The Profane Exhibit

• Basement (based on the Fritzl case), directed by Uwe Boll[4]
• Bridge, directed by Ruggero Deodato[5][6]
• Mors in Tabula, directed by Marian Dora
• Tophet Quorom, directed by Sergio Stivaletti
• Goodwife, directed by Ryan Nicholson[7]
• The Hell-Chef, directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura[8]
• Sins of the Fathers, directed by Nacho Vigalondo[9]
• Manna, directed by Michael Todd Schneider[7]
• Amouche Bouche, directed by Jeremy Kasten [10]
• Mother May I, directed by Anthony DiBlasi[11]

The project began to take shape in 2011, when producer Amanda L. Manuel approached director Michael Todd Schneider to direct her first short film. Amanda L. Manuel and Michael Todd Schneider filmed a segment titled, "Manna" together. The project began to snowball after Amanda signed on Uwe Boll and Michael Todd Schneider's associate Masters of Horror writer Scott Swan about developing several segments for the film based on Amanda L. Manuel's story concepts, as well as a wrap-around script she wrote with published novelist Ray Garton.

In March 2012, it was announced that Uwe Boll had finished directing a short horror story for the anthology.[12]

Producer Amanda L. Manuel shot the majority of the footage for The Profane Exhibit between 2012-2019, giving a sneak preview of the film at the Housecore Horror Film Festival in October. Housecore, which is run by Philip H Anselmo and Corey Mitchell, was the first event at which several segments were shown although the project continued to successfully grow it was still a work in progress.

Amanda L. Manuel began a production on The Book, an Italian collaborative project which brings together a number of Giallo and Italian Horror directors.[13]

Prior to the film's international premiere at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival in 2014, numerous magazine and radio outlets published both reviews and articles discussing it.

Bizarre Magazine ran extensive coverage of the feature, calling it "The Biggest Cult Film Ever".[14]

Diabolique Magazine published a nine-page article in Issue No. 19 (Jan/Feb 2014) entitled The Gatekeepers.[15] The feature, written by Colin McCracken, contained an exclusive interview with Amanda L. Manuel, in which the project was explained in full to Greg Petaloudis.

The article stated, "With no jokey cameos, self-referential post modernism or internalised jibing taking place, it appears that a sense of thoughtful insight and craftsmanship has made a return to the genre."

The leading genre website Zombiehamster.com ran an exclusive "first look" review of the film on January 27, 2014,[16] in which it was described as "De Sade for the digital age". The film was given a score of 85% and the overall reception was positive and enthusiastic.

The Giallo Ciao Ciao! Podcast, hosted by Creep Creepersin, featured an episode devoted to the two upcoming Harbinger International projects, The Profane Exhibit, and The Book.[17]

The Profane Exhibit was covered on Homegrown Radio New Jersey on January 21, on the Horror Happens show.[18]

Preston Carnell of Film Bizarro, after attending a screening of five the film's segments, gave a negative critique of the anthology, writing, "What was shown was far from impressive. What was shown was bland and dull, to be honest. Only Uwe Boll's and Nacho Vigalondo's contributions were interesting but even they were simplistic and lacked any sort of impact. They weren't a punch to the gut like they could have been."[19]

On October 31, 2019, it was officially announced that Unearthed Films would be releasing the film in 2020.[20]

• The Profane Exhibit at IMDb