Mario Cerrito III

Mario Cerrito III is an award winning film producer, screen writer, director and author residing in New Jersey. Primarily known in the horror/thriller genre, Mario has a unique writing style that usually results in unforeseen twists in his films. Cerrito and his family were featured on the Travel Channel's "Ghost Nation" in 2019. Mario's first film Deadly Gamble was produced on a mere $10,000 budget and was signed to worldwide distribution by Los Angeles based studio/distributor Cinema Epoch. It was released worldwide on Cable VOD in 2015 and many other top platforms. Cerrito's sophomore film THE LISTING filmed in 2015 and premiered in June 2017 at the Newtown Theatre in Newtown, PA with a budget just shy of $25,000. THE LISTING was signed to distribution company, SGL Entertainment and was released on Blu-ray, DVD and VOD in 2019 for USA, Canada and worldwide. The film went on to win best feature film at the 2019 HorrorNewsNetwork (HNN) film festival. THE LISTING also went to Marche Du Film at Cannes Film Festival in France. Cerrito's third feature film cult horror movie, HUMAN HIBACHI was an official selection of The New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival and Philadelphia Independent Film Festival. In 2021 the movie was nominated for Best FX and Best Feature film at New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival and went on to win Best Feature film. Human Hibachi was also signed to the legendary TROMA ENTERTAINMENT and released to their on demand platform TROMA NOW.