Miracle Films (later to become 'Miracle Communications' in a development of the family business) was a film distributor based in the

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. The publicity manager of this studio, when it began in the 1950s, was British filmmaker

Tony Tenser Samuel Anthony Tenser (10 August 1920 – 5 December 2007)Gavin Gaugha"Obituary: Tony Tenser" ''The Guardian'', 13 March 2008 was an English-born film producer of Lithuanian-Jewish descent. He began as the producer of low budget exploitation f ...

. Miracle Films also distributed a lot of cult filmmakers Pete Walker films like Cool It Carol, The Flesh and Blood Show, House of Whitford and Frightmare The head of the company in the late 1970s, Michael Myers, had the dubious distinction of having his name used for the main character (a homicidal maniac) in the multi-million-dollar '' Halloween'' film franchise begun by director

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and producers

Irwin Yablans Irwin Yablans (born July 25, 1934) is an American independent film producer and distributor known for his work in the horror film industry. His brother, Frank Yablans, was also a producer. Life and career Yablans was born to a Jewish family i ...

and

Moustapha Akkad Moustapha Al Akkad ( ar, مصطفى العقاد; July 1, 1930 – November 11, 2005) was a Syrian-American film producer and director, best known for producing the original series of ''Halloween'' films and directing '' The Message'' and ' ...

in 1978 after Myers successfully distributed Carpenter's earlier '' Assault on Precinct 13'' in the UK in 1977. The company's most notable release, and possibly one of its last, was ''

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'' from 1985.

References

External links

A detailed history of the studio, as told by Tenser
Film distributors of the United Kingdom Defunct mass media companies of the United Kingdom {{UK-film-company-stub