An award-winning independent film producer and production attorney, Lauren Moews founded Beverly Hills based Tonic Films in 1999 and at the company's helm has produced six award-winning feature films in the past three years, including "Cabin Fever" which has been nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Horror Film. Moews was nominated for the 2004 Independent Spirit Awards Producer's Award for "outstanding achievement for a body of work" by the IFP. Moews recently acquired DEATH ANGEL'S SHADOW, a collection of three short stories which features famed fantasy author Karl Edward Wagner's immortal anti-hero KANE. Moews will produce a film based upon "Reflections for the Winter of My Soul," which is the first of three short stories comprising DEATH ANGEL'S SHADOW. The other two short stories, "Cold Light" and "Mirage," are waiting in the wings to be developed into a possible KANE franchise for Tonic Films. The sale of "Cabin Fever" at the 2002 Toronto Film Market generated a bidding war between studio distributors resulting in "By far the largest deal of the Toronto Int'l Film Festival." (source Daily Variety Sept 16, 2002) "Cabin Fever," (budget $1.5 million) which went on to gross $22 million domestically and $6 million internationally, has also been a huge DVD and home video hit. Tonic Films is already hard at work spearheading the development of a sequel with writer / director Eli Roth and Lions Gate. According to William Morris Independent's Cassian Elwes, the Filmmakers have "got themselves a potential franchise." Moews'other films include: "Amy's Orgasm" a.k.a. "Amy's O," a romantic comedy theatrically released in August 2002 by the independent film channel, and aired on The Movie Channel, Showtime and the Sundance Channel in 2003. "Amy's O" won the "Audience Choice" Award at both the Santa Barbara Film Festival and the Long Beach Film Festival in 2001, and is currently available at Blockbuster on DVD and video; and "Briar Patch," a dark Southern gothic drama that premiered at the 2003 Slamdance Film Festival where it received a Grand Jury Prize nomination. A respected, knowledgeable and successful "hands on" producer with a wry sense of humor, Moews has received numerous invitations from film schools, film festivals and film markets and attended as a mentor, speaker or panelist including the prestigious: AFI Fest's Kodak Connect 2003, the IFP Independent Producer Series Panel "Running the Set" 2003, Santa Barbara International Film Festival's "Movers & Shakers" Producers Panel, and the IFP's "Foreign and Domestic Incentives for the Independent" panel at the March 2004 American Film Market, among others.
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Biography from IMDb.
- September 24, 1968 (58)
- Producer
- 9 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Lauren Vilchik's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 7
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 5
A split, not a type: Grounded 5 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 4
A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 2
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 3
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet6
- Ambiguous2
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 Lauren Vilchik's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Lauren Vilchik'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
16 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Scratching the Surface: A Look Back (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
A Little Prayer(2023)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Shifting Gears(2018)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Cabin Fever(2016)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Borderland(2007)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Cabin Fever(2002)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Briar Patch(2002)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Second to Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Venus and Mars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Amy's Orgasm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Perfect Lover(2001)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Wednesday's Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
The Bard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Widow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 16 titles, 14 of them dated from 1999 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Cabin Fever (2002)
Highest rated
A Little Prayer (2023)
Most popular right now
Cabin Fever (2002)
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.
Awards
Nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 2004.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Lauren Vilchik's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 28th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 29th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 9 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Panned2
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed3
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 Lauren Vilchik'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 Lauren Vilchik work with?
People who share at least 2 of Lauren Vilchik's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Scott Kevan shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Angus MacLachlanShared titles: A Little Prayer (2023), Abundant Acreage Available (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Angus MacLachlan
- Zev BermanShared titles: Borderland (2007), Briar Patch (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Zev Berman
Writers
- Randy PearlsteinShared titles: Cabin Fever (2016), Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009), Cabin Fever (2002)See all 3 shared titles with Randy Pearlstein
- Eli RothShared titles: Cabin Fever (2016), Cabin Fever (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Eli Roth
Actors
- Rider StrongShared titles: Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009), Borderland (2007), Cabin Fever (2002)See all 3 shared titles with Rider Strong
- Steve CoulterShared titles: A Little Prayer (2023), Abundant Acreage Available (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Steve Coulter
- Giuseppe AndrewsShared titles: Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009), Cabin Fever (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Giuseppe Andrews
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Scott KevanShared titles: Borderland (2007), Briar Patch (2002), Cabin Fever (2002), Perfect Lover (2001)See all 4 shared titles with Scott Kevan
- Eric StrandShared titles: Shifting Gears (2018), Borderland (2007), Briar Patch (2002)See all 3 shared titles with Eric Strand
- Nathan BarrShared titles: Briar Patch (2002), Cabin Fever (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Nathan Barr
Producers
- Sam FroelichShared titles: Cabin Fever (2016), Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009), Briar Patch (2002), Cabin Fever (2002)See all 4 shared titles with Sam Froelich
- Susan JacksonShared titles: Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009), Borderland (2007), Briar Patch (2002), Cabin Fever (2002)See all 4 shared titles with Susan Jackson
- Evan AstrowskyShared titles: Cabin Fever (2016), Cabin Fever (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Evan Astrowsky
- Deborah DavisShared titles: Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009), Borderland (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Deborah Davis
