Brian Trenchard-SmithFilmography

Tyrannosaurus Azteca

Crew: Director

Ice Spiders

Crew: Consultant/advisor

Synopsis: The cast of the hit primetime drama Melrose Place reunite for his Sci-Fi Channel original film concerning a remote ski lodge that is overrun by enormous mutant spiders. Ski season is upon us, and as an ambitious team of Olympic hopefuls arrives at the Lost Mountain Ski Resort to train under a Read More

In Her Line of Fire

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Mariel Hemingway, David Keith, Jill Bennett, Syd Jackson, David Millbern

Synopsis: Two women are unwittingly thrown into the fight of their lives in an effort to protect one of America's most powerful men in this action thriller. The vice president of the United States (David Keith) is returning from a visit overseas when his private jet, Air Force Two, crash-lands on a Read More

USS Poseidon: Phantom Below

Crew: Director

Actors: Mathew St. Patrick, Adrian Paul, Catherine Dent, Kent McCord, Mike Doyle

Synopsis: When an American Navy fast-attack submarine is sunken off the coast of North Korea and the vessel's executive and engineering officers are killed, the commander of the submarine is forced to choose between returning to the dangerous waters to tap a North Korean underwater communications cable or Read More

The Paradise Virus

Crew: Director

Actors: Melody Thomas Scott, Lorenzo Lamas, Gregory Woodell

Synopsis: In the early months of 2003, the PAX network was festooned with made-for-TV movies about brilliant scientists combating apocalyptic disasters. Exactly one week after the telecast of PAX's volcano flick Terror Peak, the network served up Paradise Virus, wherein beautiful virologist Dr. Linda Read More

DC 9/11: Time of Crisis

Crew: Director

Actors: Timothy Bottoms, John Cunningham, David Fonteno

Synopsis: Filmed under the title The Big Dance, this tense, made-for-cable docudrama recreates the events following the devastating terrorist attack on New York City and Washington, D.C., on September 11, 2001. The focus is on President George W. Bush, here played by Timothy Bottoms. Inasmuch as the film Read More

Heartland Ghost

Crew: Director

Actors: Randy Birch, Beau Bridges, Richard Halliday, Lori Ravensbourg, Nia Long

Synopsis: Based upon an allegedly factual story featured in the paranormal reality series Sightings, this made-for-cable chiller stars Beau Bridges as Derek, a cynical TV producer. Despite his own personal skepticism concerning supernatural activity, Derek agrees to visit a supposedly haunted house in Read More

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

Crew: Director

Actors: Michael York, Michael Biehn, Diane Venora, R. Lee Ermey, Udo Kier

Synopsis: In this combination sequel and prequel to the surprise box-office success The Omega Code, one man becomes the leader of an evil empire that could destroy the world, and his brother must rise against him in the defense of good. Stone Alexander (played as a child by Gavin Fink) is a moody Read More

Leprechaun in the Hood

Crew: Director

Actors: Warwick Davis, Ice-T

Synopsis: Everyone's favorite bloodthirsty Irish gnome invades the world of hip-hop in the fifth film in the Leprechaun series. Stray Bullet, Butch, and Postmaster P are three young rappers trying to raise money for their first record. They break into the studio of powerful producer Mack Daddy (Ice-T) Read More

Britannic

Crew: Director

Actors: Jacqueline Bisset, John Rhys-Davies, Edward Atterton, Amanda Ryan

Synopsis: H.M.S. Britannic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and like its more famous sibling, the ship was fated to be lost while at sea. This drama imagines what might have led up to the ship's sinking on its final voyage. Vera Campbell (Amanda Ryan) is an attractive young woman who is an Read More

Voyage of Terror

Crew: Director

Actors: Lindsay Wagner, Brian Dennehy, Martin Sheen, Michael Ironside, William B. Davis

Synopsis: A virulent virus erupts aboard a cruise ship. The government wants to blow it up, but a scientist is determined to find a cure or at least a way to contain the deadly disease. He must hurry, for time is short and the government is getting impatient. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Doomsday Rock

Crew: Director

Actors: Connie Sellecca, Ed Marinaro, William Devane, Marsha Warfield, Jessica Walter

Synopsis: Originally aired as an epic mini-series, Doomsday Rock was the first revival of "what-if-an-enormous-(insert appropriate astral body)-hit-the-Earth" movies. Essentially a sub-genre of the disaster movie, the story centers on the struggle of one main character to save the planet while Read More

Leprechaun 4: In Space

Crew: Director

Actors: Warwick Davis, Rebekah Carlton, Brent Jasmer, Jessica Collins

Synopsis: In this episode of the grisly little green man's saga, the Leprechaun heads for outer space to steal the gold from a mining planet and to marry the girl of his dreams. When she is rescued by a unit of intergalactic commandos, the leprechaun sets off to get gory revenge. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Read More

Escape Clause

Crew: Director

Actors: Andrew McCarthy, Kate McNeil, Paul Sorvino, Connie Britton, Kenneth Welsh

Synopsis: This suspenseful thriller originally aired on the Showtime cable network. Successful insurance executive Richard Ramsay has had a pretty good life until the day he is called by a paid assassin and informed that his wife is planning to have him killed. The hitman then makes Richard a most unusual Read More

Sahara

Crew: Director

Synopsis: This desert war adventure is set during WWII and is a remake of Zoltan Korda's 1943 version. The tale chronicles the courage of an American sergeant and his few men who attempt to escape approaching German forces in their tank. As they cruise southward, they pick up a stranded British medical Read More

Leprechaun 3

Crew: Director

Actors: Warwick Davis

Synopsis: We've all heard of the luck of the Irish, but no one feels very lucky in Las Vegas when the Leprechaun visits Sin City in this, the third feature in the Leprechaun franchise. A Las Vegas pawnbroker buys a statue of a leprechaun from a hobo, but then makes the mistake of taking the gold medal Read More

Night of the Demons 2

Crew: Director

Actors: Christi Harris, Bobby Jacoby, Merle Kennedy, Amelia Kinkade, Rod McCary

Synopsis: With a large infusion of black humor that was missing from the first outing, his well-wrought but gory horrorfest centers on a group of teens from Catholic school who find themselves facing an unholy terror when they accidentally engineer the return of a particularly deadly she-devil. ~ Sandra Read More

Official Denial

Crew: Director

Actors: Erin Gray, Parker Stevenson

Synopsis: The plot of the made-for-cable Official Denial is only partially summed up by the title. Parker Stevenson plays Paul Corliss, a hapless gent who is abducted by extraterrestrials. With no tangible proof, Corliss can't get anyone to believe his story. Even his wife Annie (Erin Gray) thinks he's Read More

Demonstone

Crew: Executive Producer

Synopsis: In this politically-charged supernatural action-thriller from the Philippines, a beautiful television correspondent finds herself possessed by a vengeful demon, a former Chinese mystic who was slain by a Filipino warlord 500 years before. Before the mystic died he swore he would slowly destroy all Read More

The Siege of Firebase Gloria

Crew: Director

Actors: Wings Hauser, R. Lee Ermey, Albert Popwell

Synopsis: Based on the true story, this film follows the struggle of a group of brave marines as they attempt to defend Firebase Gloria during the Tet Offensive, even though they are greatly outnumbered. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Mission: Impossible: Countdown

Crew: Director

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Jane Badler

Synopsis: Preempted by the World Series on October 19, 1989, Mission: Impossible returned on October 26 with the nail-biting episode "Countdown." The IMF heads to Central Asia to disarm a nuclear device that is timed to explode in less than 48 hours. The problem lies in locating the bomb, which has been Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Pawn

Crew: Director

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Terry Markwell

Synopsis: Written by Billy Marshall-Stoneking, "The Pawn" takes place at a Czechoslovakian test tournament. The IMF is assigned to expedite the defection of Soviet scientist and chess champion Dr. Gregor Antonov (Bryan Marshall) --- and also to rescue Antonov's daughter, who is being held by the police as Read More

Out of the Body

Crew: Director

Actors: Mark Hembrow, Tessa Humphries, Carrie Zivetz, Linda Newton, John Clayton

Synopsis: A mysterious killer is preying upon professional women in Sydney in this psychological horror feature. All of the victims are found murdered and with their eyes removed. Detective-Sergeant Whitaker (John Clayton) and his partner Sergeant Delgano (John Ley) are put in charge of solving the case. Read More

Day of the Panther

Crew: Director

Actors: Edward John Stazak, John Stanton, Jim Richards, Paris Jefferson, Michael Carman

Synopsis: Jason Blade (Edward John Stazak) is a martial arts expert trained by the Panthers in China. He is sent to Australia for a secret mission against evil druglord Zukor (Michael Carmen). When his partner Linda (Linda Megier) dies, her cousin Gemma (Paris Jefferson) joins Blade and his crusade. Blade Read More

Fists of Blood

Crew: Director

Actors: Edward John Stazak

Synopsis: When a drug lord kills a martial arts master's best friend and abducts his girlfriend, he looks for revenge. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Dead End Drive-In

Crew: Director

Actors: Ned Manning, Natalie McCurry, Peter Whitford, Brett Climo

Synopsis: The premise in this actioner (set in the 1990s, which probably seemed futuristic at this time) is that the world's economy has hit the skids and in Australia, street punks are looting cars for their spare parts. In order to control the mobs of roaming gangs, the Aussie government rounds them up Read More

The Quest

Crew: Director

Actors: Henry Thomas, Tony Barry, Rachel Friend, Tamsin West, John Ewart

Synopsis: In this Australian children's adventure story, the young inventor Cody Walpole (Henry Thomas) is forced to move to the outback with his father's best friend following the death of both parents. Upon arrival, he becomes intrigued by local lore of a "donkejin," or "bunyip," a legendary Read More

Jenny Kissed Me

Crew: Director

Actors: Tamsin West, Deborra-Lee Furness, Paula Duncan, Mary Ward

Synopsis: Woven around premises that are hard to swallow, this is a saccharine story of how the love of a child can transform the worst situations into a day of sunshine. But since the child's mother, Carol (Deborra-Lee Furness), becomes a prostitute at one point, this is not exactly Disney fare either. Read More

BMX Bandits

Crew: Director

Actors: Angelo D'Angelo, James Lugton, Nicole Kidman, David Argue, John Ley

Synopsis: PJ (Angelo D'Angelo), and Goose (James Lugton) are bored Australian BMX riders whose bikes have been totaled. Setting off on an intended fishing trip with their friend Judy (Nicole Kidman), they stumble instead upon a cache of stolen police walkie-talkies, which they decide to sell for new BMX Read More

Blood Tide

Crew: Co-producer, Consultant/advisor

Actors: James Earl Jones, José Ferrer, Lila Kedrova, Mary Louise Weller, Martin Kove

Synopsis: It will come as quite a shock to discover the venerable James Earl Jones and José Ferrer slumming in this Greek-lensed ultra-cheapie about a legendary sea creature aroused from centuries of sleep off the shores of a Greek island by an opportunistic American archaeologist (Jones). It seems the Read More

Day of the Assassin

Crew: Director

Actors: Chuck Connors

Synopsis: Treasure hunters from around the world race to Mexico after a Middle Eastern luxury yacht explodes, sending a fortune in gold to the bottom of the ocean. An agent (Chuck Connors) must stop the ruthless fortune hunters. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Turkey Shoot

Crew: Director

Actors: Steve Railsback, Olivia Hussey, Michael Craig, Carmen Duncan, Noel Ferrier

Synopsis: This grim, violent Australian production is an artless mishmash incorporating elements of The Road Warrior, 1984 , and The Most Dangerous Game. The story is set in a dystopian future society where all "deviants" (i.e. anyone whose ideas don't jive with those of the government) are interred in Read More

Stunt Rock

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: Australian stuntman Grant Page accepts a job on an American television series and travels to Los Angeles, where he reunites with old friend and fellow daredevil Curtis Hyde. The hirsute Hyde performs magic tricks and feats of daring for a heavy metal act called Sorcery, each gig playing the part Read More

Deathcheaters

Crew: Director, Producer, Screen Story

Actors: John Hargreaves, Grant Page, Margaret Gerard, Noel Ferrier, Judith Woodroffe

Synopsis: Two veterans of Vietnam special-forces (John Hargreaves, Grant Page) have retired to the relatively painless field of stuntwork. They return to active duty, however, when the Australian government hires them to retrieve documents and destroy the fortress of a Filipino overlord. ~ John Bush, All Read More

The Man from Hong Kong

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Jimmy Wang Yu, George Lazenby, Ros Spiers, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Roger Ward

Synopsis: The Far East and the Land Down Under are about to have a head-on collision in this action drama. Fang (Jimmy Wang Yu) is an undercover detective from Hong Kong sent to Australia to crack open the operation of a Sydney mob boss named Wilton (George Lazenby). Fang puts his skills as a hang glider Read More

The Love Epidemic

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Michael Laurence, Ros Spiers, Peter Reynolds, Grant Page

Synopsis: This Australian educational documentary concerns venereal disease in the pre-AIDS era and reveals that it is a problem that should be taken seriously by everyone -- whether young or old, gay or straight. Factual segments are interspersed with humorous skits depicting how people of varying degrees Read More