CineTel Films Inc. is an

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and

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based in

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History

The company was founded in

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in 1980 as Chicago Teleproductions and later moved the company's headquarters to

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and renamed as CineTel Films in 1983. Paul Hertzberg founded CineTel Films.
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Filmography

1980s

* ''Screen Test'' (1985) * '' Star Knight'' (1985) * ''Say Yes'' (1986) * '' The Climb'' (1986) * ''

Hardbodies 2 ''Hardbodies 2'' is a 1986 adult comedy movie sequel to the 1984 film '' Hardbodies''. It was directed by Mark Griffiths and featured Brad Zutaut, Fabiana Udenio, James Karen and Alba Francesca. The plot involves two men, Scotty and Rags, and ...

'' (1986) * '' Armed Response'' (1986) * ''

Captive Captive or Captives may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Captive'' (1980 film), a sci-fi film, starring Cameron Mitchell and David Ladd * ''Captive'' (1986 film), a British-French film starring Oliver Reed * ''Captive'' (1991 ...

'' (1986) * ''

Cyclone In meteorology, a cyclone () is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to an anti ...

'' (1987) * '' Cold Steel'' (1987) * ''

Bulletproof Bulletproofing is the process of making an object capable of stopping a bullet or similar high velocity projectiles (e.g. shrapnel). The term bullet resistance is often preferred because few, if any, practical materials provide complete protectio ...

'' (1987) * ''

Deadly Illusion ''Deadly Illusion'' is a 1987 action/crime thriller film directed by Larry Cohen and William Tannen. It stars Billy Dee Williams, Vanity, and Morgan Fairchild. Plot Hamberger is a freelance private eye without a license and without a car, who h ...

'' (1987) * '' Out of the Dark'' (1988) * ''Fear'' (1988) * '' 976-EVIL'' (1988) * '' Hit List'' (1989) * ''

Relentless Relentless may refer to: Film * ''Relentless'' (1948 film), an American film directed by George Sherman * ''Relentless'', a 1977 American television film starring Will Sampson * ''Relentless'' (1989 film), an American crime film starring Jud ...

'' (1989) * ''

Tripwire A tripwire is a passive triggering mechanism. Typically, a wire or cord is attached to a device for detecting or reacting to physical movement. Military applications Such tripwires may be attached to one or more mines – especially fragme ...

'' (1989)

1990s

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Far Out Man ''Far Out Man'' is a 1990 American comedy film written, directed by and starring Tommy Chong. Plot An aging hippie goes on a road trip in search of his long lost family. He meets up with his son (Paris Chong, Tommy's real-life son). Together ...

'' (1990) *''

Masters of Menace ''Masters of Menace'' is a 1990 comedy film about a motorcycle gang. Plot The Masters of Menace are a motorcycle club. When one of their own dies while testing his top fuel Harley, they decide to cross the country to go bury him. With the coffi ...

'' (1990) *''

Too Much Sun ''Too Much Sun'' is a 1990 American comedy film directed by Robert Downey Sr. and starring Robert Downey Jr., Eric Idle, Andrea Martin, Allan Arbus, Ralph Macchio and Howard Duff. It was filmed in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles, California, ...

'' (1990) *''

Fast Getaway ''Fast Getaway'' is a 1991 Action film#Action comedy, action comedy film, starring Corey Haim, Cynthia Rothrock and Leo Rossi. A sequel ''Fast Getaway II'' was released in 1994. Plot Sixteen-year-old Nelson Potter is part of a bank robbing team wi ...

'' (1990) *''Payback'' (1991) *''

Past Midnight ''Past Midnight'' is a 1991 Neo-noir thriller film (with slasher connections) starring Rutger Hauer and Natasha Richardson, as well as co-stars Tom Wright, Clancy Brown and Paul Giamatti (making his first credited screen appearance). Plot Pa ...

'' (1991) *''

976-Evil II ''976-EVIL II'', also known as ''976-EVIL 2: The Astral Factor'', is a 1992 supernatural horror–slasher film directed by Jim Wynorski. The film is a sequel to the 1988 horror film '' 976-EVIL''. It was referenced in '' Invasion of the Scream Qu ...

'' (1991) *''

Where the Day Takes You ''Where the Day Takes You'' is a 1992 American crime drama thriller film directed by Marc Rocco and starring Dermot Mulroney, Sean Astin, Balthazar Getty, Lara Flynn Boyle, Ricki Lake, James LeGros, Laura San Giacomo, David Arquette, Christian Sl ...

'' (1992) *'' Dead On: Relentless II'' (1992) *''

We're Talking Serious Money ''We're Talkin' Serious Money (1992)'', also known as ''Serious Money'', is an action comedy film directed by James Lemmo. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Leo Rossi, who also stars in the film. Cinematography by Jacques Haitkin. It also star ...

'' (1992) *''

Sins of Desire ''Sins of Desire'' is a 1993 erotic thriller directed by Jim Wynorski and starring Tanya Roberts. The film was one of the first of many low-budget erotic thrillers inspired by the success of ''Basic Instinct'' (1992) and made primarily for the vid ...

'' (1993) *'' Entangled'' (1993) *''

Relentless 3 ''Relentless 3'' is a 1993 crime thriller film written and directed by James Lemmo. The tagline for the film was: "''When the fear stops...you're dead!''" ''Relentless 3'' was filmed in Los Angeles, California, USA. It is the third installment in ...

'' (1993) *'' Class of 1999 II: The Substitute'' (1994) *''

Teresa's Tattoo ''Teresa's Tattoo'' (also known as ''Natural Selection'') is a 1994 American action comedy- crime film directed by Julie Cypher. The film stars C. Thomas Howell, Nancy McKeon, Lou Diamond Phillips, Melissa Etheridge, who also performed songs for ...

'' (1994) *''

Dangerous Touch ''Dangerous Touch'' is a 1994 American erotic thriller film directed by Lou Diamond Phillips (in his directorial debut) and written by Kurt Voss and Phillips. It stars Phillips and Kate Vernon. It was released direct-to-video on October 12, 1994. ...

'' (1994) *'' Fast Getaway II'' (1994) *''

Ghoulies IV ''Ghoulies'' is an American comedy horror film series that consists of four films released from 1985 to 1994. The films center on a group of small demonic creatures that have a wide range of twisted appearances. Films Overview ''Ghoulies' ...

'' (1994) *'' Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes'' (1994) *''

Dream a Little Dream 2 ''Dream a Little Dream 2'' is a 1995 direct-to-video American teen comedy film, starring Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Robyn Lively and Stacie Randall. Directed by James Lemmo, this film is the sequel to the 1989 film '' Dream a Little Dream''. It i ...

'' (1995) *'' Excessive Force II: Force on Force'' (1995) *'' Carried Away'' (1996) *'' Demolition High'' (1996) *'' Dead Girl'' (1996) *''

Vampirella Vampirella () is a fictional vampire superheroine created by Forrest J Ackerman and comic book artist Trina Robbins in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine ''Vampirella'' #1 (Sept. 1969), a sister publication of ''Creepy'' ...

'' (1996) *'' Sci-fighters'' (1996) *'' Poison Ivy II'' (1996) *''

Below Utopia ''Below Utopia'', also known as ''Body Count'', is a 1997 independent film directed by Kurt Voss. The movie stars Justin Theroux, Alyssa Milano and Ice-T. Milano was also the executive producer of the film. Ice-T had composed an instrumental musi ...

'' (1997) *''Stir'' (1997) *'' Poison Ivy: The New Seduction'' (1997) *''

Demolition University Demolition (also known as razing, cartage, and wrecking) is the science and engineering in safely and efficiently tearing down of buildings and other artificial structures. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a ...

'' (1997) *'' Storm Trooper'' (1997) *''

The Pandora Project ''The Pandora Project'' is an action film released in 1998. The film stars Daniel Baldwin, Erika Eleniak, Tony Todd and Bo Jackson. Film synopsis When a former CIA agent steals a weapon that kills people without harming buildings, a former CIA ...

'' (1998) *''

Telling You ''Telling You'', also known as ''Love Sucks'', is a 1998 romantic comedy film directed by Robert DeFranco and starring Peter Facinelli, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Matthew Lillard, and Dash Mihok. It was distributed by Miramax. Its filming location fin ...

'' (1998) *''

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'' (1998) *''The Assault'' (1998) *''Out of Control'' (1998) *''Prague Duet'' (1998) *'' Supreme Sanction'' (1999) *'' The Settlement'' (1999) *''

Judgment Day The Last Judgment, Final Judgment, Day of Reckoning, Day of Judgment, Judgment Day, Doomsday, Day of Resurrection or The Day of the Lord (; ar, یوم القيامة, translit=Yawm al-Qiyāmah or ar, یوم الدین, translit=Yawm ad-Dīn, ...

'' (1999)

2000s

*''

Chain of Command A command hierarchy is a group of people who carry out orders based on others' authority within the group. It can be viewed as part of a power structure, in which it is usually seen as the most vulnerable and also the most powerful part. Milit ...

'' (2000) *''

Meeting Daddy Meeting Daddy is a 2000 film written and directed by Peter Gould. It is notably the last of actor Lloyd Bridges' 160 films, and was posthumously released. Plot The plot involves a struggling New York-based screenwriter travelling to Savannah, Geo ...

'' (2000) *''A Rumor of Angels'' (2000) *''Green Sails'' (2000) *''

They Crawl ''They Crawl'' is a 2002 American science fiction horror film directed by John Allardice, and written by Curtis Joseph and David Mason. The film stars Daniel Cosgrove, Tamara Davies, Dennis Boutsikaris and Mickey Rourke. The film is about giant k ...

'' (2001) *''Guardian'' (2001) *''The Tracker'' (2001) *''Time Lapse'' (2001) *'' Project Viper'' (2002) *''

Storm Watch ''Storm Watch'' is a 2002 American science fiction film, directed by Terry Cunningham and starring Adrian Paul and Bai Ling. The music was composed by Sean Murray. The film centers on a protagonist who plays a virtual reality online game, which ...

'' (2002) *''Malevolent'' (2002) *'' Scorcher'' (2002) *''

Con Express ''Con Express'' is a 2002 direct-to-video action film with a political edge, starring by Arnold Vosloo, Sean Patrick Flanery, and Tim Thomerson. It was written by Paul A. Birkett and Terry Cunningham and directed by Cunningham. The movie uses f ...

'' (2002) *''Global Effect'' (2002) *''Hot Desire'' (2003) *''Detonator'' (2003) *''Written in Blood'' (2003) *'' Lost Treasure'' (2003) *''

Momentum In Newtonian mechanics, momentum (more specifically linear momentum or translational momentum) is the product of the mass and velocity of an object. It is a vector quantity, possessing a magnitude and a direction. If is an object's mass an ...

'' (2003) *''Deadly Swarm'' (2003) *''Devil Winds'' (2003) *'' I Accuse'' (2003) *''Island Rhythms'' (2003) *''

Snakehead Terror ''Snakehead Terror'' is a 2004 Canadian-American made-for-television science fiction-horror film and is one of two Sci Fi Channel films based on the snakehead fish incident in a Crofton, Maryland, pond. The other film is ''Frankenfish''. '' Sw ...

'' (2004) *''Gargoyle'' (2004) *''Descent'' (2005) *''Crash Landing'' (2005) *'' Sub Zero'' (2005) *''Premonition'' (2005) *''

Komodo vs. Cobra ''Komodo vs. Cobra'', also referred to as ''KVC'', is a 2005 American television film directed by Jim Wynorski. It is Wynorski's sequel to his 2004 film ''Curse of the Komodo'', with several similar elements (experimentation gone awry, father-daug ...

'' (2005) *''Cerebus'' (2005) *''Caved In'' (2006) *''

Solar Attack ''Solar Attack'' (also called ''Solar Strike'') is a 2006 television film by CineTel Films and Lions Gate Entertainment, starring Mark Dacascos, Joanne Kelly and Louis Gossett Jr. ''Solar Attack'' concerns large coronal mass ejections (CMEs) th ...

'' (2006) *''Dark Storm'' (2006) *''Earthstorm'' (2006) *''Not My Life'' (2006) *''A.I. Assault'' (2006) *''

Fire Serpent ''Fire Serpent'' is a 2007 Sci Fi Channel monster movie directed by John Terlesky. Plot A solar flare from the sun sends a serpentine alien composed of fire to Earth where it begins to wreak havoc throughout a small community. During its sea ...

'' (2007) *''Termination Point'' (2007) *''Secrets of an Undercover Wife'' (2007) *''Judicial Indiscretion'' (2007) *''Post Mortem'' (2007) *''Perfect Child'' (2007) *'' Hallowed Ground'' (2007) *''

Bone Eater ''Bone Eater'' is a 2008 American made-for-television monster movie directed and written by Jim Wynorski. It stars Bruce Boxleitner as a sheriff who must stop a Native American monster from destroying his town. It premiered on Syfy and was lat ...

'' (2007) *''

Beyond Loch Ness ''Loch Ness Terror'' (titled ''Beyond Loch Ness'' on the Sci-Fi Channel) is a 2008 horror television film directed by Paul Ziller and written by Ziller and Jason Bourque. Plot James Murphy (Brian Krause) is a rugged cryptozoologist who, thir ...

'' (2008) *''

Ogre An ogre ( feminine: ogress) is a legendary monster depicted as a large, hideous, man-like being that eats ordinary human beings, especially infants and children. Ogres frequently feature in mythology, folklore, and fiction throughout the wor ...

'' (2008) *''Storm Cell'' (2008) *'' Poison Ivy: The Secret Society'' (2008) *''Cat City'' (2008) *''The Secret Lives of Second Wives'' (2008) *''

Sea Beast ''Sea Beast'', also known as ''Troglodyte'', is a 2008 American television monster movie starring Miriam McDonald, Daniel Wisler, Brandon Jay McLaren and Corin Nemec. It was released to DVD on June 30, 2009. It is the 16th film of the ''Manea ...

'' (2008) *''Ba'al'' (2008) *'' Trial by Fire'' (2008) *''

Kill Switch A kill switch, also known as an emergency stop (E-stop), emergency off (EMO) and as an emergency power off (EPO), is a safety mechanism used to shut off machinery in an emergency, when it cannot be shut down in the usual manner. Unlike a normal ...

'' (2008) *''National Lampoon's Ratko: The Dictator's Son'' (2009) *''

Wyvern A wyvern ( , sometimes spelled wivern) is a legendary winged dragon that has two legs. The wyvern in its various forms is important in heraldry, frequently appearing as a mascot of schools and athletic teams (chiefly in the United States, Unit ...

'' (2009) *'' Hydra'' (2009) *''

Polar Storm ''Polar Storm'' (also known as ''Pole Reversal'') is a 2009 American-Canadian made-for-television science fiction-disaster-thriller film that is directed by Paul Ziller and was aired on Sci-Fi Channel on March 28, 2009. The film focuses on the ...

'' (2009) *''Fire from Below'' (2009) *''Tommy and the Cool Mule'' (2009) *''Aussie & Ted's Great Adventure'' (2009) *''

Smile A smile is a facial expression formed primarily by flexing the muscles at the sides of the mouth. Some smiles include a contraction of the muscles at the corner of the eyes, an action known as a Duchenne smile. Among humans, a smile expresses ...

'' (2009) *'' Ice Twisters'' (2009)

2010s

* '' Dolph Lundgren is the Killing Machine'' (2010) * ''

I Spit on Your Grave ''I Spit on Your Grave'' (originally titled ''Day of the Woman'') is a 1978 American rape and revenge horror film edited, written, and directed by Meir Zarchi. The film tells the story of Jennifer Hills (Camille Keaton), a fiction writer based ...

'' (2010) * ''

Mongolian Death Worm The Mongolian death worm ( mn, олгой-хорхой, ''olgoi-khorkhoi'', "large intestine-worm") is a creature alleged to exist in the Gobi Desert. The creature first came to Western attention as a result of Roy Chapman Andrews's 1926 boo ...

'' (2010) * ''

Stonehenge Apocalypse ''Stonehenge Apocalypse'' is a 2010 Canadian made-for-TV science fiction film starring Misha Collins, Torri Higginson and Peter Wingfield. The movie follows a series of deaths, natural disasters, and strange energy readings that seem to be mysteri ...

'' (2010) * ''

Goblin A goblin is a small, grotesque, monstrous creature that appears in the folklore of multiple European cultures. First attested in stories from the Middle Ages, they are ascribed conflicting abilities, temperaments, and appearances depending on t ...

'' (2010) * ''Mandrake'' (2010) * '' Ice Quake'' (2010) * ''

Behemoth Behemoth (; he, בְּהֵמוֹת, ''bəhēmōṯ'') is a beast from the biblical Book of Job, and is a form of the primeval chaos-monster created by God at the beginning of creation; he is paired with the other chaos-monster, Leviathan, and ...

'' (2011) * '' Iron Golem'' (2011) * ''Ghost Storm'' (2011) * '' Camel Spiders'' (2011) * ''

Collision Earth ''Collision Earth'' is a Canadian disaster television film directed by Paul Ziller. It was released in 2011 for broadcast on the Syfy Channel and later distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment on Blu-ray. Plot In the year 2029, the ''Nautilus'' s ...

'' (2011) * ''Mega Cyclone'' (2011) * ''Doomsday Prophecy'' (2011) * ''Seeds of Destruction'' (2011) * ''Earth's Final Hours'' (2011) * ''

Super Shark ''Super Shark'' is a 2011 science fiction action film directed by Fred Olen Ray and starring John Schneider, Sarah Lieving, and Tim Abell. The film follows a marine biologist named Kat Carmichael, played by Sarah Lieving, who has to investigate ...

'' (2011) * ''Snowmageddon'' (2011) * '' The Philadelphia Experiment'' (2012) * ''The Riverbank'' (2012) * '' The 12 Disasters of Christmas'' (2012) * ''End of the World'' (2013) * ''

Independence Daysaster ''Independence Daysaster'' is a 2013 Canadian science fiction action television film directed by W. D. Hogan and stars Ryan Merriman and Tom Everett Scott. The film premiered on June 27, 2013, on Syfy and was released on DVD on May 27, 2014. The ...

'' (2013) * ''

I Spit on Your Grave 2 ''I Spit on Your Grave 2'' is a 2013 American Rape and revenge film, rape and revenge horror film directed by Steven R. Monroe. It is a sequel to the 2010 film ''I Spit on Your Grave (2010 film), I Spit on Your Grave'', also directed by Monroe, w ...

'' (2013) * ''

Embrace of the Vampire ''Embrace of the Vampire'' is a 1995 American erotic thriller-vampire film directed by Anne Goursaud. It stars Alyssa Milano as Charlotte, a chaste girl who is haunted by a vampire played by Martin Kemp. Plot Charlotte is a " chaste" good girl, ...

'' (2013) * ''

Grave Halloween ''Grave Halloween'' (also known as ''The Suicide Forest'' and released in some markets as ''Deathly Halloween'') is a 2013 Canadian TV horror film. An original production by CineTel Films for Syfy, it was directed by Steven R. Monroe and writt ...

'' (2013) * ''

The Cure The Cure are an English Rock music, rock band formed in 1978 in Crawley, Crawley, West Sussex. Throughout numerous lineup changes since the band's formation, guitarist, lead vocalist, and songwriter Robert Smith (musician), Robert Smith has re ...

'' (2014) * ''Apocalypse Tomorrow'' (2014) * ''

Free Fall In Newtonian physics, free fall is any motion of a body where gravity is the only force acting upon it. In the context of general relativity, where gravitation is reduced to a space-time curvature, a body in free fall has no force acting on i ...

'' (2014) * '' Christmas Icetastrophe'' (2014) * ''LA Apocalypse'' (2015) * ''

Fire Twister ''Fire Twister'' (also known in Germany as ''Fire Twister - Feuerhölle L.A.'') is a 2015 American Canadian low-budget action-adventure-disaster-sci-fi film directed by George Erschbamer. The film received poor ratings due to poor production quali ...

'' (2015) * ''Earthfall'' (2015) * ''

Lavalantula ''Lavalantula'' is an American 2015 science fiction comedy horror thriller television film that takes place after a series of volcanic eruptions in Los Angeles unleashes a swarm of gigantic, lava-breathing tarantulas from which the film draws ...

'' (2015) * ''I Spit on Your Grave: Vengeance is Mine'' (2015) * ''They Fond Hell'' (2015) * ''

Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre ''Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre'' is a 2016 American science fiction action horror film directed by Jim Wynorski and starring Dominique Swain and Traci Lords. It was released direct-to-DVD in the U.S. on May 3, 2016. Plot Two employees for ...

'' (2015) * ''Stormageddon'' (2015) * ''

Vigilante Diaries ''Vigilante Diaries'' is a 2016 action film directed by Christian Sesma and starring Paul Sloan, Quinton Rampage Jackson, Michael Jai White, Jason Mewes, and Michael Madsen. It was based on a 2013 web series of the same name. Reviews were mostl ...

'' (2016) * ''Drone Wars'' (2016) * ''Dam Sharks'' (2016) * ''

2 Lava 2 Lantula! ''Lavalantula'' is an American 2015 science fiction comedy horror thriller television film that takes place after a series of volcanic eruptions in Los Angeles unleashes a swarm of gigantic, lava-breathing tarantulas from which the film draw ...

'' (2016) * ''Earthtastrophe'' (2016) * ''Shadows of the Dead'' (2016) * ''Mind Blown'' (2016) * ''

All I Wish ''All I Wish'' (also titled ''A Little Something for Your Birthday'') is a 2017 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Susan Walter and starring Sharon Stone (who was also a producer), Tony Goldwyn, Famke Janssen and Ellen Burstyn ...

'' (2017) * ''Global Meltdown'' (2017) * ''Doomsday Device'' (2017) * ''Karma'' (2018) * ''The Amityville Murders'' (2018) * ''

Kill Chain The term kill chain is a military concept which identifies the structure of an attack. It consists of: * identification of target * dispatching of forces to target * initiation of attack on target * destruction of target Conversely, the idea o ...

'' (2019) * ''Acceleration'' (2019) * ''2nd Chance for Christmas'' (2019) * ''The Boy, the Dog and the Clown'' (2019)

2020s

* ''The Penthouse'' (2021)

References

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