Company type | Distributor and producer of independent films |
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Industry | Film |
Founded | 2005 |
Headquarters | Pompton Plains, New Jersey, U.S. |
Key people | Peter Castro |
Products | Motion pictures |
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Website | bayviewentertainment |
BayView Entertainment is an American independent film production and distribution company based out of Pompton Plains, New Jersey. [1] In 2015, BayView distributed One Deadly Summer (1983) on physical media. [2] BayView produced the film Skinamarink (2023), which was acquired by Shudder. [3] In 2023, BayView took over Passion River Films after buying out most of the company's assets. [4]
Release date | Title | Director(s) | Production | Ref. |
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2007 | Bad | Ron McLellen | Southlan Films | [5] |
2009 | Buddy Bebop Vs Living Dead | Justin Cash Kirkpatrick | CineXperia Productions | [5] |
Release date | Title | Director(s) | Production | Ref. |
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2015 | Burning Bodhi | Matthew McDuffie | BCD Travel | [1] |
2016 | Trinity | Skip Shea | Racconti Romani | |
2017 | The Dead Half | David Van Hooser | Light Hand Productions | [5] |
2018 | The Tag-Along: The Devil Fish | David Chuang | Ambassador Theatres | |
2019 | Insanity | Miska Kajanus | Piilo Productions | [5] |
Release date | Title | Director(s) | Production | Ref. |
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2020 | Entombed | Kjell Hammerø | Little Rain Films | [5] |
2020 | Nothing Else | Timoth Conrad | Timamu Movies Production | [5] |
2020 | Nuns: An Italian Horror Story | Giovanni Aloisio | — | [5] |
2021 | Todd | Aaron Warren | Pain Productions LLC | [5] |
2021 | My Dead Ones | Diego Freitas | Parakino Filmes | [5] |
2021 | Winifred Meeks | Jason Figgis | October Eleven Pictures Ltd. | [6] |
2022 | Red | Don Tjernagel | Donzilla, Inc. | [5] |
2023 | I am Gitmo | Philippe Diaz | Cinema Libre Studio | [7] |
2024 | The Omicron Killer | Jeff Knite | Dark Knites entertainment | [7] |
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