
Culture Shock(2019)
A young Mexican woman crosses the border in search of the American dream, only to instead find her worst nightmare lying within.


“The institution will change you.”
Trapped in a mysterious psychiatric ward, a man with no memory comes to believe that he’s the President of the United States and the subject of a diabolical political conspiracy. As the asylum’s soul-crushing forces bear down on him, he fights to preserve his sanity and escape so that he can return to power.

Barry Watson
Henry Cameron

Sonita Henry
Dr. Larson

Marvin Jones III
Orderly

Lilli Birdsell
Helen

Kate Cobb
Eliza

Ezra Buzzington
The Administrator

Joshua Burge
Garrett / The Emperor

Dean Sharpe
Big Sam

Bobby C. King
Guard

Robert Michael Lee
Doctor
The Current Occupant is a horror, thriller film released in 2020 exploring themes of holiday, fourth of july, independence day, psychological, psychological horror, holiday horror. Directed by Julius Ramsay, it stars Barry Watson, Sonita Henry, Marvin Jones III. Trapped in a mysterious psychiatric ward, a man with no memory comes to believe that he’s the President of the United States and the subject of a diabolical political conspiracy. As the asylum’s soul-crushing forces bear down on him, he fights to preserve his sanity and escape so that he can return to power.
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