Tri-Star Pictures

Tri-Star Pictures (or TriStar) is a film studio founded in 1984, originally as a joint venture between Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS. The former would later buy out shares of the latter 2 companies as the 80's wore on, ultimately, both Columbia and Tri-Star would later be purchased by Japanese electronics giant Sony in 1989.

Tri-Star was the distributor for Fright Night: Part II, Silent Night, Deadly Night and The Blob.