Compass International Pictures

{{short description|American film company}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = Compass International Pictures

| logo = Compass International Pictures logo.svg

| logo_size = 100px

| defunct = {{Start date and age|1981}} (as Compass International Pictures)

| fate = Closed

| successor = Trancas International Films

| key_people = Irwin Yablans
Joseph Wolf
Paul Freeman
Moustapha Akkad
Malek Akkad

| industry = Film studio

| products = Halloween (1978)
Roller Boogie (1979)

| num_employees =

| parent = Trancas International Films, Inc.

| website = {{URL|http://www.compasspics.com/|CompassPics.com}}

| foundation = {{Start date and age|1977}}

| location =

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Trancas International Films, Inc. (formerly known as Compass International Pictures) is an independent American film production and distribution company founded by producers Irwin Yablans and Joseph Wolf in 1977, best known for their involvement in the production of numerous horror films between 1977 and 1981. Their first, and most notable film release was Halloween in 1978 with Falcon Films.{{cite book

|title= Hollywood's Stephen King

|last= Magistrale

|first= Tony

|author-link= Tony Magistrale

|year= 2003

|publisher= Palgrave Macmillan

|location=

|isbn= 0-312-29321-6

|page= 221

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=mKcFPL4Vn0IC&q=%22Compass+International+Pictures%22&pg=PA221}} The company closed down in 1981, before re-emerging four years later under the name Trancas International Films.{{Cite web|url=http://trancasfilms.com/film/|title=Film – Trancas International Films|website=trancasfilms.com|access-date=2017-01-02}} As of 2023, they are the copyright holders of the Halloween film series, and have produced every film in the series to date.