Saurians released 1994 on Polonia Brothers Entertainment.Lethal Nightmare Filmed 1987 – released 2013 Sub Rosa / SRS Limited Release.Splatter Farm 1986, released 1987 Donna Michelle Productions, released 2007 Camp Motion Pictures.Hallucinations 1986, released 2007 as an extra on Splatter Beach.Church of the Damned 1985, released 1985 by the Polonia Brothers.Entertainment films (mostly actors), along with interviews and set photos. It also includes recollections from people who have worked on Polonia Bros. The paperback is a chronicle of 55 movies, some produced jointly by the brothers, and the remainder solely by Mark Polonia. In early 2021 writer Douglas Waltz self-published the book "Monstervision: The Films of John and Mark Polonia". Since his brother's passing in 2008 Mark Polonia has been steadily producing and directing new films with long-time collaborator Brett Piper. In 2010 Mark Polonia dissolved Cinegraphic Productions after the sudden passing of partner Matt Satterly to concentrate solely on the Polonia Bros Entertainment (PBE) brand. Polonia Brothers Entertainment and Cinegraphic Productions released Halloweenight, based on a screenplay by, and dedicated to the memory of, the late John Polonia, in October 2009. Within the indie film community, the brothers were known for their kindness and generosity to aspiring film-makers. The new version is missing a couple of the more outrageous scenes that made the original a 'cult classic', but is nonetheless a more professional-looking offering, easier to follow, and augmented by excellent and entertaining commentary and featurettes – which also have become trademarks of the brothers' DVD offerings. In 2007 they released a new and improved cut of Splatter Farm, on DVD through Camp Motion Pictures. Killer piranhas, killer Easter bunnies, haunted houses, trips to Mars, assorted demons, all were covered in the course of several decades of film-making. Jon McBride became a regular collaborator with the brothers, and over time a fairly extensive group of actors, technicians, special effects artists and others came to work repeatedly with the brothers on horror films that aimed to entertain at all costs. Starring John Polonia and fellow-B-movie maker Jon McBride ( Cannibal Campout, Woodchipper Massacre) in their first foray together, this film about an invasion of Earth by small rubbery flesh-eating monsters with no mouths marked the Polonias' first wide distribution, and paved the way for future releases – perhaps 20 more of them before John's death in 2008. In 1996 the brothers' alien invasion film Feeders was picked up by Blockbuster in the aftermath of the commercial success of Independence Day, and became Blockbuster's No. Their first commercial release was Splatter Farm, released on VHS by Donna Michele Productions in 1987, a shot-on-video offering, written, acted, directed and filmed by the teenage brothers and a high school friend.Īlthough the brothers had mixed feelings about this film in later years (according to their DVD commentary), in part because the initial release was a rough cut and not edited to their satisfaction, it contained many of the signature elements that would come to define the Polonias' work – a primitive production quality reflecting a very limited budget the brothers themselves appearing in key roles liberal use of people and places available to them through their day-to-day lives, and homage to the horror films they grew up with and loved. The youngest of five siblings, the brothers were interested in and making films from a very early age.
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