Robert Gerard Tapert (/ˈtæpərt/; born May 14, 1955) is an American film and television producer, writer and director. He is best known for co-creating the television series Xena: Warrior Princess. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Tapert, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Xena is an infamous warrior on a quest to seek redemption for her past sins against the innocent. Accompanied by her comrade-in-arms Gabrielle, the campy couple use their formidable fighting skills to help those who are unable to defend themselves.
Release Date1995-09-04
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Charactersd Himself
Episode Count134
Vote Count1381
In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.
Release Date1981-10-15
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Charactersd Local Yokel (uncredited)
Vote Count4433
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.
Release Date1987-03-13
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Charactersd Airport Worker (uncredited)
Vote Count3448
A pair of whacked-out cartoon-like exterminator/hitmen kill the owner of a burglar-alarm company, and stalk the partner who hired them, his wife, and a nerd framed for the murder, who tells the story in flashback from the electric chair.
Release Date1985-04-12
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Charactersd Bar patron in Rialto (uncredited)
Vote Count163
A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.
Release Date1993-10-01
Charactersd Crooked Cop (uncredited)
Vote Count181
A series of documentaries focusing on the world of psychotronic movies; focusing on the lives of filmakers such as Hershell Gordon Lewis, Saim Raimi, Doris Wishman, Ed Wood Jr, and Tsui Hark. Covers weird movie genres, like Mexican wrestling movies and Hong Kong horror films.
Release Date1988-08-05
Charactersd Self
Episode Count1
Vote Count1
This documentary provides film fans with a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the sequel to the ultimate experience in gruelling terror. Includes interviews with Robert Kurtzman, Howard Berger, and Greg Nicotero, who discuss what it was like to be a part of the making of this cult classic.
Release Date2000-08-29
Charactersd Self
Vote Count15
Cast and crew, as well as some famous fans, recall the insanity of making of the ultimate experience of grueling terror that is The Evil Dead.
Release Date2007-12-18
Charactersd Self
Vote Count2
Eccentric, outspoken, and unfiltered TV and low budget film director Josh Becker struggles to emerge from the shadow of his work on "The Evil Dead", "Xena", the careers of his more successful colleagues, depression and alcoholism to fulfill his lifelong ambition of creating high quality, successful films.
Release Date2023-08-01
Charactersd Self
Vote Count2
An hour of deleted and alternative footage shot for the 1981 horror classic; The Evil Dead.
Release Date2007-12-18
Charactersd Self
Vote Count5
Release Date1999-12-10
Charactersd Self (archive footage)
Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves, Spartacus is condemned to the brutal world of the arena where blood and death are primetime entertainment.
Release Date2010-01-22
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count33
Vote Count2889
The legendary son of Zeus journeys across the earth fighting monsters and helping people.
Release Date1995-01-29
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count2
Vote Count585
A reunion between two estranged sisters gets cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.
Release Date2023-04-12
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count3611
The adventures of woodsman Richard Cypher, who discovers that he was born to fulfill a prophecy of becoming a guardian hero to oppressed people. With the help of a mysterious woman named Kahlan and a wise old wizard named Zedd, he must stop a ruthless and bloodthirsty tyrant from unleashing an ancient evil and enslaving the world.
Release Date2008-11-01
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count44
Vote Count339
Mia, a drug addict, is determined to kick the habit. To that end, she asks her brother, David, his girlfriend, Natalie and their friends Olivia and Eric to accompany her to their family's remote forest cabin to help her through withdrawal. Eric finds a mysterious Book of the Dead at the cabin and reads aloud from it, awakening an ancient demon. All hell breaks loose when the malevolent entity possesses Mia.
Release Date2013-04-05
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count4975
After the loss of her husband, a woman seeks solace with her in-laws in their secluded family home. As one by one they are transformed into Deadites—turning the gathering into a family reunion from hell—she comes to discover that the vows she took in life... live on even in death.
Release Date2026-07-08
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
The adventures of the ancient hero in his youth.
Release Date1998-09-12
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count50
Vote Count49
A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.
Release Date2016-06-08
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count7921
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.
Release Date1992-10-31
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count3491
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.
Release Date1993-04-27
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count1321
A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman.
Release Date1995-02-09
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count1931
Everything is not what it seems in Trinity, South Carolina. Sheriff Lucas Buck develops a sinister interest in Caleb. Caleb's cousin Gail tries to protect him, but that's complicated since she has feelings for Sheriff Buck. And Caleb's dead sister, Merlyn, returns as an angel, warning him that Buck is an incarnation of evil - and may not be human.
Release Date1995-09-22
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count18
Vote Count56
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.
Release Date2021-08-12
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count2795
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.
Release Date2009-05-27
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count4056
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.
Release Date2000-12-22
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count1370
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.
Release Date2007-10-17
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count3038
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.
Release Date2004-10-22
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count3165
A young girl buys an antique box at a yard sale, unaware that inside the collectible lives a malicious ancient spirit. The girl's father teams with his ex-wife to find a way to end the curse upon their child.
Release Date2012-08-30
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count1695
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.
Release Date1990-08-24
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count1505
In 2004, an officer for a security agency that regulates time travel must fend for his life against a shady politician who has a tie to his past.
Release Date1994-09-15
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count1304
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.
Release Date2015-05-20
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count2380
Alice is a 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.
Release Date2021-03-31
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count2245
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.
Release Date2019-12-31
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count1305
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.
Release Date2006-10-12
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count1115
American spy Jack Stiles teams with British agent Emilia Rothschild to thwart Napoleon's advances in the East Indies.
Release Date2000-01-22
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count22
Vote Count30
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.
Release Date2010-10-04
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count573
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.
Release Date1998-12-11
DepartmentCrew
JobThanks
Vote Count1068
Alex, a boy obsessed with scary stories, is trapped by a witch in her modern, magical New York City apartment. His original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping him safe as he desperately tries to find a way out of this twisted place.
Release Date2021-09-15
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count414
An exotic dancer is frozen in 2001 and unfrozen in 2525 by two female warriors fighting against robots that have taken over the world. The three join forces and try to escape from the underground caves to which humanity has been banished.
Release Date2000-01-17
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count28
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 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.
Release Date2007-02-02
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count857
Spy Game is a short-lived American action-adventure television series that aired on the ABC network for 13 episodes during the spring and summer of 1997. The series was created by screenwriter and physician Ivan Raimi, director Sam Raimi, and writer John McNamara.
Release Date1997-03-03
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count13
Vote Count1
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.
Release Date2007-10-20
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count294
The family man farmer John Rollins is stressed with his financial situation: the crows and the lack of irrigation are destroying his crop of corn; the bank is near closure of his mortgage; he does not have credit to fix the water pump or to buy seeds; and his marriage is in crisis and his wife Mary is giving too much attention to her friend Tommy. When John accidentally discovers a hidden compartment in the barn, he finds a creepy scarecrow but his son Michael makes him promise to destroy it. However, his neighbor Jude Weatherby visits him, gives a six-pack of beer to the abstemious John and convinces him to put the scarecrow in the cornfield. Out of the blue, the life of John changes: the crows die; the pump works again irrigating the land; and the banker responsible for the closure has an accident and dies. However, he feels that his land is possessed by something evil that is threatening his beloved family.
Release Date2009-07-21
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count178
Hercules and Iolaus take time out from Iolaus' wedding preparations, to help a distant village under attack from "monsters". When they reach their destination, they find the monsters are in fact Amazonian women who are controlled by Hera. "Hercules and the Amazon Women" is the first movie-length pilot episode of the television series "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys".
Release Date1994-04-24
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count124
Hercules comes to the aid of a young woman who is seeking the lost city of Troy. Eventually, Hercules leads her to a camp of refugees from the city, which has been taken over by Hera's Blue Priests. Hercules helps the refugees take back the city. "Hercules and the Lost Kingdom" is the second movie-length pilot episode of the television series "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys".
Release Date1994-05-02
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count132
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.
Release Date1995-07-11
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count295
Darkman, needing money to continue his experiments on synthetic skin, steals a crate of cash from drug lord Peter Rooker...
Release Date1996-04-14
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count150
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 against a group a cultists who are responsible for her death.
Release Date2007-04-28
DepartmentProduction
JobCo-Producer
Vote Count294
Every culture has one – the horrible monster fueling young children's nightmares. But for Tim, the Boogeyman still lives in his memories as a creature that devoured his father 16 years ago. Is the Boogeyman real, or did Tim make it up to explain why his father abandoned his family?
Release Date2005-02-04
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count796
When all the earth's fire begins to go out, Hercules and Deianeira must go in search for fire to stop the world from cold. "Hercules and the Circle of Fire" is the third movie-length pilot episode of the television series "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys".
Release Date1994-11-05
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count110
A group of college kids driving on an unfamiliar winding road through a national park accidentally run over an unsuspecting squirrel. They quickly discover that this is no ordinary road—the woods are alive with the undead, animals reanimated as vengeful, murderous zombies!
Release Date2010-10-04
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count6
Vote Count2
A brilliant, wheelchair-bound scientist invents a form of exo-skeleton called the Mechanically Augmented Neuro Transmitter Interception System (M.A.N.T.I.S.) that turns him into a superhero and gives him the ability to fight the crime wave that is engulfing his city.
Release Date1994-01-24
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count4
After a deadly ambush wipes out his unit in the final days of World War II, a shell-shocked Allied soldier must survive the night by pretending to be dead while surrounded by an enemy battalion of Nazis.
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
An original story set in Evil Dead universe. Premise TBA.
Release Date2028-04-07
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
When villagers begin disappearing it is discovered that they had fallen through a crack in the earth which goes straight to Hades. Hercules once again comes to the rescue and faces one of his most difficult challenges, and must prove himself as a man as well as a god. "Hercules in the Underworld" is the fourth made for TV movie in the series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.
Release Date1994-11-07
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count105
Mighty Zeus brings Hercules' mother, Alcmene, to Mount Olympus, and Hercules, believing she has been kidnapped, leads a rescue mission to save her. Zeus' jealous wife, Hera, decides that it should now be her time to rule the universe. Hera steals the Chronos Stone, source of the God's power, and unleashes the four Titans from their eons of imprisonment. With these angry behemoths on the loose, only the combined forces of Hercules and Xena, together with their trusty sidekicks Iolaus and Gabrielle, can save Mount Olympus.
Release Date1998-01-06
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count43
At an academy for mythological warriors, 17-year-old Hercules 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.
Release Date1998-08-30
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Vote Count27
Hercules has settled down with his wife and children, but misses the good old days traveling around having exciting adventures. Then one day he is persuaded out of his farming "retirement" to help a distant village which is being attacked by an unseen monster. "Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur" is the fifth out of five made for TV movies that spawned the series "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys".
Release Date1994-11-19
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count88
A group of young friends spending time at a remote cabin are pursued by a demonic force after a burial site is disturbed. Made on a small budget and starring Bruce Campbell and Ellen Sandweiss, the film was produced as a proof of concept to attract investors. Its ideas and sequences later formed the basis for Sam Raimi’s "The Evil Dead" (1981).
Release Date1979-05-31
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count77
Members of the audience fight against stage performers set to a specially created Xena/Hercules movie.
Release Date1997-06-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count4
A high school teenager wakes up in a time of Amazons and Gods.
Release Date1997-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Vote Count1
A 30-minute unaired television movie pilot based on the original Sam Raimi's 1990 Darkman movie.
Release Date1992-02-21
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count3
A mother and daughter face a night of terror when a strange man hacks into their home CCTV.
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
A young man is literally haunted by the ghost of his girlfriend, Helen, who recently passed away. Wanting to put an end to this frankly unbearable situation, he finally decides to break up with her, but Helen doesn't seem ready to accept this decision...
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
A lawnmower goes on a rampage.
Release Date1981-04-15
Early Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell short.
Release Date1982-04-01
Vote Count7
Early Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell short.
Release Date1985-07-01
Vote Count6
A young man goes to college, only to be met with rejection at every turn. Short film.
Release Date1977-01-02
Early Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell short.
Release Date1980-02-01
Vote Count1
A lawnmower goes on a rampage.
Release Date1981-01-01
Vote Count7
