CineTel Films

CineTel Films
Company type	Privately held company
Industry	Film production, film distributor
Predecessor	Chicago Teleproductions
Founded	1980;44 years ago (as Chicago Teleproductions); 1983;41 years ago (as CineTel Films);
Founder	Paul Hertzberg
Defunct	2023
Fate	Closed
Successor	Vision Films
Headquarters	United States, West Hollywood, California , United States
Key people	Paul Hertzberg (president)
Website	cinetelfilms.com

Last updated January 31, 2024

CineTel Films Inc. was an independent film production company and distributor based in West Hollywood, California.

History

The company was founded in Chicago in 1980 as Chicago Teleproductions and later moved the company's headquarters to Los Angeles, California and renamed as CineTel Films in 1983.^[1]^[2] Paul Hertzberg founded CineTel Films.^[3]^[4] CineTel put the first direct-to-video film into production on November 30, 1983 which was released in 1984 as E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind.^[5]

The company was sold to Vision Films in 2023.^[6]

Filmography

1980s

E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind (1984)
Screen Test (1985)
Star Knight (1985)
Say Yes (1986)
The Climb (1986)
Hardbodies 2 (1986)
Armed Response (1986)
Captive (1986)
Cyclone (1987)
Cold Steel (1987)
Bulletproof (1987)
Deadly Illusion (1987)
Out of the Dark (1988)
Fear (1988)
976-EVIL (1988)
Hit List (1989)
Relentless (1989)
Tripwire (1989)

1990s

Far Out Man (1990)
Masters of Menace (1990)
Too Much Sun (1990)
Fast Getaway (1990)
Payback (1991)
Past Midnight (1991)
976-Evil II (1991)
Where the Day Takes You (1992)
Dead On: Relentless II (1992)
We're Talking Serious Money (1992)
Sins of Desire (1993)
Entangled (1993)
Relentless 3 (1993)
Class of 1999 II: The Substitute (1994)
Teresa's Tattoo (1994)
Dangerous Touch (1994)
Fast Getaway II (1994)
Ghoulies IV (1994)
Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes (1994)
Dream a Little Dream 2 (1995)
Excessive Force II: Force on Force (1995)
Carried Away (1996)
Demolition High (1996)
Dead Girl (1996)
Vampirella (1996)
Sci-fighters (1996)
Poison Ivy II (1996)
Below Utopia (1997)
Stir (1997)
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction (1997)
Demolition University (1997)
Storm Trooper (1997)
The Pandora Project (1998)
Telling You (1998)
Butter (1998)
The Assault (1998)
Out of Control (1998)
Prague Duet (1998)
Supreme Sanction (1999)
The Settlement (1999)
Judgment Day (1999)

2000s

Chain of Command (2000)
Meeting Daddy (2000)
A Rumor of Angels (2000)
Green Sails (2000)
They Crawl (2001)
Guardian (2001)
The Tracker (2001)
Time Lapse (2001)
Project Viper (2002)
Storm Watch (2002)
Malevolent (2002)
Scorcher (2002)
Con Express (2002)
Global Effect (2002)
Hot Desire (2003)
Detonator (2003)
Written in Blood (2003)
Lost Treasure (2003)
Momentum (2003)
Deadly Swarm (2003)
Devil Winds (2003)
I Accuse (2003)
Island Rhythms (2003)
Snakehead Terror (2004)
Gargoyle (2004)
Descent (2005)
Crash Landing (2005)
Sub Zero (2005)
Premonition (2005)
Komodo vs. Cobra (2005)
Cerebus (2005)
Caved In (2006)
Solar Attack (2006)
Dark Storm (2006)
Earthstorm (2006)
Not My Life (2006)
A.I. Assault (2006)
Fire Serpent (2007)
Termination Point (2007)
Secrets of an Undercover Wife (2007)
Judicial Indiscretion (2007)
Post Mortem (2007)
Perfect Child (2007)
Hallowed Ground (2007)
Bone Eater (2007)
Beyond Loch Ness (2008)
Ogre (2008)
Storm Cell (2008)
Poison Ivy: The Secret Society (2008)
Cat City (2008)
The Secret Lives of Second Wives (2008)
Sea Beast (2008)
Ba'al (2008)
Trial by Fire (2008)
Kill Switch (2008)
National Lampoon's Ratko: The Dictator's Son (2009)
Wyvern (2009)
Hydra (2009)
Polar Storm (2009)
Fire from Below (2009)
Tommy and the Cool Mule (2009)
Aussie & Ted's Great Adventure (2009)
Smile (2009)
Ice Twisters (2009)

2010s

Dolph Lundgren is the Killing Machine (2010)
I Spit on Your Grave (2010)
Mongolian Death Worm (2010)
Stonehenge Apocalypse (2010)
Goblin (2010)
Mandrake (2010)
Ice Quake (2010)
Behemoth (2011)
Iron Golem (2011)
Ghost Storm (2011)
Camel Spiders (2011)
Collision Earth (2011)
Mega Cyclone (2011)
Doomsday Prophecy (2011)
Seeds of Destruction (2011)
Earth's Final Hours (2011)
Super Shark (2011)
Snowmageddon (2011)
The Philadelphia Experiment (2012)
The Riverbank (2012)
The 12 Disasters of Christmas (2012)
End of the World (2013)
Independence Daysaster (2013)
I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013)
Embrace of the Vampire (2013)
Grave Halloween (2013)
The Cure (2014)
Apocalypse Tomorrow (2014)
Free Fall (2014)
Christmas Icetastrophe (2014)
LA Apocalypse (2015)
Fire Twister (2015)
Earthfall (2015)
Lavalantula (2015)
I Spit on Your Grave: Vengeance is Mine (2015)
They Fond Hell (2015)
Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre (2015)
Stormageddon (2015)
Vigilante Diaries (2016)
Drone Wars (2016)
Dam Sharks (2016)
2 Lava 2 Lantula! (2016)
Earthtastrophe (2016)
Shadows of the Dead (2016)
Mind Blown (2016)
All I Wish (2017)
Global Meltdown (2017)
Doomsday Device (2017)
Karma (2018)
The Amityville Murders (2018)
Kill Chain (2019)
Acceleration (2019)
2nd Chance for Christmas (2019)
The Boy, the Dog and the Clown (2019)

2020s

The Penthouse (2021)

References

↑ "Company". CineTel Films. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
↑ "Devil Winds" – About the Producers Archived 9 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine . Ku-Al Productions Inc. 2004.
↑ Horror Guest LISA HANSEN Archived 16 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine . FanExpo Canada. Access date: 5 September 2010.
↑ Lloyd Kaufman; Collins, Ashley Wren. Produce Your Own Damn Movie! . Focal Press, 2009. ISBN 0-240-81045-7, ISBN 978-0-240-81045-4
↑ Kleiman, Rena (28 November 1983). "Premiere made-for-home-video feature firmed for production". The Hollywood Reporter . p. 1.
↑ "Vision Films heads to MIPTV, Cannes market with CineTel library (Exclusive)".

External links

Official website

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[1] "Company". CineTel Films. Retrieved 15 October 2020.

[2] "Devil Winds" – About the Producers Archived 9 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine . Ku-Al Productions Inc. 2004.

[fanexpocanada-3] Horror Guest LISA HANSEN Archived 16 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine . FanExpo Canada. Access date: 5 September 2010.

[4] Lloyd Kaufman; Collins, Ashley Wren. Produce Your Own Damn Movie! . Focal Press, 2009. ISBN 0-240-81045-7, ISBN 978-0-240-81045-4

[5] Kleiman, Rena (28 November 1983). "Premiere made-for-home-video feature firmed for production". The Hollywood Reporter . p. 1.

[6] "Vision Films heads to MIPTV, Cannes market with CineTel library (Exclusive)".

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