See exclusive stills from DARK CIRLCES by going to www.afterdarkoriginals.com.

Los Angeles, CA (February 2, 2012) – With the success of the After Dark Films Horrorfest “8 Films To Die For” brand, and the unanimous success of the first installment of After Dark Originals (ADO), ADF, in conjunction with Lionsgate and IM Global, is proud to announce that they will be bringing another set of 8 terrorizing films to theaters in 2012 — After Dark Originals 2 (ADO2).  www.afterdarkoriginals.com

“We’re very proud of this new line of horror films and DARK CIRCLES is the perfect film to set the tone for our ‘newest brand of fear’.”
-Courtney Solomon, CEO of After Dark Films

After Dark Films kicks off After Dark Originals 2 with its first chilling feature of the new series that will send shivers down your spine.  DARK CIRCLES, written and directed by Writer-Director Paul Soter (of Broken Lizard infamy, the team behind CLUB DREAD, SUPER TROOPERS and BEERFEST) and starring Pell James (The Lincoln Lawyer) and Johnathon Schaech (That Thing You Do), will have its blood-curdling theatrical release in 2012.

“Hopefully this will serve as some kind of cinematic equivalent of birth control.”
-Paul Soter, Writer/Director of Dark Circles

For a high resolution version of the DARK CIRCLES one sheet (attached), please email info@afterdarkfilms.com with ‘Dark Circles’ in the subject.
Synopsis:

When new parents Alex and Penny retreat from the city and move into a place outside town, the stress and massive sleep-deprivation caused by their infant has both of them seeing things in the house that may or may not exist.  Persistent sightings of a strange woman has each of them wondering if they are suffering from hallucinations, or if their new home holds a dark, supernatural presence.  As their fragile grasp on reality spirals into delirium, Alex and Penny find themselves nearly helpless to deal with the horrific truth of what is really going in this house.

After Dark Films has made yet another unprecedented commitment to the production of eight original horror films this year under the After Dark Originals “A New Brand of Fear” label, continuing the Company’s mantra of supporting first time independent film writers and directors.  The creation of the second AD Originals slate is just another example of the Company’s commitment to the Indie film industry.

Continuing the success of After Dark Originals, the second installment will uphold the tradition of giving After Dark fans the scare they crave. The ADO 2 slate will make the genre proud, with supernatural demons, psychological killers, gruesome mysteries, and even a sci-fi sector fully equipped with aliens and a killer leprechaun.  Beware horror fans, After Dark Films is giving the fans exactly the type of horror movies they asked for!  Come and see for yourselves.  We dare you…

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About After Dark Films:

After Dark Films, an Independent motion picture studio, was formed in 2006 by director/filmmaker Courtney Solomon and Hong Kong based real estate magnate Allan Zeman. After Dark Films’ first motion picture film release was An American Haunting (2006) starring Sissy Spacek and Donald Sutherland. Co-founder and CEO Courtney Solomon wrote, produced, and directed this film under the newly formed After Dark Films banner.

After the release of An American Haunting, partners Solomon and Zeman formed a multiyear marketing and distribution deal for Horrorfest “8 Films To Die For®” between After Dark Films and Lionsgate Entertainment, with After Dark handling theatrical marketing & releases and Lionsgate handling the distribution of all ancillary forms of media (Home Video, Pay TV, Pay Per View). After Dark Films released Horrorfest 4 in theaters on January 29, 2010.

Building on the success of Horrorfest, After Dark released the first 8 originally produced horror films in January 2011 under the moniker After Dark Originals. Its second slate of 8 more originally produced films, After Dark Originals 2, is scheduled to debut in theaters in 2012.

Publicity Contacts:
LOS ANGELES:
After Dark Films/Autonomous Films
Sara Finder
Vice President, Publicity and Promotions
sfinder@afterdarkfilms.com
Ph: 310-270-4260

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Neptune, New Jersey, March 16, 2011 — Crystal Visions Entertainment has just released the world’s first Jewish horror movie, Hate’s Haunted Slay Ride, on DVD. It features a Rabbi Hero wielding his Torah and Star of David in a fierce battle between supernatural good and evil.

“Horror movies have historically been primarily Roman Catholic but Satan and demons started in the Old Testament, The Torah, at the creation of the earth, so they pre-date Christianity” says Writer-Director Warren F. Disbrow. “Why not do a Jewish horror film then? Why not have a Rabbi as the hero instead of a priest?”

In Hate’s Haunted Slay Ride, the latest thriller by Disbrow, he does just that. From the start we are introduced to a satanic supernatural serial killer known simply as Hate, who causes all hell to break loose in a violent battle between good and evil, pitting Rabbi Shaw (Bret Warshawsky ) and detectives Fletcher (Paul Kellogg) and MacNee (Dan Griffin) up against the unstoppable Hate in his war against Judaism and Christianity.

Hate’s Haunted Slay Ride is the 6TH feature film written and directed by Disbrow, who is based out of New Jersey, and it represents his biggest movie to date. With a running time of nearly two hours and filmed over a two year period, Hate’s Haunted Slay Ride is packed with action, suspense and bloody supernatural confrontations.

“I love horror movies and my goal is to make good ones” says Disbrow. “As for the religious aspects of the film if you read the Bible it is loaded with cruelty and violence and supernatural events; even babies being slaughtered by soldiers under orders, that sort of thing. Look how ugly and bloody Mel Gibson’s Passion of the Christ was and that wasn’t even a horror film!”

The main force of evil in Hate’s Haunted Slay Ride is Hate himself, who first appeared in the feature film Haunted Hay Ride which was also written and directed by Disbrow. Haunted Hay Ride was the winner of the Best Feature Film for 2009 at the Rutgers Film Festival.

“In Haunted Hay Ride” says Disbrow, “Hate began his career by murdering his sadistic police officer father and dismembering him. He then drilled holes in his own head with an electric drill and bolted a gleaming skull Halloween mask to his face, permanently erasing who he was as a human being. He then went on a savage killing spree that ended up at a Halloween Farm’s Haunted Hay Ride where he began butchering both the farm workers and the customers. In that first film Hate is still almost human, though we did give him a creepy inhuman voice. In Hate’s Haunted Slay Ride, Hate has a metamorphosis into a full blown satanic creature and as his blood lust grows and he becomes more spiritually evil, he starts targeting and murdering Christians and Jews.”

The Rabbi is the only one who knows that these murders are being perpetrated by an evil supernatural entity. When Hate surrounds the Jewish temple with a wall of fire, trapping everyone inside, so he can kill all the faithful who have sought sanctuary there: “The Rabbi turns to the Torah to find ways of protecting his people, doing as God directed Moses to do for Passover to protect the first born during God’s plagues on Egypt” says Disbrow.”

Hate’s Haunted Slay Ride was produced by Visual Experiences Motion Picture Company LLC, a New Jersey based feature film Production Company. The company plans to continue making horror films with the next one slated to begin shooting in the summer 2011. “Our ultimate goal is to make one, possibly two, movies a year” says Disbrow.

Hate’s Haunted Slay Ride is being released by Crystal Visions Entertainment LLC, who released Haunted Hay Ride. Disbrow’s previous movies have gotten world wide release by EI Entertainment, Legacy and Troma.

Hate’s Haunted Slay Ride Stars Paul Kellogg, Daniel Bartkewicz, Jenny Hill, Bret Warshawsky, Warren Disbrow Sr, Joann Murano, Deborah A. Taylor, Dan Griffin. Music: Ben Sbar, Brian Breen, Ken Megill, Dan Brady.Visual Effects: Michael Christopher Lee. Associate Producer: Shawn Reich. Executive Producer: Michael Christopher Lee. Production Manager: Steve Krietzberg. Writer/Director: Warren F. Disbrow Hate’s Haunted Slay Ride copyright © 2010 Visual Experiences Motion Picture Company LLC. All Rights Reserved.

DVD ELEMENTS

– The Duel-Layer Special Edition DVD contains the following special features:

– Commentary – Writer-Director Warren F. Disbrow, Daniel Bartkewicz, Jenny Hill, Deborah A. Taylor, Joann Murano, Warren Disbrow Sr, Ron Toth.

– .Documentary: The Making of Hate’s Haunted Slay Ride – Behind the scenes on the set of Hate’s Haunted Slay Ride with cast and crew observations during the making of the movie.

– Featurette: Michael Christopher Lee’s Visual Effects – Mr. Lee covers some of the nearly 300 exciting special effects he created for the film revealing how some of the amazing special effects were accomplished.

Bonus Trailers – Haunted Hay Ride: The Movie, Hate’s Haunted Slay
Ride.

For more information on Hate’s Haunted Slay Ride please go to www.warrenfdisbrow.com

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Sample reviews of Warren F. Disbrow movies :

“Scarlet Moon” (2006):
“If Warren F. Disbrow is comparable to a genre David Lynch, then SCARLET MOON is his DUNE. Dripping with ambition, dense with ideas and attempting the idiosyncratic…Warren F. Disbrow Jr. represents the reason independent film continues to thrive. Outside the mindless mainstream of demographically determined moviemaking, here is a man who plays by his own arcane rules and put his own unique stamp on even the most tired of terror tenets. And if that’s not the definition of ‘auteur’, it’s hard to imagine what is. Warren F. Disbrow is indeed an auteur. SCARLET MOON is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.” – Bill Gibron, DVDTALK.
“Wildly, weirdly resourceful director Warren F. Disbrow helms this deranged horror comedy of apocalyptic proportions” – Turner Classic Movies.
“Headed by Warren F. Disbrow in the seat of the writer, director, all around do-everything guy, you just can’t go wrong” – Reviewer Marc Patterson.

“Invasion for Flesh and Blood”(3rd re-release 2005):

“Genius” – NY Times.

“When genius arrives on your doorstep it has to be acknowledged. Warren F. Disbrow , we salute you and your amazing movies!” – Bill Gibron, DVDTALK.

“Warren Disbrow knows what he audience wants and delivers it” – Flesh and Blood Magazine, England.

“Warren Disbrow is a genius, his films are fantastic! Warren Disbrow is a true auteur in every sense of the word” – Netherlands review.

“Haunted Hay Ride: The Movie” (2009):

“There hasn’t been an executioner this obsessed with slaughter since Jason faced off with Freddy. Disbrow comes up with a near classic” – DVDTALK

“From the beginning you are sucked into what turns out to be an
entertaining, fun filled gorefest that even the squeamish will enjoy” – Zacherley’s Recommendations

“Made me want to climb in and get lost in the fun” – The Angry Princess

“Gory and yet sweetly nostalgic at once, it’s homestyle raw but truly indie effort should beat ZACK AND MIRI at their own game” – Redbank Orbit

“Haunted Hay Ride hit the ground running and did not slow down” – Science Fiction Society of Northern NJ

“As a writer/film critic, there are times when I come across something so awe inducing, I do not even know where to start when reviewing it” – Dan Stein, XOMBA

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