Writer / Director
Bennet De Brabandere
"The latest oddity from the writer-director Bennet De Brabandere, the director of the twisted evil kid horror-comedy Ankle Biters."
The New York Times
Five Horror Movies to Stream
The Arc
Most directors tell you about their vision. Here are five films that show it.
Raptus (2025)
Sci-Fi Thriller / Dark Comedy
Ksenia Solo. Apple TV worldwide. The New York Times.
Ksenia Solo, Nolan Gerard Funk, Christina Cox
A film about assault, android obsession, and the violence people hide behind care. The material is dangerous and the tone never flinches. That only works when your cast commits completely. Ksenia Solo delivered a performance that demanded real trust between actor and director. Nolan Gerard Funk embodied the design perfectly.
Name cast, international distribution, and thematic ambition.
"Lurid and darkly funny. A delirious, uncomfortable back and forth that recalls the unearthly soapiness of Malignant."The New York Times / Five Horror Movies to Stream
"The last 20 minutes are white-knuckle-thrilling in the best way possible."Film Threat / 8.5/10
"Solo and Funk's performances are both excellent."Film Blitz
The Christmas Spirit (2022)
Comedy / Thriller / Horror
An original take on the Christmas movie. Apple TV.
Zion Forrest Lee, Nicolas Grimes, Christian Potenza
This is what happens when you take a Christmas movie and refuse to follow any of the usual formulas. Original story, original tone, original rules. The audience either gets it or they don't. They got it.
Genre invention. Proof that the voice isn't limited to one lane.
"The anti-Christmas story with over-the-top violent situations."Film Threat
"The best Christmas horror comedy since Rare Exports. A truly original work."Letterboxd
Cherrypicker (2021)
a.k.a. Ankle Biters
Horror Comedy
Ensemble cast. Colin Mochrie. Distributed.
Colin Mochrie, Zion Forrest Lee, Marianthi Evans
The leap from solo filmmaker to ensemble director. Colin Mochrie required a director who could hold comedic timing and horror tension in the same scene. Comedy earns trust. Horror spends it. Audiences loved it.
Ensemble direction, tone control across genres, commercial distribution.
"A pitch black comedy with serious consequences. I love the way this film really has a no fucks given attitude."MLMillerWrites
Salvation (2019)
Thriller
Wrote. Directed. Shot. Edited. Designed.
Julian Richings, Zion Forrest Lee
Punk rock filmmaking. Made with a crew of director, soundman, and actors. Shot in Detroit, Canada, and Iraq where footage of a naked man climbing a ziggurat was smuggled out of a warzone under threat of a ten year prison sentence. A demonstration of fearless storytelling and flat out commitment. Winner — Best Film, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design — Hollywood North Film Awards.
Total creative self-sufficiency. Can build a film from nothing.
"Excellent film!"Bruce La Bruce
Everything above builds to this.
FERTILITY
There's fate in blood.
A lawyer and his wife hire a fertility clinic to carry their child. The clinic is a front for a centuries-old breeding program. The surrogate is his mother. The child was never theirs to choose.
"What you think you chose was designed before you were born."
Script complete. Circulating.
Request Script / Meeting →In His Own Words
A good director can create his own genre. That's what I've done.
Salvation was made with no crew and no budget in Detroit, Canada, and Iraq. Cherrypicker put Colin Mochrie in a horror comedy where the kids are the monsters. The Christmas Spirit turned Christmas into something nobody had seen before. Raptus put Ksenia Solo opposite an android on Apple TV worldwide and got named by The New York Times.
Four films. A genre all their own.
FERTILITY is next. Intelligent. Monstrous. Wide audience potential. 50% financed. Cast-ready script.
Interested? Let's talk.
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