Darclight Films 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 thriller, action, science fiction and horror.

Recent successes under the Darclight banner include the 2005 hit Wolf Creek, supernatural thriller The Objective directed by the Blair Witch Project creator Dan Myrick, and Already Dead, a recent worldwide acquisition by Sony.

SHADOWS

Immediately upon arriving in Bangkok, American Jeff, his Thai wife Sua and their son Kyle are hit by a truck while driving to visit Sua's father. Six weeks later Jeff regains consciousness in hospital. He's horrified to learn he's the only survivor and unsettled by his own lack of grief... More >

BAIT

In a sleepy coastal resort community, shoppers at an underground supermarket find themselves terrorized by a crazed bandit when the unimaginable occurs: A monstrous freak tsunami swallows the town. Now trapped inside a flooded supermarket with an armed maniac... More >

QUICK CONTACTS

Gary Hamilton
Managing Director
gary@arclightfilms.com
Chris Perry
VP Sales Operations
chris@arclightfilms.com
Ying Ye
Managing Director,
Easternlight Films
ying@arclightfilms.com

NEWSLETTER SIGNUP

Screen Australia takes 'Bait'

Russell Mulcahey's big-budget 3-D shark movie "Bait 3D" was named as one of four new movies to be granted state funding by Screen Australia.

The funding body said Wednesday that it is also backing four TV dramas and 14 documentaries with a total funding commitment of A$13 million ($11.8 million). This in turn will trigger A$65 million ($59.2 million) of production.

"The 22 projects announced today reflect the diversity of Australian storytelling and build on the success enjoyed by Australia's talented practitioners this year," said Ruth Harley, Screen Australia's CEO. More >

Arclight boards William Tell: The Legend, Bait

Gary Hamilton's Arclight Films has boarded international rights to William Tell: The Legend to be produced by Alison Semenza and Todd Moyer's fledgling Flagship Films.

Jim Caveziel and Til Schweiger will star in the action-oriented treatment of the Swiss legend about Tell, who sparked the Austrian uprising that led to the formation of Switzerland after he was ordered to shoot an apple off his son's head for defying a local Hapsburg ruler.

Nick Hurran will direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with Scott Reynolds and principal photography is scheduled to begin on September 1 in Romania. More >

Arclight to partner with Jeff Most

Gary Hamilton's Arclight Films has partnered with Jeff Most Productions to develop and produce the $15m live-action production RAZOR.

Arclight is handling worldwide rights on the project is based on Everette Hartsoe's biggest selling female comic action hero and is scheduled to begin shooting in early 2010 in Australia.

Jeff Most and Hamilton are producing and Arclight's president of sales and acquisitions Pascal Borno serves as executive producer. More >