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David Schmoeller (born December 8, 1947) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is notable for directing several full-length theatrical horror films including Tourist Trap (1979), The Seduction (1982), Crawlspace (1986), Catacombs (1988), Puppet Master (1989), and Netherworld (1992).
David Schmoeller. Director: Little Monsters. Raised and educated in Texas, David Schmoeller began his career as a young playwright and was awarded the Texas Good Neighbor Scholarship for studies in Mexico, attending the Universidad De Las Americas from 1967-1968.
Mar 2, 2011 · The first draft of CRAWLSPACE featured an MIA survivor who returned home to discover that his parents had died and his wife had left him. This MIA survivor recreated his Prisoner-of-War camp in his attic and subsequently built bamboo traps to ensnare his enemy.
David Schmoeller. Director: Little Monsters. Raised and educated in Texas, David Schmoeller began his career as a young playwright and was awarded the Texas Good Neighbor Scholarship for studies in Mexico, attending the Universidad De Las Americas from 1967-1968.
Mar 14, 2019 · Writer/director David Schmoeller was kind enough to shed light on the making of TOURIST TRAP, which opened in theaters exactly 40 years ago today, as well as his experiences in Hollywood, working with infamous producer Charles Band, the allure of 1970s cinema, and, most importantly – why mannequins? (Spoilers abound.)
Oct 31, 2014 · If you couldn’t guess by now or didn’t already know, David Schmoeller is the man we can hold responsible for 1989’s Puppet Master (but, thankfully for him, not the ridiculous sequels that would be released). He is also the man responsible for the now cult favorite 1979 film Tourist Trap, a film that any REAL horror buff should know and love.
The Terror Trap had the pleasure of asking director David Schmoeller some questions about his work and career in film. Raised and educated in Texas, he started out as a playwright and attended the Universidad De Las Americas in Mexico City where he studied theatre and film with directors Luis Bunuel and Alejandro Jodorowsky.
