Elijah M. "Eli" Craig (born May 25, 1972 in Los Angeles) is a Writer/Director, who started his Hollywood career with a few small acting jobs. His first full-length film as writer/director was the horror comedy movie Tucker & Dale vs Evil, which took three years to complete. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eli Craig, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 25, 1972 (54)
- Los Angeles County, California, USA
- Director, actor and writer
- 8 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are Eli Craig's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
A split, not a type: Ironic 2 · Wry 1 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
Grounded 0 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 2
Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 1
Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 4
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1
Casual 6 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Eli Craig's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Eli Craig's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
13 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.
Clown in a Cornfield(2025)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Handsome Guys(2024)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Little Evil(2017)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Zombieland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Tucker and Dale vs Evil(2010)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Brothers & Sisters(2006)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows
Fast Money (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
The Tao of Pong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Deal of a Lifetime(1999)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Space Cowboys(2000)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
The Rage: Carrie 2(1999)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all filmsThe Hills Have Eyes for You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
White Elephant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 13 titles, 11 of them dated from 1999 to 2025.
Biggest box office
The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)
Highest rated
Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)
Most popular right now
Clown in a Cornfield (2025)
Film career
- 1999Screen debut· The Rage: Carrie 2
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Eli Craig's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 26th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 30th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the atmosphere 52/100 and the pacing 53/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Eli Craig's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Eli Craig work with?
People who share at least 2 of Eli Craig's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Tyler Labine shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Tyler LabineShared titles: Little Evil (2017), Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Tyler Labine
Composers
- Brandon RobertsShared titles: Clown in a Cornfield (2025), Little Evil (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Brandon Roberts
- Marcus TrumppShared titles: Clown in a Cornfield (2025), Little Evil (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Marcus Trumpp
