Draft:Charles Pinion

Charles Pinion

Charles Pinion is an American filmmaker, noted for his contribution SOV horror movement of the 80s and 90s, and for his association with the New York Cinema of Transgression movement[1].

Filmmaking Career

Charles Pinion began filmmaking due to a desire to capture Gainesville's DIY punk scene. He initially sought to make a documentary, but the contribution of musicians in the scene morphed the film into his debut splatter-comedy Twisted Issues[2]. Film Threat Video Guide called Twisted Issues one of the “25 Must-See Underground Movies of the 1980s".[3]

His next film was 1993's Red Spirit Lake, which features prominent members of the Cinema of Transgression scene such as Richard Kern and Kembra Pfaller[4]. The film is about a woman who inherits an estate filled with spirits after her aunt's death[4].

After this, Pinion created We Await, his San Francisco-set cannibal film, which features music by Unsane, Eugene Chadbourne, and Crash Worship[4]. We Await screened at the Chicago Underground Film Festival in 1996.[5]

After this, he moved to Los Angeles and secured work in the adult film industry making films such as Archer's Last Day[6].

Pinion's most recent film American Mummy was released in 2014[7].

  1. ^ Knife, Blood (2023-11-14). "DIY Art-Punk Video Tape Transgression". Blood Knife. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
  2. ^ Dazed (2015-08-17). "You need to hunt down these rare VHS masterpieces now". Dazed. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
  3. ^ "OVERREACHING IMAGINATION: THE TWISTED FILMS OF CHARLES PINION – Spectacle Theater". 2013-06-30. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
  4. ^ a b c "OVERREACHING IMAGINATION: THE TWISTED FILMS OF CHARLES PINION – Spectacle Theater". 2013-06-30. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
  5. ^ Reader, Chicago (1996-08-15). "Chicago Underground Film Festival". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
  6. ^ Kyburz, Max (2017-09-11). "Twisted Underground Cinema Comes Alive in 'Pinion Armageddon'". Bedford + Bowery. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
  7. ^ "Prime Video: American Mummy". www.primevideo.com. Archived from the original on 2026-03-12. Retrieved 2026-05-15.

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