THE RETRO HORROR FILM STUDIO FROM FILMMAKER CHARLIE STEEDS
ESCAPE FROM CANNIBAL FARM
Filmed May/June 2016
US Release: January 2nd 2018 (High Octane Pictures)
Genre: Backwoods Horror Drama. 101 Minutes
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Synopsis:
In the British countryside, the Harver family head out on an idyllic summer camping trip where they can bury past tensions and enjoy some family bonding. But when their camp is sabotaged by an unseen intruder in the night, they head to the nearby creepy old farm desperate for help, where vengeful farmer Hunt Hansen and his hideously deformed son aren't farming animals... Caged and waiting for their limbs to be severed, cooked and eaten one at a time, the Harver family must overcome their differences and unite in order to escape alive!
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Writer/Director/Producer: Charlie Steeds
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Main Cast: Kate Davies Speak, Barrington De La Roche, David Lenik, Toby Wynn-Davies, Rowena Bentley, Joe Street, Peter Cosgrove, Dylan Curtis
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THE HOUSE OF
VIOLENT DESIRE
Filmed February 2017
US Release: October 2018 (High Octane Pictures)
Genre: Gothic Erotic Thriller. 117 Minutes
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Synopsis:
In a remote hill top mansion, a mysterious stranger emerges from a thunderstorm in the night, seeking refuge with the Whipley family; four young adults ruled by their strict religious mother, and their troubled father, who has vanished the previous night - But perhaps the 'stranger' is more connected to this family and to the dark unknown history of the house than they could ever suspect, and as the visitor begins to cultivate sexual tensions and paranoia within the house, the devilishly erotic history of the Whipley family threatens to lure them deep into its lustful, violent madness once again.
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Writer/Director/Producer: Charlie Steeds
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Main Cast: Rowena Bentley, Esme Sears, Carl Andersson, Daniel McKee, Barrington De La Roche, Peter Cosgrove, Yasmin Ryan, Kate Davies Speak
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THE BARGE PEOPLE
Filmed September/October 2017
US Release: Release date TBA (RLJ Releasing)
Genre: Backwoods Horror. 80 Minutes
Frightfest London 2019 Official Selection
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Synopsis:
Set on the canals amid the glorious British countryside, two sisters and their boyfriends head off for a relaxing weekend away on a barge, unaware of the flesh-eating fish mutants lurking in the water, ready and waiting to feed.
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Director/Producer: Charlie Steeds
Writer: Christopher Lombard
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Main Cast: Kate Davies Speak, Mark McKirdy, Makenna Guyler, Kane Surry, Natalie Martins, Matt Swales, Emma Spurgin Hussey, David Lenik, Barrington De La Roche
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WINTERSKIN
Filmed January/March 2018
US Release: May 21st 2019 (High Octane Pictures)
Genre: Snowbound Horror Thriller. 85 Minutes
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Synopsis:
Gunned down in the snowy wilderness and desperate for shelter, Billy Cavanagh is taken in by kooky old lady Agnes, unaware that her isolated log cabin is being stalked by a bloodthirsty skinless creature hellbent on getting inside.
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Writer/Director/Producer: Charlie Steeds
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Main Cast: David Lenik, Rowena Bentley, Barrington De La Roche, Peter Cosgrove, John Lomas, Kate Davies-Speak, Dylan Curtis,
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AN ENGLISH HAUNTING
Filmed November/December 2018
US Release: TBA 2020 (High Octane Pictures)
Genre: Supernatural Drama. 90 Minutes
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Synopsis:
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In 1960s England, Blake Cunningham and his alcoholic mother are forced to move into the mysterious Clemonte Hall, a vast isolated manor house, to care for his dying Grandfather who resides in the attic room. Soon, ghostly goings-on fill the house with dread, as it becomes apparent Grandfather's illness may have a supernatural cause that can only be cured by uncovering the terrifying secrets of the house and its dark history.
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Writer/Director/Producer: Charlie Steeds
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Main Cast: David Lenik, Tessa Wood, Barrington De La Roche, Emma Spurgin Hussey, Jessica Alonso, Rory Wilton
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DEATH RANCH
Filmed May 2019
US Release: TBA 2021 (4 Digital Media)
Genre: Grindhouse/Blaxploitation. 78 Minutes
Grimmfest 2020 Official Selection
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Synopsis:
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1970s USA, Three African American siblings on the run from the police take refuge at an abandoned Tennessee Ranch, unaware their hideout is on the hunting grounds of a cannibalistic Ku Klux Klan cult...Trapped and tortured, the three must fight tooth and nail to escape alive and take down the bloodthirsty Klan.
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Writer/Director/Producer: Charlie Steeds
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Main Cast: Deiondre Teagle, Faith Monique, Travis Cutner, Brad Belemjian, Scot Scurlock, Thomas Higgins
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VAMPIRE VIRUS
Filmed August/September 2019
Worldwide Release: 2020 (Ace Entertainment)
Genre: Vampire Thriller. 80 Minutes
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Synopsis:
A young woman contracts a deadly virus after an unusual sexual encounter,
and soon develops a taste for human blood.
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Director/Producer: Charlie Steeds
Writers: Sam Ashurst & Charlie Steeds
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Main Cast: Natalie Martins, Derek Nelson, Peter Lofsgard, Jessica Alonso
Jonathan Hansler, Mark McKirdy, James Swanton
