Movies Like To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story (2017)

To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story is a 2017 documentary film from Derek Dennis Herbert with a MovieMagicScore of 7.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Full Tilt Boogie and Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film.

Documentary

Full Tilt Boogie

1998

A documentary about the production of From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) and the people who made it.

6.4

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Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film

2006

This historical and critical look at slasher films, which includes dozens of clips, begins with Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Prom Night. The films' directors, writers, producers, and special effects creators comment on the films' making and success. During the Reagan years, the films get gorier, budgets get smaller, and their appeal wanes. Then, Nightmare on Elm Street revives the genre. Jump to the late 90s, when Scream brings humor and TV stars into the mix.

6.8

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Nightmares in Red, White and Blue

2009

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

6.6

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King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

2018

A feature-length documentary focusing on the acclaimed work and eclectic career of maverick filmmaker Larry Cohen, writer-director of "Black Caesar," "It's Alive," "God Told Me To," "Q," "The Stuff," and many more.

6.4

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Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini

2015

Tom Savini is one of the greatest special effects legends in the history of cinema, but little is known about his personal life until now. For the first time ever a feature length film has covered not only Tom's amazing career spanning over four decades, but his personal life as well.

6.5

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Gods and Monsters

1998

It's 1957, and James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Invisible Man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images from his past. When his dour housekeeper, Hannah, hires a handsome young gardener, the flamboyant director and simple yard man develop an unlikely friendship, which will change them forever.

6.9

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The Worst Ones

2022

The story centres on a group of teenagers street cast in their neighbourhood and selected to play in a feature film during the summer. The film tells the story of this film shoot and of the connections that will be formed during it.

6.8

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Life After Flash

2017

A look at the roller coaster life of Sam J. Jones since his role as Flash Gordon, his struggles and successes, and the aftermath of when he went up against one of the most powerful producers in Hollywood.

5.7

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Hiroshima

2005

The documentary recounts the world's first nuclear attack and examines the alarming repercussions. Covering a three-week period from the Trinity test to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the program chronicles America's political gamble and the planning for the momentous event. Archival film, dramatizations, and special effects feature what occurred aboard the Enola Gay (the aircraft that dropped the bomb) and inside the exploding bomb.

7.2

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#10

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

2025

The authorized documentary celebrating the film that redefined Hollywood, 50 years after its premiere. Featuring rare archival footage and interviews with acclaimed Hollywood directors alongside Steven Spielberg, top shark scientists, and conservationists, the film uncovers the behind-the-scenes chaos and how the film launched the summer blockbuster, inspired a new wave of filmmakers, and paved the way for shark conservation that continues today.

7.5

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#11

Final Cut

2022

Things go badly for a small film crew shooting a low-budget zombie movie when they are attacked by real zombies.

6.8

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#12

Deadline

1980

A horror film about a screenwriter who loses the ability to distinguish between his fantasy world and the real world, with disastrous consequences. As he ruminates on his place in any world and loses his grip, he also loses his wife and his children's respect, and critics tear him apart. The final undoing of this screenwriter is a deadline that must be met at all costs, costs that perhaps are too great.

5.1

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#13

The Fall

2006

In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.

7.6

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#14

The Secret Life of Brian

2007

A documentary about the making of the controversial Life of Brian and the surrounding accusations of blasphemy.

7.6

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#15

Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno

2009

In 1964, Henri-Georges Clouzot's production of L'Enfer came to a halt. Despite huge expectations, major studio backing and an unlimited budget, after three weeks the production collapsed. This documentary presents Inferno's incredible expressionistic original rushes, screen tests, and on-location footage, whilst also reconstructing Clouzot's original vision, and shedding light on the ill-fated endeavor through interviews, dramatizations of unfilmed scenes, and Clouzot's own notes.

7.2

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#16

Side by Side

2012

Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Keanu Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Steven Soderbergh, and many more.

7.2

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#17

Filmworker

2018

The story of Leon Vitali, who surrendered his promising acting career to become Stanley Kubrick's devoted right-hand man.

7.1

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#18

Dick Johnson Is Dead

2020

With this inventive portrait, director Kirsten Johnson seeks a way to keep her 86-year-old father alive forever. Utilizing moviemaking magic and her family’s dark humor, she celebrates Dr. Dick Johnson’s last years by staging fantasies of death and beyond. Together, dad and daughter confront the great inevitability awaiting us all.

7.1

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#19

All the Colors of Giallo

2019

'Giallo' is Italian for 'yellow', the color of the lurid pulp novels that inspired one of the most intense, extreme and influential genres in movie history. In this unprecedented collection, experience the full chronological evolution of giallo with more than 100 rare and classic trailers from such masters as Mario Bava, Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci, Sergio Martino, Antonio Margheriti, Umberto Lenzi and many more. Then slip on black leather gloves and set the mood with a Bonus CD of legendary soundtrack music from composers that include Ennio Morricone, Riz Ortolani, Bruno Nicolai, Stelvio Cipriani and others, along with all-new featurettes that thrust even deeper into the genre. "But be warned," says Gizmodo.com, "Once you start going down the blood- slicked giallo rabbit hole, you may become dangerously obsessed."

6.9

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#20

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

2010

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

6.7

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story?

The top films similar to To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story by MovieMagicScore are Full Tilt Boogie (6.4), Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (6.8), Nightmares in Red, White and Blue (6.6). Each shares documentary themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story worth watching?

To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.9/10 from 23 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story?

To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story (2017) is a documentary film directed by Derek Dennis Herbert, starring Kane Hodder, John Carl Buechler, Bruce Campbell.

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