Susan Bell

Films

Charon Pictures Inc.

In 2010 I founded a production company specializing in Supernatural, Horror and Thriller genre entertainment. The next year I’ve expanded my producing focus to include transmedia projects. (Wonder what that word actually means? Read this wiki article.)

The first project in production was a reality show featuring the Los Angeles Ghost Patrol. Due to events that took place on the first day of filming the pilot, the project has now become a feature-length film about a local haunting. This film, L.A.G.P., is finishing post production, and we will be seeking distribution opportunities later this year.

In active development is a 13-episode supernatural TV show with a live second screen experience, as well as several feature projects.  Charon Pictures is also actively involved in the Los Angeles Ghost Patrol storyworld as the producer of a live event to be held at WyrdCon and an alternate reality game (ARG).

The Resurrectionist

15 min., Super 16mm, HDCAM master
The Deep South, 1847. A lowly gravedigger, Fredrick (Christian S. Anderson), struggles to provide for his family. At the urging of his wife Elizabeth (Alison Gallaher), Fredrick steals a recently buried corpse to sell to the local medical college for anatomy study. Setting off in his horse-drawn wagon on a journey through the dark woods, Fredrick quickly realizes that the dead man has other plans. Terrorized by supernatural happenings, Fredrick is at the mercy of an angry ghost as it reveals its chilling story. And the nightmare won’t stop until retribution is found.
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The Boarder

Charlie Parker (Kade Coates) is your ordinary 12-year-old baseball fanatic and curious kid. With his father away fighting World War II, his mother is forced to rent rooms out to make ends meet. But the latest boarder rouses Charlie’s suspicions and he tries to warn his mother to no avail. Snooping around the boarder’s room, he finds a satchel full of jars filled with souls. Fearing the soul collector is targeting his mother, Charlie must do everything he can to protect her, even if it means risking his own soul in the process.
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The Patchwork Monkey

10 min., 35mm
A babysitter’s gift of a patchwork monkey begins a disturbing evening for eight year old Tommy and his big sister Carol as they suspect the monkey is more than just a toy.  Adapted from the children’s horror story by Beverly Butler, “The Patchwork Monkey” explores the childhood fears that our toys might really be alive and what we say might really come true.  Aired on the Independent FIlm Channel (IFC) between 2003 & 2005.
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Do No Harm

7 min., Super 16mm, DV master
A nurse struggles with her terminally ill patient’s wish to end his life after she finds the body of a dying dog.

Filmography

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