Louis Morneau is an American film director, producer and screenwriter.
Life Morneau has been described as a "graduate of the Roger Corman school".
He is the director of various B/cult films, including what Dread Central calls ’the notoriously terrible’ Bats, in 1999, a film, however, praised by Mark F. Berry in his book about dinosaur films, in which this author considers that Bats is a ’handsome and misunderstood fifties-monster homage’’, explaining Morneau's personal style by his former career as film editor. The B movie French site sees in him a "yes man", who "is not inherently bad, but (who) will quickly specialize in broke direct-to-video (Bats, Hitcher II).". Morneau is also known for being "the man behind horror sequels Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead, The Hitcher: I've Been Waiting, Carnosaur 2".
After Carnosaur 2 in 1995, he directed Retroactive, and Made Men the year after, both starring Jim Belushi, the latter also starring Timothy Dalton.
Personal life Morneau was the long-time partner of the actress Catherine Cyran.
Filmography
Year Title Functioned as Notes Director Writer Producer 1991 To Die Standing aka CrackdownStarring Cliff DeYoung and Robert Beltran1992 Final Judgement Starring Brad Dourif, Karen Black and Isaac Hayes Quake Starring Steve Railsback and Erika Anderson1995 Soldier Boyz Starring Michael Dudikoff and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Carnosaur 2 Starring John Savage and Cliff DeYoungSequel to Carnosaur Hellfire Directed by David TausikStarring Ben Cross and Beverly Garland 1997 Retroactive Starring Jim Belushi and Kylie Travis 1998 Made Men Produced by Richard Donner and Joel SilverStarring Jim Belushi, Timothy Dalton and Steve Railsback 1999 Bats Starring Lou Diamond Phillips and Dina Meyer 2003 The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting Starring C. Thomas Howell, Kari Wuhrer and Jake BuseySequel to The Hitcher 2004 Bet Your Life Starring Billy Zane 2004 Slipstream Starring Sean Astin, Vinnie Jones and Ivana Miličević 2008 Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead Starring Nicki Aycox, Nick Zano and Kyle SchmidSequel to Joy Ride 2012 Werewolf: The Beast Among Us Starring Ed Quinn, Stephen Rea and Steven BauerUnofficial sequel to The Wolfman
References
External links
Louis Morneau on Rotten Tomatoes