Jason Eisener

Jason Eisener is a Canadian filmmaker. He is best known for directing the films Hobo with a Shotgun (2011) and Kids vs. Aliens (2022).

Works

Turbo Kid

In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, an orphaned teen must battle a ruthless warlord to save the girl of his dreams.

Release Date2015-08-14

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Charactersd The Cook

Vote Count723

Treevenge

Treevenge details the experiences and horrifying reality of the lives of Christmas trees. Clearly, for trees, Christmas isn’t the exciting “peace on earth” that is experienced by most. After being hacked down, and shipped away from their homes, they quickly become strung up, screwed into an upright position for all to see, exposed in a humiliation of garish decorations. But this Christmas will be different, this Christmas the trees have had enough, this Christmas the trees will fight back. Treevenge could be a short film about the end of days for Christmas trees, or perhaps, the end of humanity?

Release Date2008-07-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Lumberjack / Tree Attack Victim

Vote Count72

More Blood, More Heart: The Making of Hobo with a Shotgun

A behind-the-scenes documentary about Jason Eisener's grindhouse exploitation film Hobo with a Shotgun.

Release Date2011-07-04

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Charactersd

Vote Count2

The Sound of Love

A man invites another man over to do seemingly nonsensical things.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Jason

Rewind This!

Home video changed the world. The cultural and historical impact of the VHS tape was enormous. This film traces the ripples of that impact by examining the myriad aspects of society that were altered by the creation of videotape.

Release Date2013-08-27

Charactersd Self

Vote Count67

Like Tears in Rain

His entire life, the charismatic actor Rutger Hauer kept the outside world at a distance. His inner circle included only a small group of people, among them director and goddaughter Sanna Fabery de Jonge. In this film, she unravels the mystery surrounding Rutger and reveals a man even more fascinating than the roles he played.

Release Date2024-09-22

Charactersd Self

Vote Count2

SLIME TIME: The Making of Kids vs. Aliens

Filmmaker Adam T. Burke’s behind-the-scenes documentary chronicling the making of Jason Eisener’s sci-fi horror adventure KIDS VS. ALIENS (2023), an RLJE/Shudder release. Filmed on location in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Release Date2024-07-11

Charactersd Self

Dark Side of the Ring

Finding truth at the intersection of fantasy and reality in the veiled world of professional wrestling.

Release Date2019-04-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count60

Vote Count49

Grindhouse

Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who kills young women with modified vehicles. It is presented as a double feature with fictitious exploitation trailers preceding each segment.

Release Date2007-04-06

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1755

Southbound

The film contains five stories set on desolate stretches of a desert highway. Two men on the run from their past, a band on its way to a gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in these interwoven tales.

Release Date2015-09-17

DepartmentEditing

JobEditor

Vote Count628

V/H/S/2

Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly with monochrome vistas of static white noise permeating the brain and fogging concentration. But you must fight the urge to relax: this is no mere movie night. Those obsolete spools contain more than just magnetic tape. They are imprinted with the very soul of evil.

Release Date2013-06-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1098

Kids vs. Aliens

All Gary wants is to make awesome home movies with his best buds. All his older sister Samantha wants is to hang with the cool kids. When their parents head out of town one Halloween weekend, an all-time rager of a teen house party turns to terror when aliens attack, forcing the siblings to band together to survive the night.

Release Date2023-01-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count77

Goon: Last of the Enforcers

During a pro lockout, Doug "The Thug" Glatt is injured and must choose whether to defend his team against a dangerous new enemy, or be there for his wife as she prepares to give birth to his daughter.

Release Date2017-03-17

DepartmentEditing

JobEditor

Vote Count322

The ABCs of Death

An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the film comprises 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.

Release Date2013-03-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count607

Hobo with a Shotgun

A vigilante homeless man pulls into a new city and finds himself trapped in urban chaos, a city where crime rules and where the city's crime boss reigns. Seeing an urban landscape filled with armed robbers, corrupt cops, abused prostitutes and even a pedophile Santa, the Hobo goes about bringing justice to the city the best way he knows how - with a 20-gauge shotgun. Mayhem ensues when he tries to make things better for the future generation. Street justice will indeed prevail.

Release Date2011-05-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count645

One Last Dive

In the morning's small hours, a police diver in search of evidence at a cold underwater crime scene makes a final effort to further investigate and goes for one last dive. The Chief wants to wrap it up in twenty minutes, however, what the diver is about to discover is utterly unexpected and fiendishly gruesome.

Release Date2013-07-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count16

The Teeth Beneath

A monster it's unleashed in the basement of a skate shop, forcing the shop employees to do battle with the beast, in order to recover their money and their merchandise before they have to open the store at 11am.

Release Date2005-12-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector