# Io Pictures

> Your Story, Every Screen. Io Pictures (Io Pictures Corporation) handles film financing, licensing, sales, distribution, and rights management, and is the company behind the horror mystery THE CONTROL GROUP (2014).

Services: Financing, Licensing, Sales, Distribution, Rights Management. Contact: hello@iopictures.com

## THE CONTROL GROUP (2014)

Dr. Broward (Brad Dourif) built a chair to control the dead. Now the dead use it to control him, and five students are trapped between a scientist who can't stop and spirits who won't let them leave.

- Directed by: Peter Hurd
- Screenplay: Logan Gion
- Story: Peter Hurd and Logan Gion
- Producer: Peter Hurd
- Released: October 22, 2014 (premiered at the Twin Cities Film Festival)
- Runtime: 1h 24m
- Genre: Horror, Mystery, Supernatural, Thriller, Action
- Country: United States
- Language: English; closed captions in English, German, Japanese
- Filmed on location at: Fergus Falls State Hospital, Fergus Falls, Minnesota, USA
- Production company: Point & Shoot Productions
- Released by: Io Pictures
- Editor: Ed Cardenas
- Cinematographer: Jessica Gallant
- Music: Anthony Banach
- Production design: Melissa Pritchett
- Costume design: Molly Roark

### Cast

- Brad Dourif as Dr. Broward
- Ross Destiche as Jack
- Justen Jones as Grant
- Monique Candelaria as Heather
- Jerry G. Angelo as Hanson
- Emily Soto as Anne
- Jenna Enemy as Vanessa
- Shane Phillip as Corey
- Kodi Lane as Jamie

### Where to watch

- Watch free on Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/100013165/the-control-group
- Watch on Amazon Prime Video: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CB1ZFPZW
- Also streaming on: The Roku Channel, Xumo, fuboTV, Local Now, Future Today (Fawesome), Stash TV, Stash TV Screams & Scares, Stash - Action on YouTube, Popsy on Plex, Anoki, TCL, Relay, WatchFilms, VA Media, Midwest Tape, Autumn Tytus, OTT Studio, Geoflixz+
- Available in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan
- Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBW2yw_Lpf4

### About the director

Peter Hurd is a writer, director, and producer from Minnesota. Shortly after graduating from the University of Minnesota-Morris, he produced and directed THE CONTROL GROUP starring Oscar nominee Brad Dourif. He is also the author of *Xolo: A Novel of Canine Horror*, a finalist in the 2023 American Book Fest Best Book Awards.

### Elsewhere

- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2270372/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Control_Group_(film)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113954151
- https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/449519
- https://letterboxd.com/film/the-control-group/
- https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_control_group
- https://www.youtube.com/@thecontrolgroupmovie

Film page: https://iopictures.com/the-control-group/