AN OPEN LETTER.

I made my first film for $13,800. Strawberry Flavored Plastic was a fully independent feature film that originated with a single concept and was produced, finished, marketed, shopped, repped, sold and released based on pure grit, ingenuity and passion. I worked at my day job six days a week for over a year to save, invest, build and do pre- production every one of those days from 7pm until the wee hours. I secured every one of our 25 locations for free. Our production truck was a rented 1987 red Chevrolet van. We cooked all of our meals as a family. Utilizing our community, politicking, deal-making, handshaking and being an honest and excited filmmaker and human being, we brought in a feature for under $20,000. (Most industry people after watching the film assumed the budget to hover around the $150,000 mark!)

Nobody knew who we were so, equipped with merely a laptop, I personally reached out and formed bonds with a handful of critics and word quickly spread. We ended up with 35 positive reviews, a 100% Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes, and that hustle resulted in our film getting sales repped, playing the Marche du Cinema at Cannes, and being sold to Breaking Glass Pictures in January 2019 and released in May of that year. We were in The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, in all of the top horror publications and our movie now sits proudly on our shelves!

I say none of this to brag; it simply shows what a talented Film Family of go-getters, hustlers and passionate artists can accomplish. We didn’t have other producers, agents, managers or guidance. We were our own army and we figured it out ourselves. And we succeeded.

This is what XNIGHTSAINT was born from. We are the truly independent motion picture studio and production company. Our approach is shockingly simple: to produce low-budgeted, highly-marketable feature films for a new generation that tells original and unique types of stories that cross all genres. Enter our sophomore effort: LOST IN THE HOUSE AT NIGHT ON FIRE.

Our logline: newly pregnant and mourning the recent loss of her police-officer husband, Rania is confronted with a sudden and horrific mystery as she investigates a house her husband had owned that she never knew existed.

A supernatural horror film, the movie will be imbued with genuine Catholic influences, a taut and terrifying narrative, and a striking conclusion that nobody will see coming. Simply put, this truly is a type of movie that nobody is making. Influenced heavily by Bergman and Tarkovsky, mixed in the blender of Neon and a24, and sprinkled with the XNIGHTSAINT ethos, LOST IN THE HOUSE AT NIGHT ON FIRE will storm the market from a modest initial release to a nationwide roll-out.

The time to strike is now. The industry is imploding and is eagerly awaiting The New Guard. It is a total free-for-all with statements, differences and profits to be made. The vanguard has been abolished. The gatekeepers are cowering. The creative minds are storming the castle!

Every studio began somewhere. a24. Paramount. Warners. XNIGHTSAINT wants to create a positive, independent atmosphere where artists flourish, jobs are created and amazing stories are told outside of the studio system. We want to change the landscape. This next film is merely the beginning: the opportunity to prove ourselves on the next level, to prove our work ethic, concept and ethos, and to create something bigger. To create something that lasts. I have worked for over thirty years to generate these opportunities: for myself, for my employees and for my investors. XNIGHTSAINT is climbing to the next level. Buy the ticket, take the ride!

I thank you from the depths of me for taking the time to read about this journey of ours. We can’t express our gratitude or appreciation for your time, efforts and interest. Join XNIGHTSAINT. Please reach out at any of the listed avenues. Hit me with every question and concern. We actually respect you and your time!