Portrait of Jake West

Directing

Jake West

Career

Active from 1995 to 2025, busiest in 2010 with 4 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score50/100
Highest rated
Poster for Video Nasties: Draconian Days
Video Nasties: Draconian Days
GoodWatch score76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 2.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jake West Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    1.1, average 3.8
  • Wholesome
    0.7, average 3.4
  • Contemporary Realism
    2.8, average 5.4
  • Romance
    1.3, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Gore 3
  • British Horror 2
  • Dark Humor 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

39
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
Phantasmagorical Mystery Tour
Phantasmagorical Mystery Tour

Director

White
White

Director

Feral
Feral

Director

2020s

5 titles ยท average score 42
The Man From Bristol: Ralph Bates Remembered
The Man From Bristol: Ralph Bates Remembered (2026)

Cinematography

Razor Blade Smile: Vampires Forever
Razor Blade Smile: Vampires Forever (2025)

Camera Operator, Director

Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow
Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow (2023)

Director, Editor

Pareidolia
Pareidolia (2023)

Consulting Editor

Midnight Peepshow
Midnight Peepshow (2022)
GoodWatch score 42

Writer, Editor

2010s

18 titles ยท average score 63
Piecing Together Lady Frankenstein
Piecing Together Lady Frankenstein (2018)

Editor, Cinematography

A Guide to Lovecraftian Cinema
A Guide to Lovecraftian Cinema (2017)

Cinematography, Editor

Worst Fears
Worst Fears (2016)

Director

The Red Reign
The Red Reign (2016)

Director

House of Cards
House of Cards (2015)

Editor, Cinematography

Exploring Island of Death
Exploring Island of Death (2015)

Director

Video Nasties: Draconian Days
Video Nasties: Draconian Days (2014)
GoodWatch score 76

Director

The ABCs of Death
The ABCs of Death (2013)
GoodWatch score 41

Director, Writer

Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010)
GoodWatch score 72

Cinematography, Editor

Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39 (2010)

Director

Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema
Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema (2010)

Director

Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33 (2010)

Director

2000s

11 titles ยท average score 46
Doghouse
Doghouse (2009)
GoodWatch score 51

Director, Editor

Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story
Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story (2009)

Director

Bump โ€˜N Grind: Emily Booth Explores The World Of Grindhouse
Bump โ€˜N Grind: Emily Booth Explores The World Of Grindhouse (2007)

Director

Evil Aliens
Evil Aliens (2006)
GoodWatch score 48

Director, Writer

Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes
Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes (2006)
GoodWatch score 40

Director, Screenplay

Phantasmagoria
Phantasmagoria (2005)

Director

The Living Love The Dead
The Living Love The Dead (2003)

Director

Bruce Campbell: Geek or God?
Bruce Campbell: Geek or God? (2003)

Director

Whacked!
Whacked! (2002)
GoodWatch score 45

Scenario Writer

To the Devil... The Death of Hammer
To the Devil... The Death of Hammer (2002)

Associate Producer

Children of the Night
Children of the Night (2000)

Director

1990s

2 titles ยท average score 30
Razor Blade Smile
Razor Blade Smile (1998)
GoodWatch score 30

Editor, Producer

Club Death
Club Death (1995)

Director