Atun-Shei Films 
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I'm Andrew Rakich, a filmmaker with an interest in history. I always cite my sources.

Atun-Shei Films is primarily viewer supported. If you enjoy my work, I hope you’ll consider joining my Patreon, giving me a one-time donation on Paypal, or buying merch from my online store.

My movie The Sudbury Devil is available to stream on Tubi, Prime Video, and Apple TV+, but the best way to support the filmmakers is to buy it from us directly at atunsheifilms.vhx.tv/ where you can also gain access to over six hours of special features.

I don’t take corporate sponsorships. If you are an influencer manager, please don’t bother contacting me. All other business inquiries can reach me and my team using the contact form below.


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THIS COULD BE YOU NEXT WEEK! If you're local to the New Orleans area, it's not too late to get tickets for our premiere screenings 👇

🪳 World Premiere at the Broad Theater, 9/27 @ 7 PM – Join us for our world premiere with a cast and crew Q&A and meet-and-greet after the show www.thebroadtheater.com/movie/the-vampires-of-new-…

⚜ The Prytania Theater, 9/29 @ 10 PM – A late night showing for all you night owls, Goths, and real-life vampires in the city's most historic movie theater www.theprytania.com/movies/the-vampires-of-new-orl…

🩸 The Tigermen Den, 10/4 @ 7 PM – A low-key, intimate screening in a hip music venue with a Halloween party vibe, costumes highly encouraged events.humanitix.com/the-vampires-of-new-orleans-t…

We plan to have a handful of other screenings across the country through October, and will announce them as soon as they're organized. You can find a list of all showtimes here linktr.ee/vampiresofneworleansshowtimes

And don't forget in all this theatrical excitement that THE STREAMING RELEASE IS ONLY ONE WEEK AWAY! The film will be available to buy or rent, bundled with hours of in-depth special features, on October 1st worldwide only at www.atunsheifilms.com/

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KANSAS CITY! The Vampires of New Orleans is coming to the Stray Cat Film Center on October 21st, and includes a Q&A with our erstwhile producer Veronika Payton. Buy tickets here www.straycatfilmcenter.com/screeningsandevents/the…

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THE VAMPIRES OF NEW ORLEANS IS COMING DOWN UNDER! Atun-Shei Films is returning to the Pink Flamingo Cinema in Sydney and providing the grand finale of the Lost Weekend Festival with a special screening of our new film on September 27th. You can buy tickets for just the film, or a festival pass that lasts all weekend, right here lostweekend.fest.sydney/film/the-vampires-of-new-o…

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Hey all, THE VAMPIRES OF NEW ORLEANS is complete and we are starting to send a press screener out to reviewers. If you are a film critic, video essayist, podcaster, streamer, etc with a sizable audience, and you have any interest in making content about the film, reach out to us.

The movie is really, really, really, really good – like, shockingly good – and promises to be the final word on the New Orleans vampire as a pop culture figure. There's plenty to sink your teeth into (har har) as far as review and analysis, and schedule permitting, myself or other members of the cast and crew would be happy to sit down for an interview.

You can contact me and my team at atunsheifilms @ gmail. Thanks!

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The decade-long friendship and creative collaboration I have with my composer ‪@dillonmderosa‬ is reaching a breaking point because of irreconcilable creative differences over the color scheme of the cover art for the Vampires of New Orleans OST album (which fucking ROCKS, by the way).

In the midst of his aesthetic folly, Dillon had a rare moment where the light of reason broke in, and he requested to resolve the impasse with an unfriendly competition where we ask you, the Atun-Shei audience, to choose who is right, and who is so very very very wrong on their preference between a red background and a blue background for the album.

I won't say who is in favor of which design so as not to tip the scale one way or the other, but suffice to say, an unstoppable director has met an immovable composer and now the people must decide.


CHOOSE CAREFULLY, as the fate of nations hangs in the balance!

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4 spots have just opened up on the Esoteric New England tour Justin Sledge of ‪@TheEsotericaChannel‬ and I are leading this October! Want to explore forgotten battlefields and spooky witch trial sites with us under the blazing russet leaves of a hoary Massachusetts autumn? Then grab a ticket before they sell out: www.esotericaoccultbooks.com/shop/p/esoteric-new-e…

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THE VAMPIRES OF NEW ORLEANS will be available to buy or rent starting OCTOBER 1st, together with hours of special features and bonus material, exclusively on www.atunsheifilms.com/ And then on the night of OCTOBER 31st we will release it on YouTube FOR FREE!

There are still a few tickets left for our premiere in New Orleans, snag them before they're gone: www.thebroadtheater.com/movie/the-vampires-of-new-… Many of you have asked if there will be screenings in other cities, and the answer is an emphatic YES! We'll announce them as they happen – watch this space for updates! 🦇

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NEW ORLEANS! We've just added more local screenings for The Vampires of New Orleans, get your tickets now!

THE BROAD THEATER, 9/27 @ 7 PM – Join us for our world premiere with a cast and crew Q&A and meet-and-greet after the show www.thebroadtheater.com/movie/the-vampires-of-new-…

THE PRYTANIA THEATER, 9/29 @ 10 PM – A late night showing for all you night owls, Goths, and real-life vampires in the city's most historic movie theater www.theprytania.com/movies/the-vampires-of-new-orl…

THE TIGERMEN DEN, 10/4 @ 7 PM – A low-key, intimate screening in a hip music venue with a Halloween party vibe, costumes *highly* encouraged events.humanitix.com/the-vampires-of-new-orleans-t…

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You are invited to the world premiere of THE VAMPIRES OF NEW ORLEANS on the evening of September 27th at the Broad Theater in New Orleans! It's an intimate, exclusive event in a neighborhood arthouse theater and includes a Q&A and meet-and-greet with cast and crew after the show. Don't wait to buy tickets – seating is limited and we expect to sell out! www.thebroadtheater.com/movie/the-vampires-of-new-…

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