El Phantasmo Films

El Phantasmo Films was founded in late 2005 on the foundations of subversive, transgressive, original, independent, underground, D.I.Y., guerilla filmmaking ideals. Our credo is this:
Fuck the studio system. Fuck big budgets. Fuck wholesome family fare. And fuck mainstream cinema.
We are the geeks, the freaks, the rejects, the dorks, the nerds, the outsiders, the outcasts, the weirdos, the gorehounds, the perverts, the poets, the pornographers, the dreamers, the artists, the rebels, the revolutionaries, the nobodies. We are the lost, we are the lonely, and we are the losers. El Phantasmo Films is home for the misfits and their misfits movies. We are dedicated to bring you cinema from the fringe, from outside the status quo. El Phantasmo Films is about heart and passion, not fat paychecks, preening celebrities, and fancy million dollar CGI effects. From below the radar and beyond the edge... to your DVD player, we exist to offer to you true outlaw cinema, movies brimming with fun, sincerity, creativity, edge, artistry, meaningful messages and new ideas. We've got low brow trash and heartfelt high art. We've got everything a schizoid cinemaphile could ask for, and we want to bring it right to your doorstep.
El Phantasmo Films is currently working on several projects, all in various stages of pre-production, production, and post-production. For a short list of what we're hoping to get to the world in the near future, check out the entries in our Movies section on the lower left side of this page. Some of those upcoming projects include a retro grindhouse gore sexploitation flick-meets-50s/60s era creature feature b-movie erotic horror tale, a duo of zany gore-drenched goofball feature horror comedies, a grim faux snuff short paying homage to movies like the Guinea Pig pictures, Men Behind The Sun, Felonious Mentalities, August Underground, etc., a goofy comedy superhero short, a somber and serious psychological horror short soaked in blood, and an introspective teen drama/melodrama feature for fans of films like The Breakfast Club, S.L.C. Punk, and Ken Park. Plus, much more!
FILMMAKERS AND WANNA-BE'S: El Phantasmo Films wants to help YOU realize your vision. Need help funding, facilitating, producing, distributing or otherwise bringing to life the movie of your dreams without a pair of eyes watching over your shoulder and robbing you of the freedom you need? Perhaps you just can't find the means to undertake the project you're fantasizing about. That's what we're here for. Perhaps you've never made a movie before. That's okay. We want to aid other misfits like us in actualizing their passions. Drop us a line on MySpace or at [email protected] if you're interested in your next (or first) film being an El Phantasmo Film.