During the creation of Tales from Black Manor, we designed several ALT posters for different episodes. These were either designed to be the original poster and we decided to go a different route, or the edit for the episode itself changed and a new design was more fitting.
We’re so excited to have completed the Tales from Black Manor Series!
Tales From Black is comprised of 3 Series that details the lives of a family intertwined with Death itself. This has been such a wonderful project to work on! What started out as a strange experiment has become an entire history of intertwined tales and stories.
You can watch all episodes right now!
Episode 1: Legend Has It
Episode 2: The Book of Death
Episode 3: How to Live Forever
Episode 4: Alice & The Watch
Episode 7: Welcome to the 80s
Episode 5: Mister Winter
Episode 8: Mommy’s Little Star
Episode 6: The Land of Death and Dreams
Episode 9: Heart of War
Episode 12: The Accidental Death
Episode 10: Dark Days
Episode 13: The Keepers
Episode 11: Miss Nobody
Episode 14: The End of All Things
Episode 14: “The End of All Things”
When Annabelle Black goes venturing off into the forgotten East Corridor of Black Manor, she finds something new. It’s a simple glass orb - but when she touches it - she can see everything. She can see the beginning, middle, and end of time, and lurking there is the Final Death.
An Epilogue
The End of All Things was designed to feel like an epilogue to the series, one last moment that comes even after the final episode and tells the death of Black Manor and maybe even the entire world.
Directed By: Nick + Lexie
Written By: Nick Trivundza
Produced By: Nick + Lexie Trivundza
An Adventure Company Film
Annabelle Black: Asher Willis
Music By Orchestralis
Copyright © Adventure Company MMXXIV
Check out the First Look for Tales from Black Manor: The End of All Things!
Episode 14 “The End of All Things”
When Annabelle Black goes venturing off into the forgotten East Corridor of Black Manor, she finds something new. It’s a simple glass orb - but when she touches it - she can see everything. She can see the beginning, middle, and end of time, and lurking there is the Final Death.
Episode 13: “The Keepers”
In the tower of Black Manor, the Keeper guards the manors darkest secrets. Amidst catacombs, graves, and the Book of Death, he safeguards the legacy, offering others eternal life at the cost of a deadly bargain.
The Final Episode
As we mentioned earlier, we’re big Mike Flannigan fans. The House of Usher was absolutely incredible, but we also really loved Midnight Mass. This was a big inspiration when we began to put together The Keepers. It impacted both the melancholy tone and the beauty of the Catholic Church images.
Credits
Directed By: Nick + Lexie
Written By: Nick Trivundza
Produced By: Nick + Lexie Trivundza
An Adventure Company Film
The Keeper: Daniel L McCullen
Mrs Asher: Charlotte Marie Dupont
Music By Orchestralis
Copyright © Adventure Company MMXXIV
Check out the First Look for Tales from Black Manor: The Keepers!
Episode 13 “The Keepers”
In the tower of Black Manor, the Keeper guards the manors darkest secrets. Amidst catacombs, graves, and the Book of Death, he safeguards the legacy, offering others eternal life at the cost of a deadly bargain.
Episode 12: “The Accidental Death”
Life's unforeseen endings take center stage in The Accidental Death. From car crashes and electrocutions, to fatal distractions, delve into a realm of unintended fatalities.
The Grim
For the final appearance of The Land of Death and Dreams we also include nightmares. We were really inspired by Mike Flannigan’s The House of Usher on this one. Specifically for the jester.
Directed By: Nick + Lexie
Written By: Nick Trivundza
Produced By: Nick + Lexie Trivundza
An Adventure Company Film
The Grim: Christoper Caine
Music By Orchestralis
Copyright © Adventure Company MMXXIV
Check out the First Look for Tales from Black Manor: The Accidental Death!
Episode 12 “The Accidental Death”
Life's unforeseen endings take center stage in The Accidental Death. From car crashes and electrocutions, to fatal distractions, delve into a realm of unintended fatalities.
Episode 11: “Miss Nobody”
Spreadsheets. TV. Noodles. Try not to cry. Go to bed. Wait for the sweet release of death. Wake up. Do it again. And again. Endless hours, same routine. Until one night something different happens. An intrusion offers an unexpected twist.
Getting Lost
For Miss Nobody, we began to think about seeing some of these stories from different perspectives. Our inspiration was the TV series Lost. This was one of the first times I had ever seen a series go in depth on a completely different perspective and we wanted to give that a try with Miss Nobody who had previously been seen in Dark Days.
Credits
Directed By: Nick + Lexie
Written By: Nick Trivundza
Produced By: Nick + Lexie Trivundza
An Adventure Company Film
Miss Nobody: Lily Lacroix
Oliver Black: Silas McGreggor
Music By Orchestralis
“Own It” By Jasmine J Walker
Copyright © Adventure Company MMXXIV
Check out the First Look for Tales from Black Manor: Miss Nobody!
Episode 11 “Miss Nobody”
Spreadsheets. TV. Noodles. Try not to cry. Go to bed. Wait for the sweet release of death. Wake up. Do it again. And again. Endless hours, same routine. Until one night something different happens. An intrusion offers an unexpected twist.
Return to Shallow Grave
When we first began working on Tales From Black Manor, Series 2 - we were really inspired by the early films of Danny Boyle. Specifically Shallow Grave and Trainspotting and we wanted to create something with that feeling. Alice & The Watch was originally written to feel this way - but that ended up changing story and leaned much more towards David Fincher for tone. With Dark Days, we were finally able to get back to some of that early inspiration.
Check out the First Look for Tales from Black Manor: Dark Days!
Episode 10: “Dark Days”
At Black Manor, death is just an option. Uncle Oliver teaches 'Bloody Mary' the ropes and she’ll do whatever it takes to keep her immortality and her pretty face.
Kicking off Series 3!
For the first episode of Series 3, Heart of War, we were inspired by the films of Zack Snyder, particularly 300. When 300 came out, it is was mind blowing. The speed ramps were so punk rock. When creating the battle scenes in the Heart of War, we were really lucky. All of the footage was shot in slow motion. For a lot of the scenes we sped them back up to normal, but in a few cases, specifically towards the end of the battle when the deaths start to mount - we slowed everything down.
Check out the First Look for Tales from Black Manor: Heart of War!
Episode 9 “Heart of War”
A father's haunting tale of a woman named Death promises victory to the son who slaughters the most in her name. The House of Black rises, and in a gruesome war, they claim triumph.
Watch the brand new trailer for Tales from Black Manor Series 3! We’re thrilled to begin unveiling the Final Series of Tales from Black Manor!
We have some wonderful tales in this series and explore some exciting time periods for Black Manor and the lore, such as Medieval, Modern Day, a return to World War II, and the End of the World.
Tales from Black Manor, The Final Series
Leading up to the feature film release of Tales From Black Manor will be the third and Final Series! The Series will return this summer kicking off with one brand new episode a month.
Tales from Black Manor began as an experiment. The first part of the experiment came during the pandemic when all production ceased. We wondered, was it possible to tell a story with stock? We were also interested in telling stories and building a mythology around a single idea. That idea became Black Manor.
Series 3 will consist of 6 brand new tales of darkness as the series comes to a close.
Episodes:
Heart of War
Dark Days
Miss Nobody
The Accidental Death
The Keepers
The End of All Things
You can watch Series 1 and Series 2 of Tales from Black Manor right now:
After wrapping up Series 1 and Series 2 of Tales from Black Manor, we’re excited to announce that the next release will be the Anthology Feature Film!
The feature film will include several brand new tales and a few of our favorites from Series 1 and 2. The Feature Film will take us to the very beginning as well as the very end of Black Manor. We’ll head back to Black Manor’s medieval beginnings in the Tanglewood and all the way to its apocalyptic ending.
Post-Production began earlier this year and we can’t wait to reveal what’s to come!
The final episode of Tales From Black Manor, Series 2 is out now!
Official Synopsis:
Guided by one of the books of Death, Suzie Black's family trades a stranger's life for her immortality. As she discovers the rules of her eternal existence, the world transforms around her while she remains the same.
All Episodes of Series 1 and Series 2 are out now! You can even watch them here on the site!
Check out the First Look for Tales From Black Manor, Episode 9: “Mommy’s Little Star.”
Horror Films of the 70s
If some of the earlier episodes lean into modern day Dark Fantasy films, Mommy’s Little Star leans more towards the horror films of the 70s. Part of that is the story. The family becoming more and more cult like - whether or not they’re still following the Book of Death, or beginning to embellish their rituals was really fun to play with. The footage we found and then the coloring, lean towards those films of the 70s, while still remaining rooted in the look and feel of Black Manor.
Watch Episode 7 of Tales From Black Manor now! The latest episode, “Welcome to the 80s” is one of our favorites!
Official Synopsis:
Rumor has it that Little Ivy Black still stalks the halls of Black Manor. When curiosity turns into a dare, two friends venture into the eerie manor, unaware of the nightmarish horrors they'll encounter.
