SEE THE MOVIE IN YOUR HOOD

producer Fessenden, actor Rigo Garay and writer/director Chris Skotchdopole
will be presenting CRUMB CATCHER at the Music Box Theater Saturday at 6:30 PM

The horror thriller Abigail features many Easter Eggs and references to other vampire and horror pop culture that will intrigue fans once they recognize them. The 2024 vampire movie from the creators of Ready or Not takes inspiration from the many iterations of Dracula, depicting a group of criminals trapped in a mansion with a child vampire known as Abigail (Alisha Weir). Abigail is in spirit the daughter of Dracula, even if the character’s father is given a different name.

#8 Larry Fessenden’s Abigail Cameo

A Horror Icon Returns For Another Radio Silence Productions Cameo

The iconic horror actor, director, and producer Larry Fessenden makes a cameo in Abigail, as he has done for some other underdog horror movies in the past few years. Where Radio Silence Productions is concerned — the production company behind Ready or Not and Abigail — Fessenden has been involved with their work before. When the Abigaildirectors made the horror anthology Southbound, Fessenden made a cameo as a DJ heard on the radio in one scene.

Perhaps as a reference to this cameo, Fessenden plays a radio DJ again in Abigail, during the scene where Joey (Melissa Barerra) deduces details about her crewmates’ pasts. Also this year, Fessenden appeared as a security guard in the hit horror and crime drama MaXXXine. Through cameos like this, Fessenden gives the impression of endorsing these movies, which both received strong reviews.

Read all 10 Easter Eggs at ScreenRant.com

Richard Sandler’s epic documentary
THE GODS OF TIMES SQUARE now streaming on The Criterion Channel.
A Glass Eye Pix and Scorpio Dogs Production.

“The Gods of Times Square isn’t so much a documentary in the traditional sense
as a meditation on belief. The specific nature of those beliefs is less important
to Sandler than the strength and abundance of them.”
—Dylan Young Hour Community

“The Gods of Times Square is a good-humored, tolerant celebration
of New York City’s diversity and eccentricity and of its incubation of sidewalk philosophers…”
—Lawrence Van Gelder The New York Times

“This is one of the most entertaining and well-done documentaries I’ve ever seen.”
—Eric Campos Film Threat

See CRUMB CATCHER on the big screen
in Los Angeles, California
with your host Chris Skotchdopole.

This Week Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.

What if ‘Shark Tank’ was a horror movie.

‘Crumb Catcher’

Honeymooners Shane (Rigo Garay) and Leah (Ella Rae Peck) contend with unwanted guests and their odd business pitch — it involves the gizmo that restaurants use to sweep tables between courses — in this thriller from Chris Skotchdopole.

READ ARTICLE AT New York Times

“one of the most uncomfortable and cringe-inducing films to screen this year…
Crumb Catcher is an insanely impressive directorial feature debut for Skotchdopole.
It’s funny, bizarre, uncomfortable, and an absolute cringe-fest for all the best reasons.
Skotchdopole has secured himself as a writer-director to keep an eye on,
as he continues to refine his skill and explore the depths of depravity
with a clever, humorous voice.”
—Maggie Lovitt, Collider

“Deliciously Devious…
there’s plenty to fall head over heels for in the satisfying thriller.”
—Stephen Saito, The Moveable Fest

“Ella Rae Peck is phenomenal and she really steals every scene she is in,
and the chemistry, good and bad, she creates with Rigo Garay is phenomenal…
Garay takes what his scene partners give him and runs a marathon with it.
The way he feeds off his scene partners is like a charismatic parasite…
John Speredakos has proven himself time and time again
to be an incredible actor”
—Brendan Jesus, horrorobsessive

“Anchored by John Speredakos’ volatile performance as a nightmare version
of the annoying guy who won’t leave a party, “Crumb Catcher” crosses
“Funny Games” with an extended “I Think You Should Leave” sketch,
mixing the violent undertones of a home-invasion thriller
with cringe comedy for an unpredictable ride.”
—Katie Rife, regerebert.com

“Skotchdopole’s greatest success is in weaving these seemingly disparate threads together…
As the night pinwheels from drama to farce to tragicomedy,
his clear, cold, and yet compassionate eye finds strange harmony
in their emotional imbalance.”
—Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle

“begins as a cringe comedy and becomes a truly suspenseful thriller.
It is equally relentless at both.”
—Fred Topel, UPI

“Chris Skotchdopole’s very impressive directorial debut, Crumb Catcher,
is a slow descent into absurdist thrills.
…the film is anchored by three astonishing performances”
—Andrew J. Eisenman, Elements of Madness

“the best – and most terrifying – thing about the movie
is how true even the most absurdist parts of it are.”
—Olga Artemyeva, Screen Anarchy

Interview with Chris Skotchdopole
Published on July 18, 2024

Filmworker Chris Skotchdopole discusses his ten year tenure at Glass Eye Pix working as archivist, editor (Minidocs, Teasers, Trailers, Sizzle Reels, BTS movies), Camera department (music videos, ALL FOR ONE, PRANKS, THE CATCHER IN THE RYE, NEXUS, FEVER, STRAY BULLETS, DEPRAVED), Assistant Director (THE RANGER), Producer (music videos, DARLING, LIKE ME, MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND, SIZE UP), foley artist (TALES FROM BEYOND THE PALE), and writer/director (THE EGG AND THE HATCHET, MISS MILLIE, CRUMB CATCHER). Interview and Edit by Larry Fessenden.

visit the Glass Eye Pix Minidocs archive

CRUMB cast and crew gather to celebrate world premiere
Wednesday July 17 at IFC Center, NYC.
Q&A Hosted by Oscar winner Alex Dinelaris (BIRDMAN). Party at Iron Glass Gallery followed.

photos by John Mitchell (top 2), Jason Mendez / Starpix, Fessenden (bottom)

Wednesday, July 17 at 6:45 p.m.: Q&A with writer/director Chris Skotchdopole, producer Larry Fessenden, and actors Rigo Garay, Ella Rae Peck, Lorraine Farris, and John Speredakos moderated by Alex Dinelaris (Oscar-winning writer of Birdman and Carmen)

Wednesday, July 19 at 9:30 p.m.: Extended introduction by producer Larry Fessenden

At a remote estate in upstate New York, newlyweds Leah (Ella Rae Peck) and Shane (Rigo Garay) celebrate their honeymoon, but a pall hangs over their union. She works for the publisher who will be releasing his debut novel, a lightly autobiographical examination of family trauma, alcoholism, and the immigrant experience. Barely suppressed tensions over family trauma would be enough kindling for a blowup, but Leah and Shane’s marriage is truly tested by the appearance of two weirdos with entrepreneurial zeal and a half-baked blackmail plot: John (John Speredakos) and Rose (Lorraine Farris). They’re looking for investors for John’s latest invention, a culinary breakthrough called the Crumb Catcher — and they won’t take no for an answer. 

A gonzo home invasion thriller from Larry Fessenden’s Glass Eye Pix that pummels the American Dream into just desserts, CRUMB CATCHER is a striking directorial debut from Chris Skotchdopole.

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