a co-founder of WebVideo/CryptTV.
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11!! Filmography:
12!!!As director[[note]]Unless noted otherwise, Roth also wrote the following films[[/note]]
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14* ''Film/CabinFever'' (2001): Appears as Justin / Grimm
15* ''Film/{{Hostel}}'' (2005): Appears as American Stoner
16* ''Film/HostelPartII'' (2007)
17* ''Film/TheGreenInferno'' (2013): Co-written by Guillermo Amoedo
18* ''Film/{{Knock Knock|2015}}'' (2015): Co-written by Guillermo Amoedo and Nicolás López
19* ''Film/{{Death Wish|2018}}'' (2018): Written by Joe Carnahan
20* ''Film/TheHouseWithAClockInItsWalls'' (2018): Written by Creator/EricKripke. Roth's first PG-rated film, and his highest-grossing film to date.
21* ''Fin'' (2021): A documentary about the worldwide extinction of sharks. Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio and Creator/NinaDobrev served as executive producers.
22* ''Film/{{Thanksgiving|2023}}'' (2023, upcoming): The {{defictionalization}} of the {{slasher movie}} ''Thanksgiving'' listed below.
23* ''Film/{{Borderlands|2024}}'' (2024, upcoming): A film adaptation of the [[VideoGame/{{Borderlands}} video game series]].
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25!!!As producer
26* ''[[Film/TwoThousandManiacs 2001 Maniacs!]]'' (2005)
27* ''Film/TheLastExorcism'' (2010)
28* ''Film/TheManWithTheIronFists'' (2012): Also co-wrote the screenplay with [[Music/WuTangClan RZA]], who directed the film, and appears in a cameo role.
29* ''Film/TheLastExorcismPartII'' (2013)
30* ''Film/{{Clown}}'' (2014): [[spoiler:Appears as [[MonsterClown Frowny the Clown]].]]
31* ''The Stranger'' (2014)
32* ''Film/{{Baywatch}}'' (2017)
33* ''Film/{{Haunt}}'' (2019)
34!!!Other associated films
35* ''Film/{{Grindhouse}}'' (2007): Directed the [[RealTrailerFakeMovie faux]] trailer for the holiday slasher movie ''Thanksgiving''.
36* ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'' (2009): Appears as Sgt. Donny Donowitz a.k.a. "The Bear Jew". Also directed the FilmWithinAFilm ''Film/StolzDerNation''.
37* ''Film/Piranha3D'' (2010): A remake of the 1978 {{horror comedy}} ''Film/{{Piranha}}'' by fellow Splat Pack director Creator/AlexandreAja.
38* ''Film/{{Aftershock}}'' (2012): Co-wrote the screenplay with Nicolas Lopez (the film's director) and Guillermo Amoedo. Appears in the lead role [[spoiler:([[DecoyProtagonist at least for half the runtime]])]].
39!!!Television:
40* ''WesternAnimation/FrightKrewe'' (2023): Co-creator.
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43!!Associated tropes:
44* AfraidOfBlood: Like a lot of gore-tastic directors.
45* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: A good 99% of Roth's protagonists.
46* MotorMouth: He never shuts up, ever. He admits this on one of the Hostel DVD Commentaries.
47* OlderThanTheyLook: Would you believe he's 51?
48* PigeonholedDirector: He clearly admits that all he wants to make are horror movies.
49* PlayingAgainstType: This director of [[{{Gorn}} gory]], [[DarkerAndEdgier edgy]] horror movies did this [[RuleOfThree thrice]] thus far.
50** ''Film/DeathWish2018'': A still [[{{Gorn}} gory and violent]] action revenge thriller that stars Creator/BruceWillis and serves as a remake of [[Film/DeathWish1974 the 1974 crime drama of the same name]].
51** ''Film/TheHouseWithAClockInItsWalls'': A kid-friendly PG-rated fantasy film starring Creator/JackBlack, Creator/CateBlanchett, and Creator/KyleMacLachlan based on [[Literature/TheHouseWithAClockInItsWalls a children's novel of the same name]]. [[DownplayedTrope Although]], it's also very noticably more [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids scarier and creepier]] than most kids' films at the time, much like [[Film/Poltergeist1982 the 80s classics]] that [[Creator/AmblinEntertainment its production company]] [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial had a]] [[Film/{{Gremlins|1984}} hand in with]] [[Film/TheGoonies bringing to life]].
52** ''WesternAnimation/FrightKrewe'' is an animated series co-created by Roth and produced by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation. Like ''The House with a Clock in its Walls'', it's a more family oriented production that remains scarier than most of what [=DreamWorks=] tends to produce.
53** ''Borderlands (2024)'': A ScienceFiction [[ActionGenre Action Comedy]] based on [[VideoGame/{{Borderlands}} the video game franchise of the same name]] also starring Creator/CateBlanchett and Creator/JackBlack, this time joined by Creator/EdgarRamirez, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/ArianaGreenblatt, and Creator/KevinHart in supporting roles.
54* TomatoInTheMirror: While filming a documentary about sociopaths for the Science Channel, he allowed himself to be profiled by a specialist in Antisocial Personality Disorder. The profile revealed that Roth himself possesses many of the traits normally labeled sociopathic.
55* TropeBreaker: Roth has long voiced his disapproval of the longstanding horror film trope that says that [[SexSignalsDeath promiscuous characters always die (and die horribly)]] while the virgin character ends up the last (wo)man standing. As such, it's common to see in his films that [[spoiler:the virgin girl/guy always dying and dying horribly while the manslut/slutty female character survives or at the very least, is the last one killed)]].
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