Luke Pensabene
Acting
Biography
Luke Anthony Pensabene is an American film actor, film producer, cinematographer, and United States Marine Corps veteran. He appeared in the films Fletcher and Jenks (2016), The Phantom Hour (2016), and produced the films South of 8 (2016), Friend of the World (2020), and Hacksaw (2020). Pensabene is a recipient of The Vigil Honor and was nominated for acting at the GI Film Festival San Diego in 2017. This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Luke Pensabene", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Known For
After a catastrophic war, an eccentric general leads a filmmaker through a bunker as paranoia escalates and reality begins to fracture. Blending dark comedy with psychological and body horror, this post-apocalyptic thriller explores isolation, storytelling, and the fragile boundary between truth and delusion.
Friend of the World
Starring George Jac, Luke Pensabene and directed by Anthony Leone. Voices. Crazy people. A drug dealer. A horse head. All in one night.
Purple
An ex-con trying to find work in a new Depression is lured back to a life of crime, but his gang passes the point of no return once they become fugitives.
South of 8
A young couple on a road trip takes a detour to the site where a notorious murderer, Ed "Hacksaw" Crowe, became an urban legend on the day he was killed many years before, but they quickly find the legend may not be quite as dead as they were counting on.
Hacksaw
Events take an unexpected turn when a young woman attends her boyfriend's graduation party at his parents' home. Adapted from the Stephen King short story.
Graduation Afternoon
Strange occurrences in a desolate ranch cause two brothers to fight for their sanity.
Hatred
Starring George Jac, Kayla Schaffroth and directed by Tony Olmos. When an over-eager recruit is matched up with an absent-minded detective, the well-meaning pair end up doing more harm than good.
Fletcher and Jenks
Four strangers meet in a mysterious home. There for different reasons, they slowly begin to realize something is terribly wrong with their host… and their chef.
The Phantom Hour
Starring Cortney Palm, Brian Patrick Butler and directed by Anthony Leone. A man wakes from a concussion to find himself trapped in a cargo elevator, and as his time in isolation grows, so too does his paranoia.
Assumption
Starring Tony Gorodeckas, Kelly Potts and directed by Ryan Binse. A man surrounded by wealth makes the most important decision of his career.
John's Big Day
During a Halloween car ride, a woman listens to eerie tales that slowly unravel her reality, plunging her into a nightmare of her very own.
Dark Chronicles
A budding detective makes several enemies while staking out his drug-pushing landlord.