Tag: larryfessenden
CRUMB CATCHER Review: A Pitch To Die For
Ella Rae Peck, Rigo Garay, John Speredakos and Lorraine Farris star in the home invasion thriller, directed by Chris Skotchdopole, from Larry Fessenden's Glass Eye Pix.
BLACKOUT Review: More Than a Monster Movie
Larry Fessenden's indie horror picture stars Alex Hurt, Addison Timlin, and Motell Gyn Foster.
WHAT DOESN'T FLOAT Review: Vignette Moments That Run Deep
It doesn't come up often in films set in New York, its proximity to, and importance of, the ocean and waterways. While many of us have a romantic idea of New York, films can convey the real, living city, showing...
Friday One Sheet: THE SPINE OF NIGHT
The neo-psychedelic, pink and blue poster for The Spine of Night hits kind of a Twilight Zone on Acid vibe, with a hint of Krull. Morgan Galen King and Philip Gelat's rotoscoped ultra-violent fantasy film is coming to the end...
JAKOB'S WIFE: Shudder Will Premiere Horror Flick, Starring Barbara Crampton Larry Fessenden, on August 19th
News this morning that Shudder will premiere Travis Stevens' news horror flick Jakob's Wife, starring Barbara Crampton and Larrey Fessenden, starting August 19th. Subscribers in the U.S., Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand will be able to stream...
JAKOB'S WIFE Interview: Director Travis Stevens Talks Marital Crisis And Vampirism
Jakob’s Wife is the second film directed by Travis Stevens, who initially became known in the genre film world as a producer. Snowfort Pictures, his company, has among its credits: Adam Wingard’s A Horrible Way to Die; the documentary Jodorowsky’s...
Reminder: JAKOB'S WIFE Opening in Theaters, On Demand and Digital
You ever get that shrinking feeling? That's what Jakob's Wife, as embodied by the great Barbara Crampton in the titular role, experiences after many years of marriage to a small-town minister (Larry Fessenden). What she does in response to that...
SXSW 2021 Review: JAKOB'S WIFE, Keeping This Marriage Together Is Going To Be The Death Of Them
As anyone who has ever taken the plunge can attest to, keeping a marriage together is no simple task. The routines that comfort us in the beginning can start to feel like ruts after a while, and it is very...
SXSW 2021: Barbara Crampton And Larry Fessenden's Marriage Faces The Ultimate Test in Trailer For JAKOB'S WIFE
Travis Stevens' new horror flick Jakob's Wife is one of our anticipated titles this week when the digital edition of SXSW gets underway. The festival starts tomorrow and Stevens' flick is part of the midnighter program. The trailer was just...
Nashville 2019 Review: DEMENTER, The Devil Hides in Plain Sight
Religious cults seem to be plentiful in the USA, or so the movies would have us believe. In a country where it is automatically assumed that one has a relgious belief, it would seem that fear of the devil runs...
Review: DEPRAVED, Exciting, Fitting Tribute to Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN
Larry Fessenden has always been among the most recognized and loved directors in the underground indie horror scene, with films like Wendigo and Habit, as well as memorable episodes in Fear Itself and The ABCs of Death 2, while also...
What The Fest?! 2019 Review: DEPRAVED Fittingly Pays Tribute to Frankenstein
Larry Fessenden's latest film is a modern spin on a classic tale.
DEPRAVED: Watch The First Teaser For Larry Fessenden's Frankenstein Film
Genre veteran Larry Fessenden's new film Depraved will open the What The Fest!? next Wednesday, March 20th, in his hometown New York. We just got our hands (or someone else's hands attached to our bodies, who knows anymore) on the...
Slamdance 2019: Exclusive MARKIE IN MILWAUKEE Trailer Debut
Given the current political climate in the U.S., and especially, having in mind the recent attention drawn to transgender rights issues, it's difficult to imagine a better time for Markie in Milwaukee to arrive. It will screen at the Slamdance...
Happy Horror-days! Creepy Christmas Fest's Advent Calendar is Back!
Joy to the world, the horror has come. Let earth receive her creep! The holiday season is now in full swing and those fine folks with The Creepy Christmas Fest are back with another digital advent calendar. For the...
Review: THE RANGER, Fun and Bloody Punk Horror
There is a deep and undeniable connection between punk music and horror films that goes back decades. From the very beginning of the punk music movement in the '70s, bands and fans used horror imagery to separate themselves from those...
DEPRAVED: Larry Fessenden and Joe Swanberg Partner on Frankenstein Re-Imagining
Independent horror icon Larry Fessenden (Habit, The Last Winter), will direct a contemporary re-imagining of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein called Depraved from his own script. Depraved centers on Henry, a field surgeon suffering from PTSD after combat in the Middle East,...
Review: LIKE ME, Social Media Madness
The horrors of our contemporary society are plentiful and genre films have always excelled at probing our cultural fears and discomforts. In Robert Mockler’s debut film, the paradox of the digital media age, which allows us to connect with everyone...
Win THE TRANSFIGURATION on DVD!
Hey readers! We've got a three copies of on The Transfiguration on DVD to giveaway. If you think you've seen every kind of vampire film, think again! This film focuses on the struggles of inner city kids --- one of which...
Fantasia 2017: Ana Asensio on MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND
On of the more intimate films that screened at Fantasia 2017 was Most Beautiful Island directed by Ana Asensio, who also wrote, produced, and starred in the film. It was a hit at SXSW and several other festivals before it finally screened...
