Darclight is an exciting label devoted to showcasing the best in the horror, thriller and action genres from around the world.

Darclight Films was formed in 2004 as the genre division of Arclight Films. The Darclight banner encompasses a wide variety of genres including horror, thriller and action feature films, with recent successes being horror films Wolf Creek, Perfect Creature and the upcoming Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror, and action film Body Armour.

LONG WEEKEND

Starring Jim Caviezel, Long Weekend is much more than a story of a couple attempting to resurrect their failing marriage: Peter and Marcia set out on a camping trip to a deserted stretch of the Australian coastline in the hope that a long weekend in the sunshine will help them... More >

ACOLYTES

James Tresswick and Mark Vincent are victims of a brutal bully Gary Parker who has maltreated both boys, marking their bodies and spoiling their young lives. In their last year of high school, James and Mark find a way to stop being victims. They're going to kill Gary... More >

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Gary Hamilton
Managing Director
gary@arclightfilms.com
Pascal Borno
President, Sales & Acquisitions
Lina Marrone
VP International Sales
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Ying Ye
Managing Director,
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NEWSLETTER SIGNUP

Jim Caviezel taking Long Weekend

Jim Caviezel will star in Arclight Films' remake of 1978 Australian suspense thriller "Long Weekend."

Arclight topper Gary Hamilton and Nigel Odell will produce and Jamie Blanks ("Urban Legend," "Storm Warning") will direct. Lensing is scheduled to commence in Australia in mid-November.

Everett de Roche script centers on a young couple on a camping trip who disregard the local environment by shooting guns and wounding animals until the wildlife starts to hit back. More >

Lynch to direct Surveillance

Marking her first film since Boxing Helena in 1993, Jennifer Lynch will direct Pell James, Bill Pullman and Julia Ormond in indie supernatural thriller Surveillance.

Lynch, who penned the script with Kent Harper, begins lensing later this month in Canada. Marco Mehlitz's Lago Film (Just Friends, The Devil's Rejects) is producing. Filmmaker David Lynch is exec producing and helping finance.

Also starring Ryan Simpkins, French Stewart and Cheri Oteri. Storyline revolves around an FBI agent who goes to a small town, where everyone lies and no one is safe. Read more >

Trapped Ashes picked up by horror-hungry Lionsgate

Lionsgate has picked up North American rights from Darclight Films to the horror anthology Trapped Ashes.

The four-part tale tells of seven strangers on a Hollywood studio tour stranded inside a House of Horrors exhibit. The protagonists are forced to share their most terrifying personal stories in order to get out alive.

Joe Dante, Ken Russell, Sean Cunningham, Monte Hellman, and John Gaeta directed. Dennis Bartok wrote the screenplay and produced with Yoshifumi Hosoya and Yuko Yoshikawa. Read more >