Phillip J. RothFilmography

Messengers 2: The Scarecrow

Crew: Co-producer

Actors: Norman Reedus, Heather Stephens, Claire Holt, Richard Riehle, Darcy Fowers

Synopsis: In this prequel to the Pang Brothers' terrifying English-language debut, the eerie backstory of farmer John Rollins plays out in all its bone-chilling glory. Doing what he believes must be done in order to save his family and livelihood, John places an odd scarecrow among his crops and promptly Read More

Bats: Human Harvest

Crew: Producer

Actors: David Chokachi, Michael Jace, Pollyanna McIntosh, Marty Papazian, Melissa DeSousa

Synopsis: This horror film focuses on a rogue weapons research scientist who, after losing his project to a shut-down by the American military, sets up camp in the Belzan forest of Chechnya. A team of hardcore Deltas are making their way through the wilderness to find the doctor's lab before the Russians Read More

Boogeyman 3

Crew: Co-producer

Actors: Erin Cahill, Kate Maberly, Matt Rippy, Jayne Wisener, Mimi Michaels

Synopsis: A college sophomore faces an unspeakable horror after witnessing the alleged suicide of her best friend as the saga that begin in the 2005 chiller Boogeyman continues. When Sarah Morris saw her best friend take her own life, she unwittingly opened herself up to the wrath of the dreaded Boogeyman. Read More

Lake Placid 2

Crew: Producer

Actors: John Schneider, Cloris Leachman, Sam McMurray, Sarah LaFleur

Synopsis: The serine waters of Lake Placid stir once again in this sequel that finds laid-back Sheriff James Riley (John Schneider) teaming with an inquisitive Fish and Wildlife Agent (Sarah LaFleur), a quick-triggered big game hunter (Sam McMurray), and his intuitive guide (Joe Holt) to investigate Read More

Crimson Force

Crew: Producer

Actors: C. Thomas Howell, David Chokachi, Jeff Fahey, Steven Williams, Julia Rose

Synopsis: C. Thomas Howell and Jeff Fahey headline this high energy sci-fi adventure set in the near future, where dwindling natural resources have prompted a manned mission to Mars in hopes of discovering a new energy source. Upon arriving on the Red Planet the hopeful space explorers discover that they've Read More

Locusts: The 8th Plague

Crew: Producer

Actors: Dan Cortese, Julie Benz, David Keith, Jeff Fahey

Synopsis: Genetically engineered locusts escape a top-secret Midwestern government facility, swarming across the land and devouring everyone in their path as a determined researcher races to save the world. Dan Cortese, Julie Benz, David Keith, and Jeff Fahey star in a sci-fi flavored natural horror Read More

Manticore

Crew: Producer

Actors: Robert Beltran, Jeff Fahey, Chase Masterson, Heather Donahue, A.J. Buckley

Synopsis: Jeff Fahey, Robert Beltran, Chase Masterson, and Heather Donahue star in Walking Tall: The Payback and Walking Tall: Lone Justice director Tripp Reed's horrific tale of an army battalion that sets out into war-torn Iraq to locate a missing news crew, but instead comes face to face with an ancient Read More

Post Impact

Crew: Producer

Actors: Dean Cain

Synopsis: The post-apocalyptic action film Post Impact stars Dean Cain as Captain Tom Parker, who, after a meteor has caused a new ice age on Earth, must travel across the desolate land that was once Europe with a hodgepodge of military officers and scientists in order to help save some of the few remaining Read More

Boa vs. Python

Crew: Producer

Actors: David Hewlett, Jaime Bergman, Kirk B.R. Woller

Synopsis: David Flores' thriller Boa vs. Python begins with an enormous python living on a private reserve escaping from captivity. In order to help find and subdue the deadly animal, the FBI decides to release a Boa Constrictor into the area. Thrill-seeking hunters complicate the situation as they want to Read More

Alien Siege

Crew: Producer

Actors: Brad Johnson, Carl Weathers, Erin Ross, Lilas Lane, Nathan Anderson

Synopsis: When a highly advanced race of extraterrestrials attempt to hold planet Earth hostage in order to save their own race, one angry father whose daughter has been chosen for sacrifice determines to fight back in this sci-fi thriller starring Brad Johnson and Carl Weathers. An alien race is dying, and Read More

Darklight

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Filmed in Bulgaria, this made-for-cable thriller draws upon both Greek and Herbraic legend for its inspiration. Shiri Appleby stars as Liz Parker, a normal 24-year-old woman living a normal existence. At least, that's the case until Liz is informed that she is actually the immortal demoness Read More

Dark Waters

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Lorenzo Lamas, Simmone Mackinnon

Synopsis: In the dark waters of the Gulf of Mexico, several great white sharks complicate things for a secret U.S. military mission. Once enough sailors are lost to the surprisingly cunning beasts, MIT drop-out marine biologist Robin (Simmone Jade MacKinnon) and renegade fish expert Dane (Lorenzo Lamas) are Read More

Deep Shock

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: David Keith, Simmone Mackinnon, Mark A. Sheppard, Sean Whalen

Synopsis: Gigantic, intelligent electric eels are preventing the submarine crews of a United Nations mission to detonate nuclear charges in a growing fissure under the North Pole that is causing the Pole to melt at a disastrous rate. Capt. Andy Raines (David Keith) is brought in to help scientists Dr. Anne Read More

Maximum Velocity

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Wendy Carter, Gregor Toerzs, Jennifer Jostyn, Michael Ironside

Synopsis: Phillip Roth's action/disaster film Maximum Velocity concerns the efforts of a group of military men and scientists to thwart an oncoming storm that would devastate the planet. He group must utilize a still unproven new weapon to dissipate the storm before all is lost. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Read More

Dragon Storm

Crew: Producer

Actors: John Rhys-Davies

Synopsis: Ancient warriors are pitted against fire-breathing creatures from outer space in this made-for-TV fantasy adventure. In the Middle Ages, a handful of meteorites begin plummeting toward Earth, but these are not ordinary bits of space debris. The meteorites contain eggs which hatch into Read More

Interceptor Force 2

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Olivier Gruner, Roger R. Cross, Adrienne Wilkinson, Alex Jolig, Nigel Bennett

Synopsis: An invisible, shape-shifting extraterrestrial has invaded a Russian nuclear power plant with the aim of causing international chaos, and now the only hope for the human race lies in one tough soldier. When Lieutenant Sean Lamber (Oliver Gruner) learns that the alien's aim is to bring about a Read More

Python II

Crew: Producer

Actors: William Zabka, Dana Ashbrook, Alex Jolig, Simone Jade McKinnon, Marcus Aurelius

Synopsis: In this made-for-cable sequel to Pythons, the U.S. Army's Colonel Jefferson (Marcus Aurelius) has successfully neutralized the horrific 12-ton, 57-foot python that had been developed as a jungle weapon by a top-secret intelligence organization. Unfortunately, still another synthetic "Beta Snake" Read More

Boa

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Dean Cain, Craig Wasson, Elizabeth Lackey, Mark A. Sheppard, Dean Biasucci

Synopsis: Former TV Superman Dean Cain stars in this sci-fi horror film reminiscent of James Cameron's 1986 classic Aliens. Boa sets its action in the not-too-distant future, where volatile criminals are shipped off to a place called Facility Number One, a super-high-security prison located -- just to be Read More

Hypersonic

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Antonio Sabato, Jr.

Synopsis: A race with a 25-million-dollar prize is at the center of this action film starring Antonio Sabato Jr. Tensions are rising as the big event draws near, and with a monster hurricane threatening to strike, the potential for a violent confrontation between man and nature is growing. Produced and Read More

Antibody

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Lance Henriksen stars as ex-FBI agent Richard Gaynes in this made for video techno-thriller, which has much in common with the classic 1966 science fiction feature Fantastic Voyage. A brilliant bomb expert, Gaynes is miniaturized and injected into the bloodstream of comatose terrorist Anthony Read More

Dragon Fighter

Crew: Director, Producer

Synopsis: Phillip Roth directs Dean Cain in the action film Dragon Fighter. As part of an experiment, the military takes a DNA sample from a creature believed to be a fire-breathing dragon and creates a clone of the beast. When the thing escapes, the only person who stands between the dragon and his desire Read More

Dark Descent

Crew: Producer, Screen Story

Synopsis: Wilfred Schmidt's suspense film Dark Descent stars Dean Cain as Will Murdack, a member of the Deep Submersible Division. Murdack is sent to investigate why people are dying in an underwater mining installation. Between the physical pressures of being 35,000 feet underwater, the psychological Read More

Project Human Weapon

Crew: Producer, Screen Story

Synopsis: A covert US/Soviet military experiment designed to create the ultimate telepathic and telekinetic soldier backfires when the sole successful test subject goes AWOL in an explosive tale of action-packed conspiracy starring Judge Reinhold. It was a risky venture from the onset, and when only one of Read More

Epoch

Crew: Producer

Actors: David Keith, Ryan O'Neal, Stephanie Niznik, Shannon Lee

Synopsis: Science must confront a power greater than our own in this unusual sci-fi-thriller. As seismic activities around the world begin going haywire, causing untold damages in major cities and claiming thousands of lives, the President of the United States orders Kasia Czaban, one of his top scientific Read More

Total Reality

Crew: Director

Actors: David Bradley, Thomas Kretschmann, Ely Pouget

Synopsis: A soldier must confront the past to save the future in this sci-fi adventure. In the year 2128, the Earth has become a battleground, where the forces of fascist leader Gen. Tunis (Thomas Kretschmann) have been beaten into submission. However, the victory of the anti-fascist Alliance has come at Read More

Interceptor Force

Crew: Director

Actors: Olivier Gruner, Brad Dourif

Synopsis: Three elite alien-fighters are out to find a creature who can change its appearance at a moment's notice in this sci-fi thriller. Shaun (Olivier Gruner) is the leader of the Interceptor Force, a small band of highly-skilled soldiers who are the first line of defense in the event of a hostile Read More

Velocity Trap

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Jorja Fox, Olivier Gruner, Bruce Weitz, Alicia Coppola, Ken Olandt

Synopsis: In this sci-fi adventure, an honest cop is given an assignment that will supposedly keep him out of trouble, but it soon lands him in a maelstrom of deadly danger. In the year 2150, the economic needs of most people on Earth and the surrounding galaxy are satisfied by on-line exchanges, but a Read More

Darkdrive

Crew: Director

Actors: Ken Olandt, Julie Benz, Claire Stansfield

Synopsis: Ken Olandt stars as Steven Falcon in this science fiction thriller. In the future, criminals are confined to a virtual prison which controls their minds, but when something goes wrong in the mainframe, it's up to Falcon to keep all hell -- and all the crooks -- from breaking loose. ~ Mark Deming Read More

Digital Man

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: Cyberpunk schlockmeister Phillip Roth directs this sci-fi action flick about cool explosions and bad cyborgs. When the army's latest brand of killer robots start killing the wrong people, a band of nubile coed soldiers get sent in to kick a little android keister. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide Read More

A.P.E.X. - Advanced Prototype Extermination Unit

Crew: Director, Screen Story, Screenwriter

Actors: Richard Keats, Mitch Cox, Lisa Ann Russell, Marcus Aurelius, Adam Lawson

Synopsis: A man returns to the past to improve his present time and instead messes it up in this old-fashioned science fiction B movie. The film begins in the year 2073; Nicholas Sinclair, like his other time-travel researchers is dying from a virus. He returns via time warp to 1973 to bring back a Read More

Prototype X29a

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: This futuristic sci-fi actioner is set in a burned-out post-nuclear-holocaust Los Angeles and centers on the violent adventures of a cyborg killer who can interface with any computer and is determined to destroy all mutants. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Red Snow

Crew: Director

Synopsis: This alpine mystery-adventure is set in the spectacular Hurricane Ridge Ski Resort in the Cascade Mountains and follows the exploits of a new snowboard instructor who discovers that his predecessor was murdered and that he is next on the list. He is then framed for two more murders and must enlist Read More

Bad Trip

Crew: Director