Black Castle Productions officially launched at the beginning of July to fill the gap between low budget independent features and studio films. A partnership between, Producer Sabrina Cooper, Producer/Director Stacey Haid and Cinematographer Jeremy Noggles, the company will produce films in all genres, including horror, thriller, romantic comedy, documentaries and drama, with budgets that range between $5-10 million.

The inaugural slate of Black Castle Productions films includes: Phantasmagoria: The Movie a thriller with traces of horror and mystery following a young married couple who inherits an old Southern plantation, once owned by an eccentric 19th Century magician.

Phantasmagoria is co-produced by AFI alumnus Nikit Doshi and directed by the multiple award-winning Writer/Director Steven Shea. “As a huge fan of the game when I was in high school, we are all very excited to bring this film to life. We have taken what was great about the game and tweaked it just a bit. The changes we made were not only to help it cross over to film but also to update it for today’s audience who might not know about the game,” says Sabrina, producer of Phantasmagoria: The Movie. “We also have a few surprises up our sleeves, some things that actually have never been done before in our industry! Like I said, as fans of the game, we are all pretty excited about this project.”

Based on the cult hit video game which introduced the “choose your own adventure” game play style, there will be two completely different versions of the film, using the same characters and initial opening but then following a different, unique, twisted adventure with opposite outcomes.
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Adventure 1: the horror-salvation version / Adventure 2: the thriller-demise version