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, ...
Was Chairman and CEO of Empire Pictures from 1988-1989 when it was consolidated into Epic Entertainment, Inc.
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President of Compass International Pictures Inc. with Joseph Wolf in the 1970s and early 1980s. The theatrical production/distribution company is now a division of Trancas International Films.
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His brother, Frank Yablans is also an experienced movie executive and from 1981-1986, served as Chairman and CEO of Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM/UA).
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He and Joseph Wolf funded Compass International Pictures in 1978. Despite that their first film, Halloween (1978) had so much success, Compass International Pictures only released three more films, Tourist Trap (1979), Roller Boogie (1979), and Hell Night (1981), which only had minor releases and then Compass International Pictures eventually folded in mid-1981, before Halloween II (1981) was made.
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