
THE INNKEEPERS, a ghost story starring Sara Paxton and Pat Healy
hit the big screen on this day in 2012.
Now streaming on Peacock and AMC Plus.
Ramping up to GEP’s 40th Anniversary,
we celebrate 40+ projects
that have come from our shop
By Philip Etemesi
Vampires have been sinking their fangs into human necks since the Silent Era. The popularity of the mythical creatures can be credited to Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula, which has been adapted more than 170 times. The 1872 novel, Carmilla, by Sheridan Le Fanu, also contributed heavily by being adapted more than 100 times.
Though vampires are primarily known for their craving for blood, early cinematic vampires, as seen in the 1913 movie The Vampire, were femme fatale “vamps” rather than undead fiends. Today, vampires can be clearly defined.
Ordinarily, vampire movies are associated with horror, but from time to time, the creatures tend to appear in drama, action, science fiction, comedy, romance, and fantasy stories. In the 2020s, movie directors are still fascinated with vampires, as we have recently seen gems like Nosferatu and Abigail. However, let’s take a trip back to the 1990s when equally great vampire movies were released, stretching across several genres.
#10 HABIT
Handling grief and heartbreak at the same time isn’t easy. So New Yorker Sam (Larry Fessenden) — who has just lost his father and broken up with his girlfriend — is glad when he meets Anna (Meredith Snaider), a seductive woman who seems willing to love him and nurse him back to a proper mental state. However, dozens of minutes into Habit, he suspects she might be a vampire.
Bad Company
Has a budget movie ever looked so good? The film was nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Director at the Independent Spirit Awards. Larry Fessenden did a one-man show here, directing, writing, and starring in Habit, without messing up a single thing. A masterclass in multitasking!
Meredith Snaider is also brilliant. Even though she seems human and empathetic at times, she’s still a scary siren, especially when threatened.
I believe it takes a well-developed sense of humor to be a horror fan. After all, none of us would be able to sleep if we actually thought that Freddy Krueger could show up in our dreams at night – and yet we always play along when the time comes to enjoy spooky stories about supernatural killers and mutated monsters… today we’d like to shine a light on six criminally underseen horror-comedies that deserve a second chance at success!
1. I Sell the Dead (2008)
The (mostly) obsolete profession of graverobbing is criminally underexplored in the world of horror. Glenn McQuaid’s charming I Sell the Dead remains one of few exceptions, starring Dominic Monaghan and Larry Fessenden as a mismatched duo of corpse salesmen who accidentally discover a more bizarre -not to mention lucrative- side to their line of work.
Stylish, hilarious and more than a little disgusting, McQuaid’s debut feature may not have seen much box office action outside of the festival circuit – and it released way too soon to become a streaming hit – but there’s a reason why this movie has steadily been finding more fans online as more folks connect with its unique brand of gallows humor.
New Music Vid for DARK STAR by Cursive is out now! Directed by GEP alumn Jenn Wexler ( dir THE RANGER, THE SACRIFICE GAME / producer DEPRAVED, LIKE ME, MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND & more). Starring frontman Tim Kasher and GEP pal Lauren Molina (ONLY A SWITCH, BODY, LONG NIGHTS SHORT MORNINGS, NEXUS).
With a crew of Glass Eye usual suspects: Producer Heather Buckley, Executive Producer Larry Fessenden, GEP Producer Rigo Garay, Associate Producers Xero Gravity & Craig Wexler.
DP & VFX James Siewert, AC by Chris Skotchdopole, Grip & Electric / DIT by Abbey Killheffer,
Color by Frank Sabatella
with appearances by
Jessalyn Abbott, Rigo Garay, Gaby Leyner,
Santiago Saba Salem, Heather Buckley
a Glass Eye Pix production
“Dark Star” by Cursive, from the album ‘Devourer’ out now via Run For Cover Records.
Brandon Taylor, cherished comrade and crew member (gaffer, grip, camera) during the golden years at Glass Eye Pix (I SELL THE DEAD, BITTER FEAST, STAKE LAND, BLOOD RED EARTH, SATAN HATES YOU, HYPOTHERMIA, AMOK) has jumped to another vocation! Heads up foodies!
Come on People, Get On The Bus!
Check out BT’s operation on line and in the streets!
Countdown to Valentine’s Day with 14 nights of love and romance in this naughty peekaboo calendar! You will be feeling the love each day as you open a die cut window displaying a couple engaged in amour.
Make Valentine’s day last a fortnight, or bring two weeks of pizzazz to your relationship any time of year! All brought to you with love by artist Brahm Revel and Glass Eye Pix!
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GEP collaborator James Siewert
(THE PAST INSIDE THE PRESENT / dp LIKE ME, DEPRAVED, THE RANGER)
wraps principal photography on
APPENDECTOMY
Writer Director Editor Visual Effects James Siewert
Starring Elliot Frances Flynn, Rigo Garay & Miles Joris-Peyrafitte.
Cinematography by 2025 Oscars Nominee Sam Cutler-Kreutz.
Produced by Chris Skotchdopole, Gaby Leyner, Lu Robinson, Tilson Allen-Merry.
A Glass Eye Pix Production
TODAY 5 to 7
FORBIDDEN PLANET
832 Broadway at 12th Street
Good Boy started with a simple high concept: a haunted house film, where the main character is the family dog–and the only one who can see the forces that haunt us. Our canine hero, Indy, finds himself on a new adventure with his human—and best friend—Todd, leaving city life for a long-vacant family home in the country. After moving in, Indy is immediately vexed by empty corners, tracks an invisible presence, perceives phantasmagoric warnings from a long-dead dog, and is haunted by visions of the previous occupant’s grim death. When Todd begins succumbing to the dark forces swirling around the house, Indy must battle a malevolence intent on dragging his beloved Todd into the afterlife!
Director: Ben Leonberg
Producers: Kari Fischer, Ben Leonberg
Screenwriters: Alex Cannon, Ben Leonberg
Cast: Indy, Shane Jensen, Larry Fessenden, Arielle Friedman, Stuart Rudin, Anya Krawcheck, Max
The PlayStation favorite will haunt big screens this spring.
by Michael Gingold from Rue Morgue:
Sony Pictures/Screen Gems releases UNTIL DAWN exclusively to theaters April 25. Based on the hit video game written by Larry Fessenden and Graham Reznick, it was directed by David F. Sandberg (LIGHTS OUT, ANNABELLE: CREATION) from a script by Blair Butler and Gary Dauberman (IT), and stars Ella Rubin, Michael Cimino, Odessa A’Zion, Ji-young Yoo, Belmont Cameli, Maia Mitchell and Peter Stormare. The synopsis: “One year after her sister Melanie mysteriously disappeared, Clover [Rubin] and her friends head into the remote valley where she vanished in search of answers. Exploring an abandoned visitor center, they find themselves stalked by a masked killer and horrifically murdered one by one…only to wake up and find themselves back at the beginning of the same evening. Trapped in the valley, they’re forced to relive the nightmare again and again–only each time the killer threat is different, each more terrifying than the last. Hope dwindling, the group soon realizes they have a limited number of deaths left, and the only way to escape is to survive until dawn.”