| Company type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film production, film distributor |
| Predecessor | Chicago Teleproductions |
| Founded |
|
| Founder | Paul Hertzberg |
| Defunct | 2023 |
| Fate | Closed |
| Successor | Vision Films |
| Headquarters | United States, , United States |
Key people | Paul Hertzberg (president) |
| Website | cinetelfilms |
CineTel Films Inc. was an independent film production company and distributor based in West Hollywood, California.
History[edit]
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[edit]
1980s[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- The Penthouse (2021)
References[edit]
- ^ "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)".
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