New Zealand’s Black Mandala has acquired worldwide sales rights to three horror films from Anatomica Films: “Within Madness,” “Vessel” and “The Thirteenth Gate.” J. Stelly wrote and directed all three, producing alongside Johnny Stassi through the Anatomica Films label. Stelly and Black Mandala co-founder Michael Kraetzer negotiated the agreement on Anatomica Films’ behalf.
Investigators searching the case turn up human remains, execution tapes, Polaroids and film canisters cataloging years of violence. The evidence centers on “The Sacrament of Bondage,” a film capturing Summers’ spiral into brutality and his earliest killings. Prison interviews and recovered footage slowly reveal how deeply entangled the two men had become in their shared madness.
Jared Bankens, Matt Story, Keegan Macy and Jamie Nipe star. Retracing the days leading up to her disappearance, Joseph experiences past and present blurring together, while escalating disturbances in their home point to something far more sinister than grief. What starts as a portrait of grief ultimately reveals an entity trying to cross into the world through human suffering.
Keegan Macy, Jamie Nipe and Dane Rhodes are featured. While hunting for his missing wife, Marissa, Hale is dragged through an escalating nightmare of environments that loop, warp and rebuild themselves from his own memories and trauma. Behind the ordeal is an enigmatic figure called M, orchestrating an occult ritual designed to unlock thirteen gates into the ethereal plane.
The deeper Hale goes into the labyrinth, the harder it becomes to separate physical reality from memory and constructed experience. The film moves like an immersive, POV-driven psychological horror trip that blends body horror, occult mythology and science-fiction touches. Jeff Pearson, Jamie Nipe and Keegan Macy round out the cast.
He added that each film carries its own distinctive atmosphere, vision and identity, calling the collaboration a chance to work with bold, original filmmaking that he believes can connect with genre audiences, festivals, platforms and buyers around the world. Stelly is represented by Zero Gravity Management.
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