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| Type | Privately held company |
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| Industry | Film industry |
| Founded | 2006 |
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| Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Courtney Solomon (CEO/Partner) |
| Products | Motion pictures |
| Website | afterdarkfilms |
After Dark Films is an American independent film production and distribution company founded by Courtney Solomon and Allan Zeman in 2006. [1] [2] [3]
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The company is the organizer for the annual independent horror film festival After Dark Horrorfest , also known as 8 Films to Die For. [4] [5] On March 30, 2010 the company founded After Dark Originals alongside Lionsgate and Syfy. [6] On March 2, 2012, After Dark Films announced After Dark Action, an action film series.
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| Title | Release Date | Refs |
|---|---|---|
| The Abandoned | 2006 | |
| Dark Ride | 2006 | [7] |
| The Gravedancers | 2006 | |
| The Hamiltons | 2006 | |
| Penny Dreadful | 2006 | |
| Reincarnation | 2006 | |
| Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror | 2006 | |
| Unrest | 2006 | |
| Wicked Little Things | 2006 | |
| Borderland | 2007 | |
| Crazy Eights | 2007 | |
| The Deaths of Ian Stone | 2007 | |
| Lake Dead | 2007 | |
| Mulberry Street | 2007 | |
| Nightmare Man | 2007 | |
| Tooth & Nail | 2007 | |
| Unearthed | 2007 | |
| Frontier(s) | 2007 | |
| Autopsy | 2008 | |
| The Broken | 2009 | |
| The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations | 2009 | |
| Dying Breed | 2009 | |
| From Within | 2009 | |
| Perkins' 14 | 2009 | |
| Slaughter | 2009 | |
| Voices | 2009 | |
| Dread | 2011 | |
| The Final | 2011 | |
| The Graves | 2011 | |
| Hidden | 2011 | |
| Kill Theory | 2011 | |
| Lake Mungo | 2011 | |
| The Reeds | 2011 | |
| ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction | 2011 | |
| Murder in the Dark | 2015 | |
| Wind Walkers | 2015 | |
| Suspension | 2015 | |
| Unnatural | 2015 | |
| The Wicked Within | 2015 | |
| Re-Kill | 2015 | |
| Lumberjack Man | 2015 | |
| Bastard | 2015 |
| Title | Release Date |
|---|---|
| Fertile Ground | 2011 |
| 51 | 2011 |
| Husk | 2011 |
| Prowl | 2011 |
| Seconds Apart | 2011 |
| Scream of the Banshee | 2011 |
| The Task | 2011 |
| Red Clover | 2012 |
| Children of Sorrow | 2012 |
| Dark Circles | 2013 |
| Sanatorium | 2013 |
| Ritual | 2013 |
| Mischief Night | 2014 |
| Bedlam | 2015 |
| Asylum | 2015 |
| House Keeping | 2015 |
| Title | Release Date |
|---|---|
| Dragon Eyes | 2012 |
| El Gringo | 2012 |
| Philly Kid | 2012 |
| Stash House | 2012 |
| Transit | 2012 |
| Getaway | 2013 |
| Enemies Closer | 2014 |
| Title | Release Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Fierce People | 2005 | |
| An American Haunting | 2006 | [1] |
| Wristcutters: A Love Story | 2006 | |
| Skinwalkers | 2007 | |
| Captivity | 2007 | |
| Echelon Conspiracy | 2009 | |
| Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | 2009 | |
| Bullet to the Head | 2013 | |
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