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Irwin Yablans

Irwin Yablans

Actor, Producer, Other Crew

Born July 25, 1934 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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Irwin Yablans has gained a reputation for distributing horror films, cult films and exploitation pictures. Becoming an independent producer in the mid 70s, he started distributing films that didn't become large hits and released them overseas. Among the films was John Carpenter's 1976 film "Assault on Precinct 13". Yablans released it overseas, through his small studio Turtle Releasing Corporation, where it did rather well. In 1977, Yablans joined Joseph Wolf to form Compass International Pictures, a small scale theatrical company. Again, Yablans worked with John Carpenter and released his 1978 film Halloween (1978). Yablans pre-sold it into Kansas City where Halloween premiered and became very popular, ranking it the top grossing independent motion picture of the 1970s.

Halloween seemed to boost Yablans' reputation, but only little success came when making low budget films for Compass International, including "Tourist Trap", "Nocturna" and the Linda Blair films Roller Boogie (1979) and Hell Night (1981). Due to the small scale flops of theatrical releases, Compass International Pictures collapsed, and Yablans and Joseph Wolf returned to release two more Halloween films, Halloween II (1981) and Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), for Universal Pictures. Yablans didn't form another company after the Halloween films, he joined Charles Band of Empire Pictures where he stayed for the next few years. Since then, Yablans has been associated with releasing direct to video films and has also since retired from the filmmaking industry.

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Celluloid Heroes: Irwin Yablans on Fade to Black Short Film2020Self

The Movies That Made Us Poster

The Movies That Made Us TV Series2019Self - Executive Producer

Hard Time, the Making of Prison Documentary2013Self

sCare Foundation Halloween Launch Benefit Short Film2012Self

Stand Alone: The Making of Halloween III Poster

Stand Alone: The Making of Halloween III Video2012Self

The Nightmare Isn't Over: The Making of Halloween II Poster

The Nightmare Isn't Over: The Making of Halloween II Feature Film2012Self

Halloween: The Inside Story Poster

Halloween: The Inside Story TV Movie2010Self

Halloween: 25 Years of Terror Poster

Halloween: 25 Years of Terror Documentary2006Self

Remembering the Seduction Video2006Self

'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest Poster

'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest Documentary2003Self

'Halloween' Unmasked 2000 Poster

'Halloween' Unmasked 2000 Documentary1999Self

Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Pictures Poster

Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Pictures DocumentarySelf

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Men at Work Poster

Men at Work Feature Film1990

Vietnam, Texas Poster

Vietnam, Texas Feature Film1990

Why Me? Feature Film1990

Arena Feature Film1989

Prison Feature Film1987

Scream for Help Poster

Scream for Help Feature Film1984

Tank Feature Film1984

Halloween III: Season of the Witch Poster

Halloween III: Season of the Witch Feature Film1982

Parasite Poster

Parasite Feature Film1982

The Seduction Poster

The Seduction Feature Film1982

Halloween II Poster

Halloween II Feature Film1981

Hell Night Poster

Hell Night Feature Film1981

Fade to Black Poster

Fade to Black Feature Film1980

Nocturna Poster

Nocturna Feature Film1979

Roller Boogie Poster

Roller Boogie Feature Film1979

Tourist Trap Poster

Tourist Trap Feature Film1979

Halloween Poster

Halloween Feature Film1978

The Education of Sonny Carson Poster

The Education of Sonny Carson Feature Film1974

Other Crew

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Fade to Black Poster

Fade to Black Feature Film1980

Apocalypse Now Poster

Apocalypse Now Feature Film1979

Tourist Trap Poster

Tourist Trap Feature Film1979

Badge 373 Poster

Badge 373 Feature Film1973

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The Movies That Made Us Poster

The Movies That Made Us TV Series2019

Writer

2

Prison Feature Film1987

Roller Boogie Poster

Roller Boogie Feature Film1979

Camera and Electrical Department

1

'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest Poster

'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest Documentary2003

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