--- name: "Tony Randel" canonical: "https://film.one/person/tony-randel" fi1m_id: "tony-randel" imdb_id: "nm0709752" tmdb_id: 52194 wikidata_id: "Q1305150" roles: ["Editor","Director"] born: "29 May 1956" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-04T20:43:23.100519+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Tony Randel ## Identity Tony Randel - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tony-randel - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** tony-randel - **IMDb ID:** nm0709752 - **TMDB ID:** 52194 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1305150 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Randel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1305150, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0709752/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52194 Editor and director. Born 29 May 1956 in Los Angeles, California, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Editor, Director - **Born:** 29 May 1956, Los Angeles, California, USA - **Active:** 1981–1988 - **Also known as:** Anthony Randel - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 crew - **Frequently works with:** [Ashley Laurence](https://film.one/person/ashley-laurence.md), [Christopher Figg](https://film.one/person/christopher-figg.md), [Clare Higgins](https://film.one/person/clare-higgins.md), [Richard Marden](https://film.one/person/richard-marden.md) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Randel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1305150, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0709752/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52194 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Hellbound: Hellraiser II*](https://film.one/film/hellbound-hellraiser-ii.md) (44) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Tony Randel > Tony Randel brings pace to *Hellbound: Hellraiser II*, but too little clarity or suspense. Its occasional eerie passages suggest that this editor and director might have done better by leaving more time between the horrors. Another gruesome display arrives before the last has had time to become frightening. In *Hellbound: Hellraiser II* (1988), Tony Randel finds plenty of ways to damage a body and too few reasons for us to care about it. His directorial debut, edited with Richard Marden, is a poor sequel whose speed does little to disguise its confused storytelling. We grew tired of the gore because each new spectacle interrupted the little tension the film had managed to build. Randel came to directing through editing and post-production at New World Pictures. His work on the American version of *Godzilla 1985* (1985) involved re-editing and additional scenes, while *Hellraiser* (1987) used him as a production supervisor and uncredited editor. That practical background helps explain the emphasis on keeping the sequel moving, even when its explanations fail to make the danger clear. Randel describes rehearsing a scene like a play before deciding where to put the camera, a sensible way to keep the actors ahead of the shot list. In *Hellbound*, though, the appetite for another grotesque set piece repeatedly takes priority over suspense. Michael Buchanan’s elaborate sets give us something to look at, Christopher Young’s score sustains the atmosphere, and Clare Higgins helps hold our attention. There are eerie passages in which Randel allows something quieter to work. They make the surrounding rush towards extravagant action and further explanations of the Cenobites harder to forgive. The directing continued with *Children of the Night* (1991), *Ticks* (1993) and the action adaptation *Fist of the North Star* (1995). From the 2000s onwards, his work shifted primarily back towards editing, including films for Jim Wynorski and family-oriented projects. That later work deserves to be considered separately from the shortcomings of his debut; one confused horror sequel cannot establish the worth of an editor’s whole career. Approach *Hellbound* cautiously if elaborate sets and bodily mutilation are not enough to occupy an evening. ## Biography Tony Randel, also credited as Anthony Randel, is an American film director, screenwriter and editor. He began his career in the mailroom at Roger Corman's company before moving into editorial work. He later worked at New World Pictures, where he served as a production supervisor on Clive Barker's *Hellraiser* (1987). Randel made his directorial debut with *Hellbound: Hellraiser II* (1988), on which he was also credited as editor. He went on to direct films including *Children of the Night* (1991), *Amityville 1992: It's About Time* (1992), *Ticks* (1993) and *Fist of the North Star* (1995). He contributed the story for *Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth* (1992) and worked on adaptations such as *Godzilla 1985* (1985). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, dailydead.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Directed (1) - *Hellbound: Hellraiser II* (1988), Fi1m 44, Director, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/hellbound-hellraiser-ii.md) ### Crew (1) — the average rests on these - *Escape from New York* (1981), Fi1m 76, Special Effects Coordinator — [page](https://film.one/film/escape-from-new-york.md) ## Complete filmography (55) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *DinoGator* (2024), Editor - *Tidy Tim's* (2020), Editor - *IO* (2019), Editor - *A Doggone Adventure* (2018), TV Crew, Editor, Director, Producer - *Sacrificial* (2018), Editor - *Physical Beauty & Other Abnormalities* (2017), Editor - *A Doggone Hollywood* (2017), Editor, Producer - *A Doggone Christmas* (2016), Producer, Editor - *The Hybrids Family* (2016), Producer, Editor, Director - *Nessie & Me* (2016), Editor - *The Duel* (2016), Additional Editor - *Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre* (2015), Co-Producer, Editor - *Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf* (2015), Music Editor - *Yes, And...* (2015), Editor - *How We Got Away with It* (2014), Post Production Supervisor, Sound Effects Editor, Sound Designer, Editor - *Lucky Bastard* (2014), Editor - *Gila!* (2012), Post Production Coordinator, Editor - *Piranhaconda* (2012), Editor - *Camel Spiders* (2011), Editor - *Monster Cruise* (2010), Editor - *Dinocroc vs. Supergator* (2010), Editor - *Babysitters Beware* (2009), Editor - *Lost in the Woods* (2009), Editor - *My Suicide* (2009), Consulting Editor - *The Double Born* (2008), Music, Director, Editor, Writer - *Sleeping Dogs Lie* (2006), Associate Producer, Supervising Editor - *A Sea Apart* (2003), Supervising Editor, Editor - *Assignment Berlin* (1998), Director - *One Good Turn* (1996), Director - *Rattled* (1996), Director - *Ein tödliches Vergehen* (1996), Director - *Fist of the North Star* (1995), Director, Writer - *Ticks* (1993), Director - *Power Rangers* (1993), series, Director - *Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth* (1992), Story - *Amityville 1992: It's About Time* (1992), Director - *Inside Out 2* (1992), Writer, Director - *Children of the Night* (1991), Director, Story - *Inside Out* (1991), Writer, Director - *Hellbound: Hellraiser II* (1988), Director, Editor — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/film/hellbound-hellraiser-ii.md) - *Hellraiser* (1987), Editor - *Grunt! The Wrestling Movie* (1985), Story, Producer - *Godzilla 1985* (1985), Producer, Adaptation - *I Like To Hurt People* (1985), Executive In Charge Of Post Production - *Out of Control* (1985), Post Production Supervisor - *DEFCON-4* (1985), Post Production Supervisor, Co-Director - *Highpoint* (1984), Post Production Supervisor - *Scarred* (1984), Associate Editor - *Space Raiders* (1983), Editor - *Forbidden World* (1982), Visual Effects Design Consultant - *Sorceress* (1982), as Wardrobe Master - *Saturday the 14th* (1981), Visual Effects Editor, Effects Supervisor - *Galaxy of Terror* (1981), Visual Effects, Visual Effects Editor, Effects Supervisor - *Escape from New York* (1981), Special Effects Coordinator — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/escape-from-new-york.md) - *Battle Beyond the Stars* (1980), Visual Effects Editor --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. 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