film studio fate closed founded 1977 defunct 1988 key people irwin yablans joseph wolf products halloween 1978 the day time ended 1980 parent trancas international films inc. website http www.compasspics.com compass international pictures was an american film distribution company founded by irwin yablans and joseph wolf in 1977 . their first and most notable film release was halloween in 1978 with falcon films . 1 the company closed down in 1981 and yablans moved the compass assets towards a successor company trancas international pictures ltd. films released edit halloween 1978 tourist trap 1979 nocturna granddaughter of dracula 1979 roller boogie 1979 distributed by united artists the day time ended 1980 blood beach 1981 hell night 1981 halloween 4 the return of michael myers 1988 references edit magistrale tony 2003 . hollywood s stephen king . palgrave macmillan . p. 221 . isbn 0 312 29321 6 . this article about an american film distributor or production company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title compass international pictures & oldid 743026127 categories media companies established in 1977media companies disestablished in 1981media companies disestablished in 1988defunct american film studiosentertainment companies of the united statesamerican companies established in 1977american film company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages italianot rk e edit links this page was last modified on 7 october 2016 at 09 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view