Robert Tapert

Robert Tapert

Birth : 1955-05-14, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA

History

Robert Gerard Tapert (born May 14, 1955), sometimes credited as Rob Tapert, Robert G. Tapert, or Rip Tapert, is an American film producer, best known for his co-founding of, and his subsequent work with, the Renaissance Pictures company.

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Robert Tapert

Movies

Evil Dead Rise
Producer
Three siblings find an ancient vinyl that gives birth to bloodthirsty demons that run amok in a Los Angeles apartment building and thrusts them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.
Don't Breathe 2
Producer
The Blind Man has been hiding out for several years in an isolated cabin and has taken in and raised a young girl orphaned from a devastating house fire. Their quiet life together is shattered when a group of criminals kidnap the girl, forcing the Blind Man to leave his safe haven to save her.
The Unholy
Producer
Alice is young hearing-impaired girl who, after a supposed visitation from the Virgin Mary, is inexplicably able to hear, speak and heal the sick. As word spreads and people from near and far flock to witness her miracles, a disgraced journalist hoping to revive his career visits the small New England town to investigate. When terrifying events begin to happen all around, he starts to question if these phenomena are the works of the Virgin Mary or something much more sinister.
The Grudge
Producer
After a young mother murders her family in her own house, a detective attempts to investigate the mysterious case, only to discover that the house is cursed by a vengeful ghost. Now targeted by the demonic spirits, the detective must do anything to protect herself and her family from harm.
Don't Breathe
Producer
A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.
Poltergeist
Producer
A family's suburban home is invaded by angry spirits. When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and take the youngest daughter, the family must come together to rescue her.
Evil Dead
Producer
Five young friends find the mysterious and fiercely powerful Book of the Dead, and unable to resist its temptation, release a violent demon on a bloodthirsty quest to possess them all.
Zombie Roadkill
Executive Producer
Centers around a group of college kids as they are driving on an unfamiliar road. Everything seems fit for a road trip to the lake but, when the group accidentally runs over an unsuspecting squirrel, they quickly realize there will be a price to pay. The cursed road brings the zombie squirrel back to life to terrorize the kids. After the kids crash and everyone is injured except the younger brother, he is forced to set out on a journey to defeat the ancient curse and save his brother and friends before it is too late.
30 Days of Night: Dark Days
Producer
After surviving the incidents in Barrow, Alaska, Stella Olemaun relocates to Los Angeles, where she intentionally attracts the attention of the local vampire population in order to avenge the death of her husband, Eben.
Drag Me to Hell
Producer
After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. Her only hope seems to lie in a psychic who claims he can help her lift the curse and keep her soul from being dragged straight to hell.
One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead
Himself
Cast and crew, as well as some famous fans, recall the insanity that was the making of the ultimate experience of grueling terror that is The Evil Dead.
Boogeyman 2
Executive Producer
A young woman attempts to cure her phobia of the boogeyman by checking herself into a mental health facility, only to realize too late that she is now helplessly trapped with her own greatest fear.
30 Days of Night
Producer
This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town's husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction.
Rise: Blood Hunter
Executive Producer
A reporter on the trail of a sinister cult wakes up in a morgue to find herself a member of the undead. She goes on a personal vendetta for a group a cultists that are responsible for her death.
The Messengers
Producer
When the Solomons trade in the craziness of big-city life for the quiet of a North Dakota farm, little do they expect the nightmare that follows. Soon after arriving, teenage Jess (Kristen Stewart) and her younger brother see terrifying apparitions and endure attacks from a supernatural source. Jess must warn her disbelieving family before it is too late to save them.
The Grudge 2
Producer
A young woman encounters a malevolent supernatural force while searching for her missing sister in Tokyo, a mean high school prank goes horribly wrong, and strange things begin happening in a Chicago apartment building.
The Grudge
Producer
An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.
The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the Merrier
Himself
This documentary provides film fans with an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the making of the horror comedy about a man who must lead a medieval army to victory against a horde of undead in order to return to his own time. Includes interviews with star Bruce Cambell, director Sam Raimi and other members of the cast and crew, who discuss what it was like to be a part of the making of this cult classic.
The Gift
Executive Producer
Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures⁠—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.
A Simple Plan
Thanks
Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small airplane. Their simple plan to retain the money while avoiding detection opens a Pandora's box when the fear of getting caught triggers panicked behavior and leads to virulent consequences.
Young Hercules
Story
This film directed by T.J. Scott is a prequel to the popular television series. At an academy for mythological warriors, 17-year-old Hercules (Ian Bohen) meets Jason, the next in line to rule Corinth. When Jason discovers that his father is ill, Hercules decides to seek out the Golden Fleece that could cure him. But limitations to his powers, as well as his half-brother Ares, stand in his way. Filmed against the breathtaking scenery of New Zealand.
Hercules & Xena: Wizards of the Screen
Writer
Members of the audience fight against stage performers set to a specially created Xena/Hercules movie.
Amazon High
Story
A high school teenager wakes up in a time of Amazons and Gods.
Darkman III: Die Darkman Die
Executive Producer
Darkman, needing money to continue his experiments on synthetic skin, steals a crate of cash from drug lord Peter Rooker...
Darkman II: The Return of Durant
Executive Producer
Darkman and Durant return and they hate each other as much as ever. This time, Durant has plans to take over the city's drug trade using high-tech weaponry. Darkman must step in and try to stop Durant once and for all.
The Quick and the Dead
Executive Producer
A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman.
Freaked
Crooked Cop (uncredited)
A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.
Hard Target
Executive Producer
When a woman's father goes missing, she enlists a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.
Army of Darkness
Producer
Ash, a handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk, is time warped backwards into England's Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty and faces legions of the undead.
Darkman
Executive Producer
A 30-minute unaired television movie pilot based on the original Sam Raimi's 1990 Darkman movie.
Darkman
Producer
Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes known as Darkman, assuming alternate identities in his quest for revenge and a new life with a former love.
Evil Dead II
Airport Worker (uncredited)
Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from "The Book of the Dead." As they play the recording an evil power is unleashed taking over Linda's body.
Evil Dead II
Producer
Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from "The Book of the Dead." As they play the recording an evil power is unleashed taking over Linda's body.
The Sappy Sap
Early Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell short.
Crimewave
Bar patron in Rialto (uncredited)
Fed up of his business partner, Ernest Trend hires the services of two exterminators. When things go drastically wrong and they murder the wrong man, the race is on to frame an innocent video surveillance man.
Crimewave
Producer
Fed up of his business partner, Ernest Trend hires the services of two exterminators. When things go drastically wrong and they murder the wrong man, the race is on to frame an innocent video surveillance man.
Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter
Early Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell short.
The Evil Dead
Local Yokel (uncredited)
In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.
The Evil Dead
Producer
In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.
The Evil Dead
Executive Producer
In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.
Torro. Torro. Torro!
A lawnmower goes on a rampage.
The Blind Waiter
Early Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell short.
Within the Woods
Executive Producer
The low budget film starring the young Bruce Campbell that influenced the Evil Dead films.
Suburban Hell
Producer
The story of a tight-knit group of suburban moms whose friendship is put to the ultimate test when one of them becomes possessed by an evil spirit.
Untitled Zoë Bell Action Comedy
Producer
A feature film based on Zoë Bell's 2020 'Boss Bitch Fight Club' short film.