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Foundation date 1 january 1976
MPI Media Group is an American producer, distributor and licensor of theatrical film and home entertainment. MPI’s subsidiaries include MPI Pictures, MPI Home Video and the horror film distributor Dark Sky Films. The company is located in Orland Park, Illinois, and was founded in 1976 by brothers Malik & Waleed Ali.
MPI also owns the WPA Film Library and the British Pathe Newsreel Archive.
Filmography of MPI Media Group (20 films)
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Deathgasm (2015)
, 1h26Genres Comedy, Horror, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Demons in film, Comedy horror films
Actors Milo Cawthorne, Kimberley Crossman, Jodie Rimmer, Andrew Laing, Cameron Rhodes
After his mother is institutionalized, misfit Brodie is sent to live with his fundamentalist Christian Uncle Albert and Aunt Mary, whose son David torments him. A heavy metal fan, Brodie forms a band called Deathgasm with his friends Zakk, Dion, and Giles. When the bandmates break into a local house, they discover that one of their idols, reclusive musician Rikki Daggers, lives there. Daggers gives the band magical sheet music, which a cult later murders him to find. Skeptical of the sheet music's power, the band plays it, only to summon a demon. With the help of his crush, Medina, and his bandmates, Brodie must find a way to defeat the demon.
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We Are Still Here (2015)
, 1h24Directed by Ted J. Geoghegan
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Barbara Crampton, Larry Fessenden, Lisa Marie, Monte Markham, Susan Gibney, Elissa Dowling
In 1979, after the tragic death of their son Bobby in a car accident, Anne (Barbara Crampton) and Paul Sacchetti (Andrew Sensenig) have decided to move to a new home in rural New England in the hopes that it will bring them some closure. Paul especially hopes that it will be therapeutic for Anne, as the death has hit her particularly hard and caused her to spiral into a deep depression. However almost as soon as they arrive Anne claims that Bobby's spirit is present in the house and she goes so far as to enlist the help of her friend May (Lisa Marie), a self-professed psychic, and her hippie husband Jacob (Larry Fessenden) in order to make contact with him. As strange events begin to occur in the house, Anne and Paul's neighbors begin to hint that the house has a dark past that has claimed the lives of several others.
Applesauce (2015)
, 1h31Directed by Onur Tukel
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Max Casella, Trieste Kelly Dunn, Dylan Baker, Jennifer Prediger, Onur Tukel, Zazie Beetz
Summer of Blood (2014)
, 1h26Directed by Onur Tukel
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror
Themes Vampires in film
Actors Jonathan Caouette, Onur Tukel, Alex Karpovsky
During an evening date, Eric Sparrow (Onur Tukel) crassly refuses a marriage proposal by his long suffering girlfriend Jody (Anna Margaret Hollyman). On the tense walk home, they run into Jody's college flame Jason (Jason Selvig), for whom Jody promptly ditches Eric. Now alone, Eric stumbles upon a man bleeding of a neck wound in an alley. Despite the man's pleas for help, Eric tactlessly jokes through the encounter until the man bleeds to death.
Frankenstein's Army (2013)
, 1h24Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Medical-themed films, Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Steampunk films, Disaster films
Actors Karel Roden, Joshua Sasse, Luke Newberry
During World War II, Russian soldiers on a reconnaissance mission receive a distress call that would lead them further into Germany. The message seems to repeat without any response to their queries, and at the same time that they begin to receive the message, they lose radio contact with their command. Although the others are dubious about the existence of other Russians in the area, Sgt. Novikov orders them to investigate. Dmitri, a Soviet propagandist who is filming the mission, interviews the soldiers and documents the proceedings. As they draw closer to the designated coordinates, Dmitri takes an interest in and films several odd occurrences, such as unexplained dead Nazis, a burnt convent full of massacred nuns and strange machinery. When the soldiers arrive at their destination, they find an abandoned church guarded by an undead person with metal implants; the film calls these creatures zombots in the credits. The zombot kills Sgt. Novikov, and, after they destroy the zombot, Sergei takes charge. The hotheaded Vassili challenges his authority, but the others back Sergei.
Yelling To The Sky (2012)
, 1h36Directed by Victoria Mahoney
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about domestic violence, Gangster films
Actors Zoë Naelle Kravitz, Jason Clarke, Antonique Smith, Black Thought, Shareeka Epps, Tim Blake Nelson
The film starts out with quiet, studious, high schooler, Sweetness O'Hara riding her bike with a friend down the street, when neighborhood bully Latonya, her boyfriend, and friends begins picking on her. The boyfriend threatens to take her bike, unless she can beat him in a race to a tree down the street. Sweetness agrees, taking off running. The bully comes up behind her and pushes her to the ground, proceeding to kick her. Sweetness' older, yet pregnant sister, Ola, comes to her rescue, beating up the bully.
, 1h26Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Actors John Mellencamp, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, T-Bone Burnett
Stitches (2012)
, 1h26Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantastic, Horror comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Tommy Knight, John McDonnell, Gemma-Leah Devereux
Richard Grindle (Ross Noble), a clown with the stage name "Stitches", makes out with a woman in his van. During sex, the woman notices an egg with a face painted on it encased in a glass tube. Stitches explains that "they" made him do it when he signed up. Stitches arrives late at Tom's (Ryan Burke) birthday, and attempts to entertain the children, but they instead ridicule him. Vinny (Gerald Ahern) ties Stitches' shoelaces together, causing him to trip and land on a kitchen knife. Stitches stands up and attempts to attack the children, but instead he slips on his own blood and the knife flies above him. Stitches falls onto the floor as the knife falls onto his eye, killing him. Tom visits Stitches' grave and finds a group of clowns performing a ritual, and the group's leader, The Motley, threatens Tom.
An Invisible Sign (2010)
, 1h36Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Jessica Alba, J. K. Simmons, Chris Messina, Bailee Madison, Sônia Braga, Sophie Nyweide
Mona Gray (Jessica Alba) systematically withdraws from life into a world of mathematics after a mysterious mental illness leaves her father (John Shea) incapacitated and a shell of his former self. Forced by her mother to move out on her own, Mona gets a job as a math teacher at an elementary school. There she discovers she has an unorthodox talent for teaching and finds herself thrust back into life again, with children to care for, and a reason to live. Mona takes special interest in one of her students, Lisa Venus (Sophie Nyweide), whose mother is dying of cancer. When fellow teacher Ben Smith (Chris Messina) shows romantic interest in her, Mona reverts to some of her old self-destructive impulses. Eventually, Mona discovers her value in the love she shows her students, and Ben's patience is finally rewarded as the two find love in each other.
Mr. Nice (2010)
, 2h1Directed by Bernard Rose
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Rhys Ifans, Chloë Sevigny, Crispin Glover, David Thewlis, Olivia Grant, Omid Djalili
The film begins in 2010, with a 65-year-old Howard Marks going onto a stage in front of a packed theatre to great applause. Marks asks if there are any plain-clothes policemen sat in the audience, to which the reply is negative. Then, while lighting up a joint, Marks asks "who here is a dope (marijuana) smoker?", to even greater applause. The film then diverts into Marks' internal monologue as he recounts his life.
The House of the Devil (2009)
, 1h35Directed by Ti West
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Films about suicide, Ghost films
Actors Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, Greta Gerwig, Dee Wallace, A. J. Bowen
After her landlady (Dee Wallace) gives her an extension on the deposit for her new apartment, college student Samantha Hughes (Jocelin Donahue) takes on a babysitting job for Mr. Ulman (Tom Noonan) and his wife (Mary Woronov). Ulman asks to meet her but stands her up, later apologizing and offering to pay double the original salary. Samantha accepts and gets a ride to the remote mansion from her best friend, Megan (Greta Gerwig), who expresses her distrust. At the house, Mr. Ulman pulls her aside and reveals that he does not have any children; the babysitting job is to attend to his wife's ailing mother. Samantha balks but finally agrees, if he will pay her $400, a significant increase in her pay. Megan immediately leaves, citing Ulman's lies and peculiar behavior, but she reluctantly promises to pick up Samantha later. Samantha stays, after accepting the money. On the way home, Megan stops in her car to smoke a cigarette. When her car lighter will not work, a stranger (A.J. Bowen) suddenly appears out of nowhere, startling her, and lights her cigarette for her. When Megan reveals that she is not the babysitter hired by the Ulmans, she is abruptly shot and murdered by the stranger.
Paper Man (2009)
, 1h50Directed by Kieran Mulroney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about writers
Actors Jeff Daniels, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Lisa Kudrow, Hunter Parrish, Kieran Culkin
Richard is a failed novelist who still talks to his childhood imaginary superhero friend, Captain Excellent. At the urging of his wife Claire, Richard has moved to a Long Island beach community for the winter season in order to overcome his writer's block.
Tormented (2009)
, 1h31Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Films about suicide, Comedy horror films
Actors Alex Pettyfer, April Pearson, Calvin Dean, Dimitri Leonidas, James Floyd, Tom Hopper
Head girl Justine Fielding (Tuppence Middleton) is escorted out of Fairview High School by the police, as other pupils look on.
Alarm (2008)
, 1h45Directed by Gerry Stembridge
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Ruth Bradley, Aidan Turner, Tom Hickey
After witnessing the murder of her father by burglars, Molly is living with friends and seeing a psychiatrist (Emmet Bergin) to deal with her panic attacks. She dreams of finding a house where she can live alone. Upon buying her dream house in a Dublin suburb, she gives a house-warming party and one of her friends brings along an old classmate of Molly's, Mal. Molly had fancied Mal during school, and now they become a couple. With a new house and a new boyfriend, things seem perfect.
The Manson Family (2003)
, 1h35Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Historical, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Sage Stallone
Le portrait fou de Charles Manson et de sa « famille »/secte qui l’entourait...