At her wits' end, a young woman turns to local legend and summons a mythical hitman, known only as The Tall Dark Man, to dispatch with her blackmailing ex-boyfriend. When the murder goes horribly awry, she finds herself the target of the very evil she summoned. It's BLOOD SIMPLE meets CANDYMAN, a darkly comic suspense thriller with a supernatural horror twist and iconic central villain with franchise potential.
THE TALL DARK MAN
Feature Film Thriller/ Horror
A misfit duo of 2047 Resistance fighters must race back in time to 1878 and team up with a western drunkard and a conwoman to retrieve the coveted hidden time particle before the tyrannical New Americans can find it and use it to conquer reality. A subversive, swashbuckling sci-fi adventure movie that's STAR WARS meets THE HARDER THEY FALL.
THE WAY BACK WEST
Feature Film Adventure/ Sci-Fi/ Western
SNOWMAN:
THE CINDERELLA HORSE
In 1956, on Long Island, NY, a struggling post-war Dutch immigrant named Harry de Leyer saves an old, worn-out Amish plow horse from a slaughter truck bound for the glue factory. Together, they defy the odds, rise to the pinnacle of the exclusive show-jumping world and become one of the most famous Triple Crown champions in history. An inspiring true story in the mold of SEABISCUIT and based on the award-winning documentary HARRY & SNOWMAN from director Ron Davis. Available from Docutainment Films.
Feature Film Sports Biopic / Drama
Four girlfriends find themselves being hunted by a group of masked killers during what was supposed to be a raucous bachelorette weekend. Drunk, scared, and fed up, the bachelorettes decide their only choice is to fight back. A raunchy horror comedy co-written with Gabrielle Kovacich that's BRIDESMAIDS meets THE STRANGERS.
BASH
Feature Film Horror Comedy
A couple agrees to keep their impending divorce a secret from their family during a wild weekend trip to a nephew’s Bar Mitzvah. Stuck alone together away from their kids, the two begin to fall for each other again and have to decide whether they’re making the right decision. A romantic comedy that's MARRIAGE STORY meets IT'S COMPLICATED, originally conceived for Adam Sandler and Maya Rudolph to star.
GOODBYE, LEVI
Feature Film Comedy
Back home for the holidays during a string of local serial killings, college freshmen Mikey and Rosie join Mikey’s older brother and his crew in the celebration of Black Wednesday, the annual night of drinking that proceeds Thanksgiving. When they find their group targeted by the mysterious killer on the loose, they slowly realize that the evils provoking the killings, may in fact, be within the very men they’re surrounded by. Black Wednesday marries the teenage slasher thrills of Halloween with the humor and social commentary of Get Out, resulting in a fun-filled and terrifying exploration of the horrors inherent in good old-fashioned American masculinity.
BLACK WEDNESDAY
Feature Film Slasher
When struggling musician, Jenny, gets back together with her rich, music mogul ex-boyfriend, he whisks her away to a chic vacation house in Ojai to prove his commitment. Once Jenny is alone, out of town with him for the first time, he begins to exhibit strange behavior, red flags, and as the bizarre occurrences stack up, Jenny realizes that her life may be in danger. FATAL ATTRACTION meets THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY for the social media age.
REDFLAG
Feature Film Psychological Thriller
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