Eli Roth on the set of ‘Borderlands’. Photo credit: Katalin Vermes. Copyright: ©2021 Lionsgate.
Director Eli Roth He is one of the current masters of horror.
The filmmaker and occasional actor (‘Inglourious Basterds‘) is best known for horror films such as ‘Cabin fever,‘ ‘Hosteland his most recent, ‘Thanksgiving.’
But Roth has also made films of other genres, including ‘Knock knock‘ ‘Death Wish‘ ‘The house with a clock in its walls‘the documentary’Finand his latest project, the adaptation to the big screen of the video game ‘Borderlandswhich opens in theaters on August 9.
In honor of the release of ‘Borderlands’, Fone Movie is counting all the feature films that Eli Roth has directed.
Let’s get started!
(L to R) Cate Blanchett as Lilith, Kevin Hart as Roland, Ariana Greenblatt as Tiny Tina, Florian Munteanu as Krieg and Jamie Lee Curtis as Tannis in ‘Borderlands’. Photo credit: Katalin Vermes. Copyright: ©2021 Lionsgate.
Lilith (Cate Blanchett), an infamous bounty hunter with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home on Pandora, the most chaotic planet in the galaxy. Her mission is to find Atlas’s missing daughter (Edgar Ramirez), the most powerful bitch in the universe, Lilith, forms an unlikely alliance with a ragtag team of misfits: Roland (Kevin Hart), an experienced mercenary on a mission; Tiny Tina (Ariana Greenblatt), a wild pre-teen demolitionist; Krieg (Florian Munteanu), Tina’s muscular protector; Tannis (Jamie Lee Curtis), the eccentric scientist who has seen it all; and Claptrap (Black Jack), a clever robot. Together, these unlikely heroes must battle an alien species and dangerous bandits to uncover one of Pandora’s most explosive secrets. The fate of the universe may rest in their hands, but they’re fighting for something more: each other.
“Chaos loves company.”
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1 hour 41 minutesAugust 9, 2024
Lilith (Blanchett), an infamous bounty hunter with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home on Pandora, the most chaotic planet in the galaxy. Her mission… Read the plot
‘Hostel: Part II’, 2007. Photo: Lionsgate.
Three American college students studying abroad are lured to a Slovakian hostel and discover the harsh reality behind it.
“Every year, more than 10,000 people in the United States are killed by guns. About 2,000 more are killed by stabbing. Americans… have no imagination.”
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1 hour 33 minutesJune 8, 2007
8. ‘Fin‘ (2021)
(Right) Eli Roth in the 2021 documentary ‘Fin’. Photo: Discovery+.
Follows a group of scientists, researchers and activists who expose the extinction of sharks.
Bruce Willis in ‘Death Wish’, 2018. Photo: MGM.
A mild-mannered father (Bruce Willis) transforms into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.
“They came for his family. Now he’s coming for them.”
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1 hour 47 minutesMarch 2, 2018
‘The Green Inferno’, 2013. Photo: Open Road Films.
A group of student activists travel from New York City to the Amazon to save the rainforest. However, once they reach this vast green landscape, they soon discover that they are not alone…and that no good deed goes unpunished.
“Fear will eat you alive.”
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1 hour 40 minutesSeptember 25, 2015
Jack Black in ‘The House with a Clock in its Walls’. Photo: Universal Pictures.
When ten-year-old Lewis (Owen Vaccaro) is suddenly orphaned and sent to live with his uncle Jonathan (Black Jack) in an old, creaky (and creepy) mansion with a mysterious ticking sound coming from the walls. Discovering that his uncle is a wizard, Lewis begins to learn magic, but when he rebelliously resurrects an evil wizard, he must find the house’s secret and save the world from destruction.
(L-R) Lorenza Izzo, Keanu Reeves and Ana de Armas in ‘Knock Knock’. Photo: Lionsgate.
When a devoted husband and father (Keanu Reeves) left home alone for the weekend, two young women stranded (Lorenza Izzo and Ana de Armas) unexpectedly knocks on her door for help. What begins as a kind gesture ends in a dangerous seduction and a deadly game of cat and mouse.
Jay Hernandez in ‘Hostel’. Photo: Lionsgate.
Three backpackers head to a Slovakian town that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.
“Welcome to your worst nightmare.”
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1 hour 34 minutesJanuary 6, 2006
‘Cabin Fever’, 2002. Photo: Lionsgate.
A group of five college graduates rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a horrific flesh-eating virus, attracting the unwanted attention of homicidal locals.
“Terror…in the flesh.”
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1 hour 38 minutesSeptember 12, 2003
Amanda Barker ‘Lizzie’ in TriStar Pictures and Spyglass Media Group, LLC’s Thanksgiving.
After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts, the birthplace of the holiday. Picking off residents one by one, what begins as random revenge soon reveals itself to be part of a larger, more sinister holiday plan.
