Brandon Slagle is an American filmmaker and former actor, known for his films The Black Dahlia Haunting, The Flood, House of Manson, and Affinity.
Prior to his career in the film industry, he was the frontman of the Industrial Metal band Die Section and was mentored by the late Wayne Static of Static-X.
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Career
Slagle began his career as an actor appearing in numerous low-budget science fiction and horror films including Plasterhead, Biohazard: Patient Zero, Daylight's End, Where the Dead Go to Die, the Uwe Boll-produced Kinky Killers as well as small roles in mainstream fare such as Argo.
In 2012, he and former partner Devanny Pinn self-financed the supernatural thriller The Black Dahlia Haunting, which Slagle wrote and directed. They went on to produce other microbudget genre films Dead Sea and the Charles Manson biopic House of Manson which received positive reviews, features in publications such as Rolling Stone and licensing deals with Hulu and Sky TV. During this time, Slagle was post-production coordinator at Crystal Sky Pictures.
In 2016 news of his film Crossbreed went viral when the casting of Vivica A. Fox as the President of the United States was found to be the first time an African-American woman had been cast as the president in a feature film.
In 2018 he directed The Dawn, starring Stacey Dash, Jonathan Bennett, Teilor Grubbs, Devanny Pinn, and Ryan Kiser, which was released theatrically by Vertical Entertainment on January 10, 2020.
In 2019 he directed Attack of the Unknown, starring Richard Grieco, Tara Reid, Robert LaSardo, Jolene Andersen, and Douglas Tait (actor). In 2021 he directed four feature films: Frost, starring Devanny Pinn and Vernon Wells; Arena Wars, starring Michael Madsen, Eric Roberts, Robert LaSardo, and John Wells; Breakout, starring Louis Mandylor, Kristos Andrews, Brian Krause, and Tom Sizemore; and Battle for Saipan, starring Casper Van Dien, Louis Mandylor, and Jeff Fahey.
In 2022, he replaced director Jared Cohn on The Flood, starring Nicky Whelan. It was released by Lionsgate in 2023.
In 2023 he was hired to direct Affinity, featuring Marko Zaror in his first English-speaking lead role. The film was released September 30th, 2025 to generally positive reviews.
In addition to his work as director, he has also contributed to the screenplays of 3 Days in Malay and Operation Blood Hunt, both directed by Louis Mandylor; the coming-of-age drama The Midway Point, starring Sean Ryan Fox, Catharine Daddario, and Wes Studi; and Last Chance Motel, with Scout Taylor-Compton and Danielle Harris, who co-directed. The movie starred Harris and Taylor-Compton alongside Heather Langenkamp, Shane West, and Monica Keena.
Personal life
Slagle was born in Austin, Texas.
His late Father Larry Slagle was the Backstage Manager at the Armadillo World Headquarters, working with musicians such as BB King, Linda Ronstadt, Santana, Journey, Frank Zappa and others. [1] His mother Suzette Jacobs is an oboist who is music director of New York City's annual Washington Square Music Festival.[1]
He was previously married to actress and producer Devanny Pinn, with whom he has one daughter.
Filmography
As director
2005 The Dark Avengers
2007 Subject 87
2008 In the Land of Wicked Gods (short film)
2009 Opiate (short film)
2011 Cult Vol. 1 (segment "Opiate")
2011 Wonderland
2011 Area 51 Confidential
2012 The Black Dahlia Haunting
2014 Dead Sea
2014 House of Manson
2017 Escape from Ensenada (aka California Dreaming)
2018 Crossbreed
2019 The Dawn
2020 Attack of the Unknown
2022 Frost
2022 Battle For Saipan
2023 Arena Wars
2023 Breakout
2023 The Flood
2025 Affinity
2026 Alien Horde
???? Between Dark and Light
As writer
2023 3 Days in Malay
2023 The Midway Point
2024 Operation Blood Hunt
2026 Last Chance Motel
2026 Final Act
Selected acting filmography
2005 The Dark Avengers as Bryan Yuen Sage
2006 Plasterhead as Henry
2006 Disquiet as Brandon Dalisay
2007 Polycarp as Dean Zimmer
2007 Methodic as Detective Colin McDermott
2010 15 till Midnight as Lukas Reyes
2011 2012: Ice Age as The Major
2012 The Black Dahlia Haunting as Malcolm
2012 Argo as Canadian Embassy Staffer #1
2012 Biohazard: Patient Zero as Dr. Jonathan Wright
2012 Where the Dead Go to Die as Daddy
2013 Entity as Damon
2013 Dead Sea as Kier Than
2014 House of Manson as Uncle Maddox
2016 When Black Birds Fly as Caine
2016 Daylight's End as 'Bunny'
2020 JL Family Ranch 2 as Jeremy
2005 Sesame Street (1 episode) as Alphabet Town Resident
Crystal Sky Pictures
Vivica A. Fox