| Cleopatra Entertainment | |
| Type: | Film division of Cleopatra Records |
| Key People: | Brian Perera, |
| Industry: | Motion picture |
| Parent: | Cleopatra Records |
| Foundation: | Los Angeles, CA (2015) |
| Location: | Los Angeles, California, USA |
Cleopatra Entertainment is the film division of long time Los Angeles–based indie label Cleopatra Records, most known for promoting dark and experimental music. Founded in 2015, the company has distributed, developed, and produced several films most of which have a strong horror and/or music component. The company has focused primarily on the home video market through partnerships with New York–based film distributor The Orchard[1] as well as AMPED Music Distribution,[2] and MVD Entertainment Group.
Cleopatra Entertainment officially began in 2015 with the U.S. release of "Forever and a Day", a documentary/concert film about German heavy metal band Scorpions[3] This was followed in August of the same year by the company's first major production, Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival, the second installment of the cult horror musical franchise from director Darren Lynn Bousman (director of several installments in the Saw series) and writer Terrance Zdunich (of Repo! The Genetic Opera). In addition to financing the film, Cleopatra produced the Blu-ray and DVD releases and also released the official CD soundtrack, which included all of the musical numbers from the film featuring Paul Sorvino, Barry Bostwick, David Hasselhoff, Ted Neeley, Tech N9ne, Emilie Autumn, Adam Pascal, Butcher Babies and Nivek Ogre.
In 2016, Cleopatra Entertainment released its second music documentary to the home video market, this one about UK punk band The Damned, called Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead,[4] which premiered a year earlier at the SXSW Film Festival.
Cleopatra Entertainment also purchased the vampire thriller Blood Trap,[5] starring Gianni Capaldi, Costas Mandylor and Vinnie Jones, and released it to the home video market in October of that year. Also in October 2016, Cleopatra brought the dark romantic comedy StalkHer, starring John Jarratt and Kaarin Fairfax, to US audiences. The company will also see a theatrical release for the film A Street Cat Named Bob,[6] based on the book of the same name by James Bowen.
Coming productions for the company include more thrillers such as The Devil's Domain (starring Michael Madsen), The Black Room (starring Lin Shaye), and The 27 Club. In 2017, the company released England is Mine, the biopic of the Smiths frontman Morrissey[7] and Street Survivors, based on a plane crash involving band Lynyrd Skynyrd, co-written by Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle,[8] one of the members who survived the incident.
| Title | Directors | Cast | Theatrical release date | DVD release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival | Darren Lynn Bousman | 11 August 2015 | Spring 2016 | |
| Forever and a Day | Katja von Garnier | 16 October 2015 | 27 November 2016 | |
| Title | Directors | Cast | Theatrical release Date | DVD release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead | Wes Orshoski | 19 March 2015 | 20 June 2016 | |
| Blood Trap | Alberto Sciamma | 19 March 2015 | 23 September 2016 | |
| StalkHer | John Jarratt, Kaarin Fairfax | John Jarratt, Kaarin Fairfax | 30 September 2016 | 25 October 2016 |
| A Street Cat Named Bob | 18 November 2016 | TBA | ||
| Title | Directors | Cast | Theatrical release date | DVD release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devil's Domain | 2017 | ||||
| Halloween Pussy Trap Kill! Kill! | 2017 | ||||
| The Black Room | 2017 | ||||
| The 27 Club | 2017 | ||||
| England Is Mine | 2017 | ||||
| Diamond Cartel | Salamat Mukhammed-Ali | 2017 | |||
| Title | Director | Cast | Theatrical release date | DVD release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chain of Death | David Martin Porras | 19 July 2019 | |||
| Devil's Revenge | Jeri Ryan, William Shatner, Jason Brooks, Ciara Hanna, Jackie Dallas, Annmarie Giaquinto | 1 October 2019 | 22 October 2019 | ||
| The Pretenders | 4 October 2019 | 12 November 2019 | |||
| Mrs Lowry & Son | 1 November 2019 | 21 January 2019 | |||
| Bluebird | Brian A. Loschiavo | 15 November 2019 | 21 January 2019 | ||
| Melody Makers | Leslie Ann Coles | 17 December 2019 | 17 December 2019 | ||
| Come on Feel the Noize: How Rock Became Metal | Jörg Sonntag | 3 December 2019 |
| Title | Director | Cast | Theatrical release date | DVD release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Get Gone | Michael Thomas Daniel | 24 January 2020 | |||
| Ian Shultis, Taylor Clift, Samuel Kay Forrest, Rich Dally III | 18 February 2020 | 30 June 2020 | |||
| Game of Death | Sebastien Landry, Laurence Morais-Lagace | Sam Earle, Victoria Diamond, Emelia Hellman | 14 July 2020 | ||
| Skin Walker | Christian Neuman | 4 August 2020 |