Corey Landis

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Corey Landis has had an extensive range of careers in acting, writing and music. Landis studied theatre at Ohio University where he was also a member of the sketch comedy troupe The Comedy Sloth. On screen, he may be recognized for his early work on That '70s Show (1998) playing the younger version of Kurtwood Smith's character 'Red Forman'. Other screen credits include the Sci-Fi film Chrysalis (2008) and the family film Lost in the Woods (2009) where he co-starred with 'Michael Madsen'. Landis made noticeable appearances in several uniquely-different Sci-Fi creature/horror films starting with Jim Wynorski's Dinocroc vs. Supergator (2010), starring the late David Carradine, Camel Spiders (2011), Dracula: Reborn (2012) and Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre (2015). He has appeared in several pilots including "Paulie" with Paul Sorvino and Janeane Garofalo. He's been in many short films including the award-winning The Man from Mars (2016), and has appeared in over 150 commercials, frequently as the spokesman--most notably Overstock, Bridgestone, 5 Hour Energy, Taco John's, and Papa Murphy's Pizza. He co-directed the feature documentary "Toy Masters" about the creation of the He-Man toy line. Landis is a piano player and singer-songwriter and has released five albums of original material, the most recent of which ("Corey Landis & The Attacks") was produced by Beatles engineer and legendary Grammy Award winner Geoff Emerick. He also composed the songs for the the award-winning jazz musical short Funky Butt (2018).

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Protos

In a dystopian future, death row inmates are used like lab rats by a private company who use memory implants to revolutionise the correctional system. Two prisoners who become subject to the experiment must escape or risk losing their minds forever.

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Breaking Character

A struggling actor blurs the line between reality and his performance.

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The Hereafter

Olive, a terminally ill teen, simply wants her ashes spread with her late mother’s. However, Olive’s father wants her to be buried in a Selfie Casket – a product that allows the deceased to keep posting to their social medias from beyond the grave.

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2023

Delirium

In the near future of 2056, Detective Casper Farrell uses an experimental drug called Delirium to experience the last moments of a victim's life in order to catch a serial killer tied to his past.

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2023

Karmic Konfusion

A short film that follows Wes, a closeted gay man in his early 20's, as he struggles to come to terms with his sexuality and Phil, a deeply religious father in his late 30's, who struggles with his past as a conversion therapist and his son's recent coming out. Wes' plans to hire a prostitute to show him the ropes of homosexuality and Phil's plans to hire a hitman for an assisted suicide are cut short when the two mistake one another for their respective hires at a bar. After realizing their mistake, the pair enter a night of honesty and growth as they find comfort in the anonymity of a stranger-to-stranger connection.

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2023

Hidden Valley Place

A Los Angeles couple welcomes new house-sitter Cassie into their chic Laurel Canyon home. As she gets used to her new surroundings, Cassie uncovers a secret about the house, and her much-needed getaway turns into a nightmare.

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2022

Silly Human

An emerging actor’s big break lands when she’s cast on a 1950s sitcom. Her excitement gives way to dread when she realizes that her director is a fastidious AI that demands perfection – but is unable to articulate what it’s looking for in a performance. Cory Williamson has created a surrealistic, subversive and ultimately nightmarish film that manages to disturb as strongly as it engages.

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2020

Shallow Graves

Two hitmen bury a man in the desert, but when he starts walking around town, things get complicated.

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2020

The Recycling Man

In an overpopulated and underprivileged suburban neighbourhood, Jacob, a boy immobilised on a wheelchair, fights to protect a girl he spots across the courtyard, doing all he can to warn her of the dark figure entering her room - The Recycling Man.

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2020

A Mother's Love

A woman forgets who her daughter is, but things aren't as they seem. (Screamfest)

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2019

Mister America

Heidecker beats a murder charge for selling faulty e-cigarettes at an EDM festival, and mounts a campaign to unseat the San Bernardino District Attorney. His effort to win voters tries to overcome a lack of experience and funding by leaning into the candidate’s personal likability. It does not go well.

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2019

The Dip Run

4 Friends travel across the United States to find the American Dream through a Company Deal.

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2018

A Doggone Hollywood

Murphy ("Just Jesse the Jack") is a mega-famous canine TV star who is fed up with being treated like a 'cashmachine' by Hollywood executives. He escapes and a group of loving kids save him.

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2017

Nessie & Me

A 9-year-old boy moves to a lakeside village and befriends a captain who claims a mythical sea creature named Nessie lives in their peaceful waters

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2016

Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre

When a fracking mishap accidentally rips apart the earth’s crust, the resulting hole opens up a gaping underground water way to a vast and mysterious ocean somewhere deep below. Instantly, giant prehistoric sharks begin wending their way upward toward a murky bog in the heart of the Arkansas Bayou. Unfortunately, for a group of female prisoners on a work detail in the swamp, the deadly sharks attack without warning – pinning a hapless group of intended victims in a small deserted cabin in the heart of the wetlands. Death may be the only means of escape!

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2015

Toy Masters

First ever feature-length documentary on the world-wide phenomenon that inspired an entire generation of children and became a billion dollar franchise--"Masters of the Universe". Features interviews with the key creative personnel behind every version of the best selling toy line and all incarnations of "Masters of the Universe" on television, film, stage, and print, tracing the inception and ups and downs of the fantasy juggernaut.

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2014

Dracula: Reborn

The first film in the STILL NIGHT MONSTER MOVIE SERIES, DRACULA: REBORN is a modern retelling of Bram Stoker’s classic DRACULA, set in modern day Los Angeles.

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2012

Camel Spiders

Based on actual creatures that for years have tormented our armed forces in the Middle East, these creatures have now invaded the southwestern deserts of the United States. The Camel Spiders now freely hunt for prey, unafraid of any predator - including man. No place is safe no one is beyond their paralyzing sting. In the end, a small band of hearty fighters are forced to make one last stand against the creatures.

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2011

Dinocroc vs. Supergator

On a lush tropical island, working under a secret government charter, Martin Drake has not only grown sprawling acres of giant vegetables, but inadvertently spawned two mammoth reptiles as well. Now they've broken free of their enclosures, and Drake has only one option: kill the creatures before word gets back to Washington and they close him down. When Drake's first team of well-armed mercenaries gets wiped out within hours of setting down in the jungle, he turns to one lone hunter, The Cajun, to go in single-handedly. But will The Cajun be cunning enough to find the creatures and destroy them before they turn the blue waters red with the blood of tourists. The only hope is to bring the monsters together and make them fight. When one emerges victorious, that will be the time to strike and kill the other. It's a risky plan, but ultimately the only one that may work. One of David Carradine's last movies.

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2010

Lost in the Woods

During an excursion, the two children Tim and Chelsea get lost in the forest. They soon find out that they are being followed by three gangsters led by the treacherous Stuart Bunka who want to kidnap Chelsea for a large ransom ...

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2009

HBO Imagine

TV film, nominated for Best Experimental Series in 2010, in Streamy Awards.

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2009

Chrysalis

As our world suffers the ravages of humankind, scientists look for ways to sustain life. When one of them falls ill and a chrysalis forms around him, a tug of war ensues about the future of the stricken scientist.

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2008

Mary

A Catholic schoolgirl sees a vision of the Virgin Mary, with modern implications.

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2005

Dead Presidents

With no plan and packing iron, stoner brothers Mark and Chris rob a bank to fund their pilgrimage to the land of beers, boobs, and bud.

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Telling Lies in America

A 17-year-old boy becomes friends with Billy Magic, the radio DJ he idolizes, and eventually slips into the payola and corruption of the entertainment world.

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1997

Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project

A crew of acclaimed documentarians follow a young budding filmmaker as he attempts to create the world's greatest found footage horror film.

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