Marc Selz (born c. 1970) is an American film director and producer. He
specializes in horror/ slasher films.Selz is a 1988 graduate of Niles
North High School in Skokie, Illinois and studied film at Columbia
College Chicago. He started shooting super 8 short Six Million Dollar
Man movies when he was eight years old. He completed his first feature
horror film, Short Cut Road in 2003 which was distributed by horror
movie outlet Sub Rosa Studios on DVD in 2003, quickly followed by The
Rockville Slayer' ' in 2004, which was distributed by Freestyle Home
Entertainment and Universal UMVD. The Rockville Slayer had horror
genre actors Joe Estevez, Linnea Quigley, and Robert Z'Dar star in the
film.In 2006, he was set to shoot his third feature, Satanic Panic,
but had to push back production until 2007 due to time constraints.
Because of the shooting delay, some parts had to be recast, including
roles originally set to star veteran B-movie actresses Felissa Rose
and Brinke Stevens. The final cast consists of mostly Chicago-based
actors. The film is loosely based on the "satanic cult" killings that
occurred during the 1980s and 1990s. Satanic Panic began filming in
the summer of 2007 with most principal photography completed in
September. The remaining scenes were shot in June and July 2008. Marc
has jokingly referred to Satanic as "the Star Wars of low budget
horror movies" because of the time it took to complete. Marc stated,
"Karl (co-writer Karl Sundstrom) and I started writing Satanic in
September/October of 2005. Three years in the making because Satanic
finished production in the fall of 2008." Satanic Panic was initially
planned as a straight-to-DVD project, but there was word of a
potential limited theatrical release due to industry buzz about the
film. The film was screened on November 28, 2008 in Wheeling, IL for
friends, family and some press. In late 2008 a mask distribution deal
of the creature "Toby" from the film Satanic Panic was made between
Marc Selz Productions, LLC and Chicago's Zagone Studios. The Satanic
Panic mask will be mass-produced and carried in Halloween USA outlet
stores for Halloween 2009. A world distribution deal was signed for
Satanic Panic with Marc Selz Productions,LLC and Celebrity Video
Distribution out of Los Angeles California in July 2009 for a DVD and
Blu-ray release date of October 13, 2009.Marc Selz Productions signed
a two-year cable deal with NBC Universal's Chiller Channel to air The
Rockville Slayer starting in October 2009. In April 2011 Marc Selz
Productions, LLC signed a two-year deal with Netflix Inc. to digitally
stream The Rockville Slayer. In July 2012, Selz forms the new
production company Psycho Logical Pictures, LLC.
www.facebook.com/psychologicalpictures. In December 2014, Selz
finished the horror/thriller feature screenplay "Imposter" and is
currently working to get the film into production.
specializes in horror/ slasher films.Selz is a 1988 graduate of Niles
North High School in Skokie, Illinois and studied film at Columbia
College Chicago. He started shooting super 8 short Six Million Dollar
Man movies when he was eight years old. He completed his first feature
horror film, Short Cut Road in 2003 which was distributed by horror
movie outlet Sub Rosa Studios on DVD in 2003, quickly followed by The
Rockville Slayer' ' in 2004, which was distributed by Freestyle Home
Entertainment and Universal UMVD. The Rockville Slayer had horror
genre actors Joe Estevez, Linnea Quigley, and Robert Z'Dar star in the
film.In 2006, he was set to shoot his third feature, Satanic Panic,
but had to push back production until 2007 due to time constraints.
Because of the shooting delay, some parts had to be recast, including
roles originally set to star veteran B-movie actresses Felissa Rose
and Brinke Stevens. The final cast consists of mostly Chicago-based
actors. The film is loosely based on the "satanic cult" killings that
occurred during the 1980s and 1990s. Satanic Panic began filming in
the summer of 2007 with most principal photography completed in
September. The remaining scenes were shot in June and July 2008. Marc
has jokingly referred to Satanic as "the Star Wars of low budget
horror movies" because of the time it took to complete. Marc stated,
"Karl (co-writer Karl Sundstrom) and I started writing Satanic in
September/October of 2005. Three years in the making because Satanic
finished production in the fall of 2008." Satanic Panic was initially
planned as a straight-to-DVD project, but there was word of a
potential limited theatrical release due to industry buzz about the
film. The film was screened on November 28, 2008 in Wheeling, IL for
friends, family and some press. In late 2008 a mask distribution deal
of the creature "Toby" from the film Satanic Panic was made between
Marc Selz Productions, LLC and Chicago's Zagone Studios. The Satanic
Panic mask will be mass-produced and carried in Halloween USA outlet
stores for Halloween 2009. A world distribution deal was signed for
Satanic Panic with Marc Selz Productions,LLC and Celebrity Video
Distribution out of Los Angeles California in July 2009 for a DVD and
Blu-ray release date of October 13, 2009.Marc Selz Productions signed
a two-year cable deal with NBC Universal's Chiller Channel to air The
Rockville Slayer starting in October 2009. In April 2011 Marc Selz
Productions, LLC signed a two-year deal with Netflix Inc. to digitally
stream The Rockville Slayer. In July 2012, Selz forms the new
production company Psycho Logical Pictures, LLC.
www.facebook.com/psychologicalpictures. In December 2014, Selz
finished the horror/thriller feature screenplay "Imposter" and is
currently working to get the film into production.
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