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Filmmakers first.
Distinctive voices shape the work. We pair ambitious craft with disciplined budgets under $5 million and use production incentives to put more value on screen.
About 13 Khutz
The unsettling lives inside the familiar.
Founded in 2025, 13 Khutz is a filmmaker-first production company dedicated to independent horror and genre films made for under $5 million.
What guides the work.
We make excellently crafted horror and genre films that excavate the themes defining our moment: love, community, social fracture, environmental exploitation, and the machinery of late capitalism.
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Something fresh.
Audiences deserve original films that feel future-facing and worth leaving home for. Horror gives bold ideas, difficult themes, and unforgettable entertainment a shared language.
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Theatrical matters.
A theatrical rollout builds conversation, drives word of mouth, and carries into digital. Smart advertising, filmmaker Q&As, and special events put the audience at the center.
Co-founders
Three producers.
One company.
Co-founderSamuel Ashurov
Co-founderTaryn Gates
Co-founderRaza Rizvi