{{Short description|American film company}} {{Infobox company | name = Apprehensive Films | logo = [[Image:Apprehensive Films.jpg|Apprehensive Films logo]] | type = | founded = 1997–2016<ref name="About The GrindHouse"/> | location = [[Citrus Heights, California]], [[United States]]<ref name="Contact Apprehensive Films">{{cite web |url=http://www.afcinema.net/contact.html |title=Contact Apprehensive Films |author= |date= |publisher=Apprehensive Films |access-date=20 July 2010}}</ref> | key_people = | num_employees = | parent = | industry = [[Film]]s | products = | revenue = | operating profit = | homepage = http://www.afcinema.net/ (expired) }}
'''Apprehensive Films''' was an independent American [[film]] [[production company|production]] and [[film distributor|distribution]] company in operation from 1997–2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcinema.net/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206181847/http://www.afcinema.net/ |archive-date=2016-02-06 |title=RIP Apprehensive Films 1997 - 2016|website=Apprehensive Films (archived February 0, 2016)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/afcinema666|title=RIP Apprehensive Films 1997 - 2016|website=Facebook}}</ref> Its main focus was low-budget [[exploitation film|exploitation]]-inspired films shot in [[Super 8 mm film]] and [[16 mm film]].<ref name="About The GrindHouse">{{cite web |url=http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/newafaboutus.html |title=About The GrindHouse |publisher=TheGrindHouse.net |access-date=20 July 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100619144815/http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/newafaboutus.html| archive-date= 19 June 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> In 2006, Apprehensive Films became a DVD distributor specializing in [[cult film|cult]], [[horror film|horror]] and [[exploitation film]].<ref name="About The GrindHouse"/> Apprehensive Films took over the television distribution of the [[horror host]]ed television series ''[[Cinema Insomnia]]'' which led to their re-licensing the show to AMGTV.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lastdoorwayproductions.com/news_mr_lobo.html | title="CINEMA INSOMNIA" AND AMGTV ARE BRINGING HOSTED "MIDNIGHT MOVIES" TO PRIME TIME AND COAST TO COAST! | access-date=2010-07-20 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713184708/http://www.lastdoorwayproductions.com/news_mr_lobo.html | archive-date=2011-07-13 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Distributed films== {| class="wikitable" ! Film !! DVD Release Year |- | ''[[Bad Girls Go to Hell]]'' || 2008 |- | ''[[Calamity of Snakes]]'' || 2019 |- | ''[[Centipede Horror]]'' || 2007 |- | ''[[Colony (2007 film)|Colony]]'' || 2007 |- | ''[[Hardware Wars]]'' || 2009 |- | ''[[Mark of the Damned]]'' || 2009 |- | ''[[Naked Massacre]]'' || 2007 |- | ''[[Night of Bloody Horror]]'' || 2008 |- | ''[[Porklips Now]]'' || 2009 |- | ''[[Ratman]]'' || 2009 |- | ''[[The Sadist (1963 film)|The Sadist]]'' || 2007 |- | ''[[Scream Bloody Murder]]'' || 2007 |- | ''[[Why Lie? I Need a Drink]]'' || 2010 |}
==''Cinema Insomnia'' Slime Line DVDs== [[File:Ci slime bigfoot.jpg|thumb|Slime Line DVD cover for the 1975 documentary ''[[Bigfoot: Mysterious Monster]]''.]] In 2010, Apprehensive Films introduced a new line of ''[[Cinema Insomnia]]'' DVDs called '''Slime Line'''. The Slime Line DVDs feature brand new audio mixes, new retro film-clips, coming attractions for classic B-movie and new indies. The Slime Line DVDs also contain Slime Points which can be collected and mailed into Apprehensive Films for select prizes. Apprehensive Films has also licensed episodes ''[[Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome]]'',<ref name="Apprehensive Films - More Apprehensive Films Titles Added to Amazon VOD">{{cite web |url=https://afcinema.blogspot.com/2010/09/more-apprehensive-films-titles-added-to.html |title=More Apprehensive Films Titles Added to Amazon VOD |author=Apprehensive Films |date=September 2010 |work=Apprehensive Films |publisher=Blogger |access-date=27 September 2010}}</ref> ''[[Daikyojū Gappa|Gappa: Monsters From a Prehistoric Planet]]'',<ref name="Apprehensive Films - More Apprehensive Films Titles Added to Amazon VOD"/> ''[[Chariots of the Gods (film)|In Search of Ancient Astronauts]]'',<ref name="Apprehensive Films - Cinema Insomnia Episodes Now on Amazon VOD">{{cite web |url=https://afcinema.blogspot.com/2010/09/cinema-insomnia-episodes-now-on-amazon.html |title=Cinema Insomnia Episodes Now on Amazon VOD |author=Apprehensive Films |date=September 2010 |work=Apprehensive Films |publisher=Blogger |access-date=27 September 2010}}</ref> ''[[Super Wheels]]'',<ref name="Apprehensive Films - Cinema Insomnia Super Wheels Now Available for Download on Amazon VOD">{{cite web |url=https://afcinema.blogspot.com/2010/09/cinema-insomnia-super-wheels-now.html |title=Cinema Insomnia Super Wheels Now Available for Download on Amazon VOD |author=Apprehensive Films |date=September 2010 |work=Apprehensive Films |publisher=Blogger |access-date=27 September 2010}}</ref> and ''[[Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet]]''<ref name="Apprehensive Films - More Apprehensive Films Titles Added to Amazon VOD"/> to [[Amazon Video on Demand]].
===Slime Line DVDs=== *''[[Bigfoot: Mysterious Monster]]''<ref name="Bigfoot: Mysterious Monster Slime Line DVD">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/cibigfootslimedvd.html|title=Bigfoot: Mysterious Monster Slime Line DVD|publisher=Apprehensive Films|access-date=19 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716230131/http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/cibigfootslimedvd.html|archive-date=16 July 2011}}</ref> *''[[Carnival of Souls]]''<ref name="Carnival of Souls DVD">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/cicarnivalofsoulsdvd.html|title=Carnival of Souls DVD|publisher=Apprehensive Films|access-date=19 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418092512/http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/cicarnivalofsoulsdvd.html|archive-date=18 April 2010}}</ref> *''Cinema Insomnia'' Halloween Special<ref name="Cinema Insomnia Halloween Special w/Bob Wilkins DVD">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/cihalloweenspecialdvd.html|title=Cinema Insomnia Halloween Special w/Bob Wilkins DVD|publisher=Apprehensive Films|access-date=19 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418092522/http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/cihalloweenspecialdvd.html|archive-date=18 April 2010}}</ref> *''[[Creature (1985 film)|Creature]]''<ref name="Creature DVD">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/cicreaturedvd.html |title=Creature DVD |publisher=Apprehensive Films |access-date=19 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100908052355/http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/cicreaturedvd.html |archive-date=8 September 2010 }}</ref> *''[[Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome]]''<ref name="Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome DVD">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/cidicktracydvd.html |title=Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome DVD |publisher=Apprehensive Films |access-date=19 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919165339/http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/cidicktracydvd.html |archive-date=19 September 2010 }}</ref> *''[[Eegah]]''<ref name="Eegah! DVD">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/cieegahdvd.html |title=Eegah! DVD |publisher=Apprehensive Films |access-date=19 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419021630/http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/cieegahdvd.html |archive-date=19 April 2010 }}</ref> *''[[First Spaceship on Venus]]''<ref name="First Spaceship on Venus DVD">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/cifirstspaceshipdvd.html |title=First Spaceship on Venus DVD |publisher=Apprehensive Films |access-date=19 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716230703/http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/cifirstspaceshipdvd.html |archive-date=16 July 2011 }}</ref> *''[[Gamera: Super Monster]]''<ref name="Gamera Super Monster Slime Line DVD">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/cigameraslimedvd.html |title=Gamera Super Monster Slime Line DVD |publisher=Apprehensive Films |access-date=19 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716230730/http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/cigameraslimedvd.html |archive-date=16 July 2011 }}</ref> *''[[Daikyojū Gappa|Gappa: Monsters From a Prehistoric Planet]]''<ref name="Gappa: Monsters From a Prehistoric Planet DVD">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/cigappadvd.html|title=Gappa: Monsters From a Prehistoric Planet DVD|publisher=Apprehensive Films|access-date=19 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419021242/http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/cigappadvd.html|archive-date=19 April 2010}}</ref> *''[[Chariots of the Gods (film)|In Search of Ancient Astronauts]]''<ref name="In Search of Ancient Astronauts Slime Line DVD">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/ciisoaaslimedvd.html|title=In Search of Ancient Astronauts Slime Line DVD|publisher=Apprehensive Films|access-date=19 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716230909/http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/ciisoaaslimedvd.html|archive-date=16 July 2011}}</ref> *''[[Night of the Living Dead]]''<ref name="Night of the Living Dead Slime Line DVD">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/cinotlddvd.html|title=Night of the Living Dead Slime Line DVD|publisher=Apprehensive Films|access-date=19 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919165401/http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/cinotlddvd.html|archive-date=19 September 2010}}</ref> *''[[Santa Claus Conquers the Martians]]''<ref name="Santa Claus Conquers the Martians Slime Line DVD">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/cisantadvd.html|title=Santa Claus Conquers the Martians Slime Line DVD|publisher=Apprehensive Films|access-date=19 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100908052416/http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/cisantadvd.html|archive-date=8 September 2010}}</ref> *''[[Super Wheels]]''<ref name="Super Wheels DVD">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/cisuperwheelsdvd.html|title=Super Wheels DVD|publisher=Apprehensive Films|access-date=19 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419021655/http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/cisuperwheelsdvd.html|archive-date=19 April 2010}}</ref> *''[[Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet]]''<ref name="Voyage to a Prehistoric Planet DVD">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/civoyagetoappdvd.html|title=Voyage to a Prehistoric Planet DVD|publisher=Apprehensive Films|access-date=19 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100908051630/http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/civoyagetoappdvd.html|archive-date=8 September 2010}}</ref> *''[[The Wasp Woman]]''<ref name="Wasp Woman DVD">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/ciwaspwomandvd.html|title=Wasp Woman DVD|publisher=Apprehensive Films|access-date=19 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920234427/http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/ciwaspwomandvd.html|archive-date=20 September 2010}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20151020171249/http://www.afcinema.net// Official website] (archived) *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160110034854/http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/newafstore.html Official Store] (archived) *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160118234608/http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/hwhomepage.html Ernie Fosselius releases] (archived) *[https://web.archive.org/web/20111015233033/http://studios.afcinema.net/ ''Why Lie? I Need a Drink'' documentary] (archived)
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