Sunrise Pictures has formed Terror Films, a specialty division that will focus on development, finance, production, sales and distribution of horror, sci-fi and thriller films.
The films will be targeted for limited theatrical, television and ancillary markets like VOD and Redbox.
Sunrise CEO Peter Schafer and executives Joe Dain, Jim Klock and Miles Fineburg will oversee the genre label.
Terror recently signed a multiple-picture deal with foreign sales company Automatic Entertainment, headed by Michael Lurie and Jeffrey Giles. Automatic is bringing three Terror titles to sell at the Berlin Film Market, “Trace,” “Antidote” and “Bag Boy Lover Boy.”
Terror is also launching “The Chosen,” a supernatural thriller starring YouTube star Kian Lawley. Both “The Chosen” and “Trace” are slated for release in 2015.
“We’re excited about the potential of Terror Films and our collaborations with a great team of like minded companies while we aggressively and strategically build our brand as a new face in the horror genre,” Schafer said.
10 of Hollywood's Creepiest Demon Dolls (Photos)
When you look up creepy and murderous movie dolls in the dictionary, you get Chucky from 1988's "Child Play."
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Jigsaw didn't actually do any killing in "Saw" (2004), but he sure was creepy.
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Annabelle made her first appearance in 2013's "The Conjuring."
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"Dead of Night"! 1945!
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An American family moves to Mexico and horror-filled hilarity ensues in "Dolls" (1987).
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The award for the most evil dolls in one movie probably goes to one of the "Puppetmaster" films, which kicked off in 1989.
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The creepy doll wasn't the scariest part of Tobe Hooper's "Poltergeist," but it was still grade-A nightmare fuel.
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Anthony Hopkins stars with Burgess Meredith in the 1987 ventrioquist horror flick, "Magic."
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"Dolly Dearest" (1991) was a straight-to-video release starring Rip Torn and Denise Crosby.
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Karen Black starred alongside this Zuni fetish doll in a vignette called "Amelia" in "Trilogy of Terror" (1975).
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When you look up creepy and murderous movie dolls in the dictionary, you get Chucky from 1988's "Child Play."