SpectreVision

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SpectreVision
FormerlyThe Woodshed (2010–2013)
Company type Private
Industry Motion picture
Founded2010
Founders
Headquarters
Key people
  • Lisa Whalen
    (CEO)
  • Elijah Wood
    (Creative Director)
  • Daniel Noah
    (Head of Development)
  • Josh C. Waller
    (Head of Production)
Products Film production
Website spectrevision.com

SpectreVision (formerly The Woodshed) is an American film production company founded in 2010 by actor Elijah Wood and directors Daniel Noah and Josh C. Waller. SpectreVision is a genre driven company with a focus on psychological thriller and horror films. [1]

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At E3 2017, SpectreVision announced a collaboration with video game developer Ubisoft on their first video game project, a virtual reality project called Transference . [2]

SpectreVision is in association with Company X Productions, which describes itself as "a female-led production company focused on independent film and television." [3] Company X Marketing states, "Company X / SpectreVision is a TV and film production company owned in part by Elijah Wood." [4] Its production credits include Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss , No Man of God , Bitch , and The Apology .

Filmography

YearFilmDirectorNotes and Awards
2012 Toad Road Jason BankerWon Best Picture at the 2012 Oregon Independent Film Festival.
2013 LFO Antonio Tublén Won Best Film at the London Sci-Fi Film Festival. [5]
2014 Cooties Cary Murnion
Jonathan Milott
Nominated for Best Indie Horror Film at 2016 iHorror Awards.
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night Ana Lily Amirpour
Open Windows Nacho Vigalondo Nominated for SXSW Audience Visions Award. [6]
2015 The Boy Craig Macneill
2016 The Greasy Strangler Jim Hosking Won the 2016 BIFA Discovery Award.
Belladonna of Sadness Eiichi Yamamoto Restored re-release of 1973 film.
2017 Bitch Marianna Palka
2018 Mandy Panos Cosmatos
2019 Daniel Isn't Real Adam Egypt Mortimer Won Best Feature (Horror Feature Competition) at 2019 Brooklyn Horror Film Festival. [7]
Color Out of Space Richard Stanley
2020 Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss Vivieno Caldinelli
Archenemy Adam Egypt Mortimer
2021 No Man of God Amber Sealey
2022 The Apology Alison Locke
2025 Rabbit Trap

Bryn Chainey

Video games

YearVideo gamePublisherNotes
2018 Transference Ubisoft Co-developed with Ubisoft Montreal, nominated for Best VR Game at the 2018 Golden Joystick Awards and "Immersive Reality Game of the Year" at the 22nd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards.
2018 JoinDispatch Kyle McCullough

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References

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