HALO 8 Entertainment

HALO-8 Entertainment is an independent film company specializing in genre cinema, documentaries, midnight movies, music-driven lifestyle videos, and animation.[1][2] Its most popular releases include the films Pop Skull and Threat, the animated series Godkiller and Xombie, the fitness yoga franchise, Fitness For Indie Rockers, and the documentaries Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods, Your Mommy Kills Animals, N.Y.H.C., and Ctrl+Alt+Compete.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

Formed in 2005 by Matt Pizzolo and the producer Brian Giberson as a film production studio, the company has grown to include a comic book/graphic novel publishing division and two DVD Premiere shingles. HALO-8 also has a fashion division, H8LA. HALO-8's film catalog is split between in-house productions and third-party acquisitions.

HALO-8 gained popularity by producing controversial films such as the animal-rights documentary Your Mommy Kills Animals. The film drew the attention of the Center for Consumer Freedom, who waged a legal campaign to block its release. HALO-8 has developed tech-driven production and distribution strategies such as designing the "illustrated film" format, a cinematic style of limited animation that merges sequential art with 3D CGI, motion graphics, and voice performances in the style of a radio play. HALO-8 has also developed the non-linear film format "Ether Films" which adds hypertext and multi-platform transmedia functionality to film.[14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

  1. ^ Thill, Scott. "Post-Apocalyptic Comic Godkiller Emerges as 'Illustrated Film'". Wired. October 6, 2009.
  2. ^ Moore, Debi. "Halo-8 Launches H8LA Apparel Line". Dread Central. November 23, 2009.
  3. ^ Goldstein, Gregg. "Halo-8 Letting Animals Out Of Their Cages" The Hollywood Reporter. July 13, 2007.
  4. ^ Simon, Leslie & Tim Kanan. "Yoga For Indie Rockers Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine" Alternative Press #228. July, 2007.
  5. ^ Hays, Matthew. "Dealmakers scouting Fantasia" Playback Magazine. July 11, 2007.
  6. ^ Martin, Peter. "'Your Mommy Kills Animals DVD' Pulled by Amazon" Cinematical. November 14, 2007.
  7. ^ MSNBC Marketwire. "'Your Mommy Kills Animal' DVD Hits Shelves Today... Maybe? Archived 2007-11-22 at the Wayback Machine" MSNBC. November 13, 2007.
  8. ^ Mr. Disgusting. "Halo-8 Acquires 'Pop Skull' for Theatrical/DVD Release" Bloody Disgusting. March 23, 2009.
  9. ^ News. "Halo-8 gets Pop Skull" The Hollywood Reporter. March 23, 2009.
  10. ^ Dominie. "Halo-8 Acquires Award-Winning Psychological Horror Archived 2011-10-06 at the Wayback Machine" Famous Monsters. March 24, 2009.
  11. ^ Miranda. "Halo-8 Releases Pop Skull on DVD July 28th! Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine" Film Fanaddict. March 24, 2009.
  12. ^ Wray, James. "Halo-8 grabs US rights to 'Pop Skull' Archived 2012-09-30 at the Wayback Machine" Monsters & Critics. March 24, 2009.
  13. ^ Rotten, Ryan. "Halo-8 Pops Some Skull Archived 2009-03-27 at the Wayback Machine Shock Till You Drop. March 25, 2009.
  14. ^ a b Thill, Scott. "Sneak Peek at Ctrl+Alt+Compete, New Doc That Dives Into Startup Culture" Wired (January 11, 2012).
  15. ^ Spielvogel, Cindy. "Godkiller Varies Marketing Push". Video Business Magazine. October 12, 2009.
  16. ^ Moore, Debi. "Godkiller DVD will include Prequel Audiobooks". Dread Central. August 27, 2009.
  17. ^ Martin, Peter. "'Your Mommy Kills Animals' DVD Pulled by Amazon". Cinematical. November 14, 2007.
  18. ^ Yahoo! News. "'Your Mommy Kills Animals' DVD Hits Shelves Today... Maybe". Yahoo Finance. November 13, 2007.
  19. ^ Martin, Peter. "Indie Online: Netflix, Televandalism and Jaman". Cinematical. May 21, 2008.
  20. ^ Rosenthal, Phil. "Halo-8 Launches Digital Movie Portal 'TELEVANDALISM.com' with Controversial Flagship Archived 2008-08-08 at the Wayback Machine". Elites TV. May 21, 2008.