Robert Tinnell

Robert Tinnell

Robert Tinnell is an American filmmaker, writer, producer, and graphic novelist from Fairmont, West Virginia. Growing up in north-central West Virginia, Tinnell developed a passion for storytelling and classic genre films, particularly horror, which would strongly influence the direction of his career. His early interest in cinema led him to work across multiple facets of the industry, from producing music videos to directing feature films and later branching into the world of comics and graphic novels. Over time, he has become known as a versatile storyteller whose work bridges film, literature, and visual art. As a filmmaker, Tinnell is best recognized for directing projects that blend fantasy, horror, and heartfelt character drama. His feature Kids of the Round Table (1995) reimagined Arthurian legend through the eyes of children, while Frankenstein and Me (1996) paid direct homage to classic horror cinema. In Frankenstein and Me, he recreated iconic sets and sequences inspired by films such as Brides of Dracula and Night of the Living Dead, showcasing his deep reverence for horror history. The film went on to earn him the Best Director award at Fantasporto and remains a fan favorite, in part because it marked one of Ryan Gosling’s earliest feature film appearances. Tinnell later directed films such as Believe (2000) and produced music videos, including Paula Abdul’s MTV award-winning hit “Straight Up,” further establishing his reputation as a creative with a wide skill set. In addition to film, Tinnell has built a strong reputation in the world of comics and graphic novels. He co-created The Black Forest with Todd Livingston and Neil Vokes, a work that blended horror and World War I adventure, and went on to author acclaimed titles such as The Wicked West, The Living and the Dead, and Sight Unseen. His graphic novel Feast of the Seven Fishes—inspired by his Italian American heritage and family traditions—was nominated for an Eisner Award and brought his personal storytelling style to a wide audience. The work later served as the basis for a feature film adaptation, further connecting his careers in film and graphic literature. Tinnell’s style is marked by a consistent blending of genres and influences. He often uses pastiche and homage to honor the filmmakers and traditions that inspired him, while also weaving in personal elements from his own upbringing and cultural background. His works move fluidly between horror, fantasy, folklore, and family drama, making them distinctive within both the independent film and comics landscapes. He has earned recognition not only through award nominations, such as the Eisners and Harvey Awards, but also through his growing reputation within horror and graphic novel communities, where his stories continue to resonate. Beyond his professional accomplishments, Robert Tinnell remains closely connected to his roots and family. He is married to Shannon, and together they have two children, Isabella and Jack. His Italian heritage, particularly the traditions passed down through his mother’s side of the family, plays a meaningful role in his storytelling and personal life. Today, Tinnell continues to live and work in West Virginia, maintaining his dual focus on filmmaking and writing while inspiring new generations of creators with his cross-disciplinary body of work.

  • Title: Robert Tinnell
  • Popularity: 0.173
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1961-04-27
  • Place of Birth: Fairmont, West Virginia, USA
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  • Also Known As: Bob Tinnell
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Robert Tinnell Movies

  • 1986
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    Star Slammer

    Star Slammer

    3.8 1986 HD

    Two women who have been unjustly confined to a prison planet plot their escape, all the while having to put up with unhinged guards, crazed wardens and mutant rodents.

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  • 2014
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    Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

    Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

    7.5 2014 HD

    Join foremost experts discussing true Horror Classics - Frankenstein, Dracula, The Black Cat, Wolfman, King Kong, Bride of Frankenstein, and more. Grab the popcorn and take a deep breath as we conjure up the thrills, chills and magic of Monster Madness!

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  • 2014
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    Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins

    Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins

    6 2014 HD

    From THINGS to BODY SNATCHERS to CREATURES FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, sci-fi monsters dominated 1950s horror. Take a ride to an era of drive-ins, Red Scares, low budgets and big bugs with SPACE INVADERS AND DRIVE INS.

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  • 1996
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    Frankenstein and Me

    Frankenstein and Me

    5.2 1996 HD

    Earl Williams is a dreamer teenager obsessed with monsters, who fantasizes his life as if he were living in the world of the monsters of Universal Studios. Although being an excellent student, his intolerant and nasty school teacher Mrs. Perdue does not like him and punishes him for any minor fault. His supportive father Les Williams is also a dreamer, who has never been successful in life. When his father dies, his mother becomes lost with two boys, and tries to change the behavior of Earl. One day, the boy finds the "true Frankenstein" lost by a Carnival, and decides to bring the monster back to life.

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  • 1996
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    Frankenstein and Me

    Frankenstein and Me

    5.2 1996 HD

    Earl Williams is a dreamer teenager obsessed with monsters, who fantasizes his life as if he were living in the world of the monsters of Universal Studios. Although being an excellent student, his intolerant and nasty school teacher Mrs. Perdue does not like him and punishes him for any minor fault. His supportive father Les Williams is also a dreamer, who has never been successful in life. When his father dies, his mother becomes lost with two boys, and tries to change the behavior of Earl. One day, the boy finds the "true Frankenstein" lost by a Carnival, and decides to bring the monster back to life.

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  • 1998
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    Airspeed

    Airspeed

    4.4 1998 HD

    When wealthy executive Raymond Stone sends out his private plane to pick up his spoiled teenage daughter, Nicole, and a pair of his top-ranking employees, disaster strikes. While the jet flies through an electrical storm, the pilot and other passengers are incapacitated, and Nicole is left on her own to keep the plane in the air, guided by an air traffic controller. Can the irresponsible and panic-stricken teen find a way to land the jet?

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  • 2000
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    Believe

    Believe

    5.357 2000 HD

    After being continually kicked out of boarding schools, Ben is sent to live with his stern Grandfather in a small town. Almost as soon as he arrives he begins to see the ghost of a woman around his grandfather's house. He also gets to know a girl named Kathrine and the two fast become friends. They both want to help the ghost who holds a connection to both of their families. As they research the past, Ben and Katherine find out that sometimes all you need to do to help someone is to believe.

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  • 2000
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    Believe

    Believe

    5.357 2000 HD

    After being continually kicked out of boarding schools, Ben is sent to live with his stern Grandfather in a small town. Almost as soon as he arrives he begins to see the ghost of a woman around his grandfather's house. He also gets to know a girl named Kathrine and the two fast become friends. They both want to help the ghost who holds a connection to both of their families. As they research the past, Ben and Katherine find out that sometimes all you need to do to help someone is to believe.

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  • 2023
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    Charles Wesley Godwin - Stage AE Documentary

    Charles Wesley Godwin - Stage AE Documentary

    10 2023 HD

    Charles Wesley Godwin & The Allegheny High play live at Stage AE in Pittsburgh, PA. Intercut with Charles musing on inspirations for his music as he drives through West Virginia.

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  • 1995
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    Kids of the Round Table

    Kids of the Round Table

    4.4 1995 HD

    Set in modern times, Alex finds King Arthur's sword Excalibur and must prove himself worthy of it.

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  • 1995
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    Kids of the Round Table

    Kids of the Round Table

    4.4 1995 HD

    Set in modern times, Alex finds King Arthur's sword Excalibur and must prove himself worthy of it.

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  • 2023
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    A Rose for Her Grave: The Randy Roth Story

    A Rose for Her Grave: The Randy Roth Story

    6.6 2023 HD

    Lori becomes distraught when her best friend, Cindy Roth, drowns under mysterious circumstances while on a trip with her husband, Randy. Determined to honor Cindy and learn the truth, she starts to uncover disturbing evidence from Randy's past.

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  • 2016
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    Grindsploitation

    Grindsploitation

    5.1 2016 HD

    Exploitation anthology from the twisted minds of established and up and coming directors from across the globe.

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  • 1988
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    South of Reno

    South of Reno

    4.286 1988 HD

    In a drab desert town, some 200 miles south of Reno, an indecisive man with an unfaithful wife dreams of someday, someday, taking charge of his drifting life.

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  • 1994
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    Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror

    Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror

    7.273 1994 HD

    Explore the most legendary horror studio of all time with this fascinating, frightening journey hosted by terror titans Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. England's most successful independent film company, the "fear factory" of Hammer Studios, has a history filled with feuds, censorship battles and streaks of luck both good and bad. Now the legacy of horror returns, featuring interviews with such Hammer legends as Raquel Welch, Veronica Carlson, Caroline Munro, Ingrid Pitt, Jimmy Sangster, Hazel Court, Martine Beswicke, Freddie Francis, Val Guest and Ray Harryhausen. Plus you'll be treated to behind-the-scenes home movies and nonstop shock scenes from over 40 classic films, including Horror of Dracula, Curse of Frankenstein, The Devil Rides Out, Curse of the Werewolf and many more! It's the definitive study of one of the greatest names in horror!

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  • 1993
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    Young Goodman Brown

    Young Goodman Brown

    5 1993 HD

    Based of Nathaniel Hawthorn's short story of the same name. Newly married husband leaves for the night only to discover his wife maybe a witch.

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  • 2024
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    Gaslit by My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story

    Gaslit by My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story

    6 2024 HD

    After a masked intruder assaults Morgan Metzer in her home, her ex-husband, Rodney, shows up minutes later. Questioned by the authorities, Rodney's story doesn't seem to add up, making him the prime suspect in the attack.

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  • 2024
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    The Bad Guardian

    The Bad Guardian

    7.6 2024 HD

    A woman tries to save her father from a corrupt and greedy court-appointed guardian.

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  • 2023
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    12 Desperate Hours

    12 Desperate Hours

    6.192 2023 HD

    It centers on Val who finds herself and her young children held hostage by Denny when he forces his way into her house after committing murder that day.

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  • 2012
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    Requiem For The Damned

    Requiem For The Damned

    4.5 2012 HD

    Edgar Allan Poe. For nearly two hundred years his stories of the macabre have shocked and terrified audiences. And now, inspired by five of Poe's most terrifying tales, five filmmakers have banded together to create the ultimate tribute to the master: Edgar Allan Poe's Requiem For The Damned - featuring adaptations of : The Fall of the House of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Black Cat, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Murders in the Rue Morgue.

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  • 1986
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    Star Slammer

    Star Slammer

    3.8 1986 HD

    Two women who have been unjustly confined to a prison planet plot their escape, all the while having to put up with unhinged guards, crazed wardens and mutant rodents.

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  • 1986
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    Armed Response

    Armed Response

    4.656 1986 HD

    One of Tanaka's underlings has stolen a rare statuette that he had planned to use as a peace offering between the local Yakusa and Chinese Tong. He hires two private investigators to exchange ransom money to recover the statuette, but the trade goes down bad and Clay Roth is killed. This angers Roth's brothers and father, all combat veterans, and they go after the people responsible

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  • 1987
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    Surf Nazis Must Die

    Surf Nazis Must Die

    3.857 1987 HD

    When a Black oil well worker is killed by a band of California neo-Nazis, his gun-wielding grandmother busts out of her retirement home to avenge him.

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  • 2019
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    Feast of the Seven Fishes

    Feast of the Seven Fishes

    6.6 2019 HD

    A slice of life story that follows a large Italian family on Christmas Eve as they prepare for the traditional Feast of the Seven Fishes, reminisce about the past and seek love in the future.

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  • 1989
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    Kill Me Again

    Kill Me Again

    6.051 1989 HD

    After Faye and her psychotic boyfriend, Vince, successfully rob a mob courier, Faye decides to abscond with the loot. She heads to Reno, where she hires feckless private investigator Jack Andrews to help fake her death. He pulls the scheme off and sets up Faye with a new identity, only to have her skip out on him without paying. Jack follows her to Vegas and learns he's not the only one after her. Vince has discovered that she's still alive.

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  • 2019
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    Feast of the Seven Fishes

    Feast of the Seven Fishes

    6.6 2019 HD

    A slice of life story that follows a large Italian family on Christmas Eve as they prepare for the traditional Feast of the Seven Fishes, reminisce about the past and seek love in the future.

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  • 1987
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    Surf Nazis Must Die

    Surf Nazis Must Die

    3.857 1987 HD

    When a Black oil well worker is killed by a band of California neo-Nazis, his gun-wielding grandmother busts out of her retirement home to avenge him.

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  • 1987
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    Surf Nazis Must Die

    Surf Nazis Must Die

    3.857 1987 HD

    When a Black oil well worker is killed by a band of California neo-Nazis, his gun-wielding grandmother busts out of her retirement home to avenge him.

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  • 2014
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    The Hunted

    The Hunted

    5.1 2014 HD

    Chasing their dream of landing their own hunting show, Jake and Stevie head to the dense, secluded mountains of West Virginia. Equipped with only their bow and camera, they have just three days to kill a monster buck big enough to grab the attention of the network...and they've found him. But the sun has set, and they realize they're not alone.

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  • 2019
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    Back Fork

    Back Fork

    5.476 2019 HD

    When the strain of tragedy was too much for a young couple in Appalachia, prescription pills became the medicine to ease the pain.

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  • 1970
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    Homebound

    Homebound

    1 1970 HD

    After waking bound, gagged, and trapped in the dark, a panicked young mother must outwit her captor to escape the trunk of his moving car.

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  • 2025
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    Killing the Competition

    Killing the Competition

    6.7 2025 HD

    A loving mother becomes enraged after her daughter is cut from her alma mater's dance team.

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  • 2025
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    Kidnapped by a Killer: The Heather Robinson Story

    Kidnapped by a Killer: The Heather Robinson Story

    6.3 2025 HD

    This is the TRUE STORY of how Heather Robinson grew up in a loving family in Illinois and, by the time she was a teen, had long known that she had been adopted as an infant. But in 2000, the then-15-year-old’s world was shattered when she learned that the man she knew as her uncle, John Robinson, was actually a serial killer accused of murdering multiple women in the Kansas City area, including her biological mother. Following her uncle’s arrest, Heather learns the shocking truth about her birth mother’s disappearance.

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  • 1970
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    River

    River

    1 1970 HD

    Three siblings who, after being stranded in a boat on a country river, are stalked by a faceless killer.

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