The Ring Legacy

It Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The AIP Story

Feature-length documentary about the early history of American International Pictures.

Maelstrom: The Odyssey of Waterworld

The long and hard road that the makers of Waterworld had to face when making the, then, highest budgeted film.

The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'

Retrospective documentary on the making of Gorgo (1961).

Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of 'Donnie Darko'

The feature-length documentary about the making of the cult film favourite, "Donnie Darko".

A Sigh from the Depths: 40 Years of Suspiria

This documentary brings together a small assortment of genre fans and scholars to discuss the lasting legacy of "Suspiria," which everyone seems to recognize as the pinnacle of Dario Argento's career. The gang discusses story origins and influences, cinematographic achievements, the film's thematic reach and dream logic, casting issues, murder sequences, Goblin's scoring accomplishments, the oddball marketing push in America, and the picture's continued hold on viewers 40 years after its release. (Blu-ray.com)

That's Sexploitation!

Before the advent of modern-day pornography, a vast and rapidly-paced world of smut peddling was the norm, complete with its own secret history. This documentary reveals the untold story of American cinema's gloriously sordid cinematic past. Starting in the 1920s, expert exploiteer David F. Friedman and Henenlotter navigate us through more than five salacious decades of skin flicks. It's the true story of dirty movies, traced in elegant detail from the bizarre locations where these nudie shorts were screened to the ongoing legal battles fought by their promoters. And of course there are the stories of the innovators themselves, people who often risked their own security and livelihood to make these films, believing in some way that what they were doing wasn't a 'bad' thing - and that it could rake in some dough.

They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé

Savage! Sadistic! Thrill hungry! When it came to independent filmmaking in the sunshine state, William Grefé was the wildest of the wild! During the 1960s and '70s, the Miami-based producer/director transformed the darkest corners of the Florida swamps into his own personal backlot. From rampaging crocodiles possessed by an ancient Seminole witch doctor (DEATH CURSE OF TARTU) to a slithering serpent named STANLEY, William Grefé would grind out low-budget exploitation films for drive-ins and hardtops around the world. Now, without the benefit of cages or other protective devices, the untold story of Florida's most daring moviemaker comes to the screen...IN PSYCHEDELIC COLOR!

Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood

Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star

Exploring the controversial story behind John Carpenter (Halloween & The Thing) and writer Dan O Bannon's (Alien & Return of the Living Dead) from first feature film. From its humble beginnings as a USC student film, to its modern day status as a cult masterpiece. It also offers a rare glimpse inside the creative minds of two USC film students... who would eventually go on to change the way horror films are made.

The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune

A brand new feature-length documentary by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures exploring the making of the film, featuring dozens of new and archive interviews with cast and crew.

Jam Handy to the Rescue!

A satirical exploration of the life and career of educational film pioneer, Henry Jamison Handy.

No Turning Back: Scoring Silent Running

Film Music Historian Jeff Bond discusses how the music for 'Silent Running' was created.

A Decade Under the Innocence: Adventures in Super 8 Filmmaking

A feature-length documentary about teenage adventures in ‘Super 8′ filmmaking during the 1970’s in Georgia, featuring director Jeff Burr and more!

Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé

A retrospective of director Roland Joffé’s first four films.

Hands: The Fate of 'Manos'

Retrospective documentary on the making of the notorious Grade Z horror anti-classic Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)

Malevolent: Unearthing John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness

A brand new retrospective documentary produced by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures and featuring interviews with Cinematographer Gary Kibbe, actor Peter Jason, actor Alice Cooper, composer Alan Howarth, script supervisor Sandy King, visual effects supervisor Robert Grasmere, stunt coordinator Jeff Imada, Carpenter biographer John Muir, film historian C. Courtney Joyner, music historian Daniel Schweiger and Producer Larry Carpenters.