Tom McLoughlin

An American screenwriter and film and television director whose credits include numerous television movies, such as Murder in Greenwich, the feature film Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives and the 2009 Lifetime Movie Network film The Wronged Man. In 1977 McLoughlin was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program for his contributions to Van Dyke and Company, a special starring Dick Van Dyke. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom McLoughlin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

Tommy Jarvis, tormented by the fear that maybe Jason isn't really dead, unwittingly resurrects the mass murderer for another bloody rampage.

Release Date1986-08-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Tommy's Opening Coffin Scene

Vote Count1257

Alice in Wonderland

Sometimes she's too big. Or much too small. Sometimes things are backwards. And there's always too much pepper in the soup! Nothing is quite right since Alice chased a very unusual White Rabbit and stumbled into an adventure that grows curiouser and curiouser. One of the greatest childhood fantasies is captured in Irwin Allen's colorful production adapted from Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Originally aired over two nights in 1985 on CBS.

Release Date1985-12-09

Charactersd Jabberwocky

Episode Count2

Vote Count33

Critters 2

Three bounty hunters from space fly back to the town of Grovers Bend, hoping to save local residents from a new batch of Critter eggs.

Release Date1988-04-29

Charactersd Church Guard

Vote Count475

The Black Hole

The explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposedly lost ship, the USS Cygnus, hovering near a black hole. The ship is controlled by Dr. Hans Reinhardt and his monstrous robot companion, but the initial wonderment and awe the Palomino crew feel for the ship and its resistance to the power of the black hole turn to horror as they uncover Reinhardt's plans.

Release Date1979-12-18

Charactersd Captain S.T.A.R.

Vote Count514

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of household chemicals, Pat Kramer begins to shrink. This baffles scientists, makes parenting difficult, warms the hearts of Americans, and captures the attention of a group of people who want to take over the world. This evil group plots to kidnap Pat and perform experiments on her so that they can eventually shrink everyone.

Release Date1981-01-30

Charactersd Toy

Vote Count112

The Friday the 13th Chronicles

Behind-the-scenes featurette detailing the production of the 'Friday The 13th' movies.

Release Date2004-10-05

Charactersd Himself

Vote Count6

Vengeance

Fearing the worst when their father goes missing, Angelica and Ashley Jarvis team up with a Jason Vorhees expert to find their missing father before it is too late.

Release Date2019-09-13

Charactersd Gravekeeper Walt

Vote Count18

Vengeance 2: Bloodlines

Elias Voorhees is back and has plans for his undead son Jason Voorhees that involve bringing an end to the Jarvis family once and for all.

Release Date2022-10-05

Charactersd Walt

Vote Count8

An American Masquerade

Two failed actors and a porn star. A car full of contraband. One hell of a road trip.

Release Date2024-10-10

Charactersd Witness

Vote Count1

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office across eight terrifying, spectacular films.

Release Date2010-05-04

Charactersd Self

Vote Count162

Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th

Taking inspiration from Peter M. Bracke's definitive book of the same name, this seven-hour documentary dives into the making of all twelve Friday the 13th films, with all-new interviews from the cast and the crew.

Release Date2013-09-13

Charactersd Self

Vote Count104

His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th

A retrospective documentary about the groundbreaking horror series, Friday the 13th, featuring interviews with cast and crew from the twelve films spanning 3 decades.

Release Date2010-04-20

Charactersd Self

Vote Count81

Nightmares in Red, White and Blue

An exploration of the appeal of horror films, with interviews of many legendary directors in the genre.

Release Date2009-08-06

Charactersd Self

Vote Count67

King on Screen

1976, Brian de Palma directs Carrie, the first novel by Stephen King. Since, more than 50 directors adapted the master of horror's books, in more than 80 films and series, making him now, the most adapted author still alive in the world.

Release Date2023-08-11

Charactersd Self

Vote Count13

Friday the 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (Crystal Lake Victims Tell All - Documentary)

Behind-the-scenes featurette detailing the production of the 'Friday The 13th' movies.

Release Date2004-10-05

Charactersd Self

Vote Count1

Without a Trace

The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.

Release Date2002-09-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count263

Amazing Stories

A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.

Release Date1985-09-29

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count209

Any Day Now

Any Day Now is an American drama series that aired on the Lifetime network from 1998 to 2002. The show stars Annie Potts and Lorraine Toussaint as best friends of different races who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1960s during the peak of the Civil Rights Movement. In every episode, contemporary storylines are interwoven with a storyline from their shared past.

Release Date1998-08-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count7

Saving Grace

Grace Hanadarko is a tormented, fast-living Oklahoma City police detective who, despite having an excellent career in solving crimes, takes self-destruction to new heights. After seeing tremendous tragedy, both professionally and personally, Grace reaches a turning point one night and meets a rough-hewn angel with a similar past who wants to help lead her back to the right path.

Release Date2007-07-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count53

Freddy's Nightmares

The evil, sinister killer of the "Nightmare On Elm Street" movies, Freddy Krueger, hosts this show, where each week, he shows us a tale of evil and death about the lives of people who live in Springwood.

Release Date1988-10-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count203

The Others

The Others is an American TV series created by John Brancato and Michael Ferris, and produced by Delusional Films, NBC and DreamWorks Television. It ran for 13 40-minute episodes from February 5, 2000 to June 10, 2000, airing on NBC in the US, Five in the UK and on Nine in Australia. It concerned a group of people with various psychic talents as they encountered different, and often evil, paranormal forces, Essentially an ensemble show.

Release Date2000-02-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count13

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.

Release Date1951-12-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count7

Sometimes They Come Back

Desperate for a job to help him support his family, Jim Norman takes a position teaching high school in the town where his brother was murdered in front of him by teenage bullies twenty-seven years before. The teens who committed the crime are long dead, but now the kids in Jim's new class keep dying and being replaced by new students who look like the deceased hoodlums.

Release Date1991-05-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count250

They Came from Outer Space

They Came from Outer Space is an American science fiction comedy series that aired in syndication from October 1990 to March 1991. The series was created by Tom McLoughlin.

Release Date1990-10-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Date with an Angel

Aspiring composer Jim Sanders is engaged to spoiled rich girl Patty. But the morning after his bachelor party, Jim wakes up to discover a beautiful, broken-winged angel in his pool. When everyone finds out about his heavenly houseguest, Jim must cope with a dangerously jealous fiancée, an exploitive future father-in-law and a group of buddies with an outrageous business plan!

Release Date1987-11-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count101

One Dark Night

A strange man named Karl Rhamarevich dies shortly after discovering a way to become even more powerful in death through telekinesis. On the night of his burial in a crypt, Julie is to spend the night there as part of an initiation rite, supervised by two other girls. The crypt becomes a scene of horror as Raymar returns to life and deploys his horrifying telekinetic powers.

Release Date1982-12-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count106

The Wronged Man

Janet Gregory, a single mother with a haunting past, is a paralegal struggling to overcome doubts about Calvin Willis, an African-American husband and father wrongfully accused of raping a neighborhood girl. Eventually convinced of his innocence, Janet takes Calvin's pro bono case and wages a dramatic and stormy 22-year battle with the justice system that ultimately redeems an unjustly accused man and cements a life-long friendship.

Release Date2010-10-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count23

The Unsaid

A doctor dealing with the aftermath of his son's death tries to help a troubled young man.

Release Date2001-09-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count139

She-Wolf of London

She-Wolf of London was a short-lived television series that aired in first-run syndication in the USA from October 1990 to April 1991. The first 14 episodes were filmed in England and aired under the She-Wolf title, and a second season of six episodes was filmed in Los Angeles and aired under the title Love and Curses, with a drastically reduced cast.

Release Date1990-10-09

DepartmentProduction

JobSupervising Producer

Episode Count20

Vote Count8

The Third Twin

A biologist falls for a twin she is studying and confronts a scientist with evidence on a cloning scandal.

Deserted by their mother, a young boy and his sister discover the true meaning of family while living with their grandfather.

Release Date1995-12-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count5

Van Dyke and Company

Short-lived variety show starring Dick Van Dyke and assorted guests. The show was best known for Dick's pantomime acting and a recurring skit about the dumbest family in the world, coincidently named "The Bright Family". Van Dyke & Co also featured appearances by the Los Angeles Mime Company.

Release Date1975-10-30

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count12

Vote Count1

Murder in Greenwich

The story of Martha Moxley, a 15-year-old girl murdered in Greenwich in the 1970s. Her murder went unsolved for 25 years.

Release Date2002-11-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count11

D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear

Based on the known events that shook the United States for 23 days in 2002. Within 24 hours six people were killed by a sniper in Maryland County. A man and his son get overlooked in all settings where shootings occur. The police, in cooperation with the FBI follows the wrong track of a white van, while the murderers act with impunity and panic seizes the population

Release Date2003-10-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count26

Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal

Based on a true story. Five high school cheerleaders, including the daughter of the school principal, run amok -- and teachers, parents and administrators allow them to get away with a wide range of scandalous behavior. Known as the "Fab Five," the girls disregard school rules, drink alcohol and post suggestive pictures on the Internet. But when the new cheerleading coach attempts to discipline them, her superiors ask her to resign.

Release Date2008-08-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count60

Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life

A high school kid develops an addiction to Internet porn so intense that it begins to destroy his life and tear his family apart.

Release Date2005-06-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count43

In a Child's Name

A true story about a woman who fights her brother-in-law's parents for custody of her deceased sister's baby upon learning that her brother-in-law murdered her sister.

A feature film edited from three episodes of Amazing Stories (1985): The Mission, Mummy Daddy and Go to the Head of the Class.

Release Date1986-07-10

DepartmentWriting

JobTeleplay

Vote Count28

The Fire Next Time

In 2017, unrelenting heat waves and coastal flooding brought on by the greenhouse effect ravage the earth. While scientists and politicians argue and lay blame, ordinary citizens pay the price for a world sickened by pollution and economic disaster.

The making of Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) with interviews with the cast and crew.

Release Date2009-06-16