November 10, 2026
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TRAUMA OR, MONSTERS ALL in L.A: Fessenden and Cast to attend gala screening Nov 11, run starts Nov 13
Join us on November 11 for a special screening of TRAUMA OR, MONSTERS ALL
with wonderful cast members attending
a red-carpet session and Q&A to follow
7:30 PM
at The Lumiere Cinema
9036 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Fessenden’s HABIT opened October 29 1997 at Llaemle’s Music Hall,
the same movie theater now bearing the name Lumiere
I would post a picture but not near the physical archives.
Come make (Glass Eye Pix) history with us.
Most c critics seem to enjoy the movie earning us 94% on Rotten Tomatoes
November 8, 2026
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40th Anniversary Palooza-Con Roundup
Good time was had by all at the Glass Eye Pix Palooza-Con Nov 7 Noon—11PM
at Ideal Glass 9 West 8th Street
Performing on Stage:
Gil and Mordecai
John Speredakos reading poems
Joe Maggio performed excerpts from THE BRUSH
Robert Leaver performed songs
Rigo Gary MC’d
Makeup maestro Brian Spears made Wounds
“STAY OUT” By Glenn McQuaid performed live
for TALES FROM BEYOND THE PALE
JUST DESSERTS performed live
featuring Tom Laverack, Larry Fessenden, Dave Richards, Mark Ambrosino and Jack Fessenden
Rick Pickles and Soup DJ’s the after-party
Beck Underwood’s Creepy Christmas Corner (order your advent Calendars early)
THANKS TO ALL FOR COMING and BUYING and CELEBRATING!
GEP love from film maestra Ilya Chaikin
(MARGARITA HAPPY HOUR, LIBERTY KID, THE UNLOVABLES, PRETTY UGLY)
Cake by Glass Eye OG Beck Underwood
Better pix of the event by revelers on instagram
November 6, 2026
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SATURDAY NOV 7 at the Glass Eye Pix PALOOZA-CON: Tales from Beyond The Pale LIVE!
7PM
Stay tuned for other events!
and New Merch
November 5, 2026
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While it Lasts Dept: Good reception for Fessenden’s TRAUMA
“Nobody makes horror movies like Fessenden, and “Trauma” might be his best yet.”
—Simon Abrams, RogerEbert.com
“If you’re a fan of the filmmaker, Trauma, Or Monsters All
will be like sweet mana from horror heaven. It’s every inch a Fessen-film.”
—Screen Anarchy
“takes a lot of flashy, familiar horror concepts and renders them with unexpected quiet thoughtfulness.”
—Assignment X
“Fessenden ties the chronicle together in an impressive way, delivering on the existential crises while viewing the situation through the eyes of a brand new protagonist, forced into the shadows as much as the perceived monsters she’s chasing but in an entirely different way.”
—Love Horror
“’Trauma’s’ ultimate success relies on asking who the real monsters are
…yes, it’s us, but also maybe the vampire.”
—Macabre Daily
“brings together decades of creative history, supernatural creatures, and a collection of current issues that are difficult to separate from the world outside the theater…
These monsters have never been just villains, and their shared story isn’t interested in turning them into antiheroes either. They’re damaged, complicated individuals living in a world that often finds it easier to condemn what it doesn’t understand.”
—OVERLY HONEST MOVIE REVIEWS
“massive blocks of considered text inundate the viewer, all while a deep sadness prevails just underneath, one all the more affecting as experienced through the haze of a trance.
No wonder audiences don’t “cheer” at Fessenden’s movies!
They are all trapped in the same melancholic stupor, like a fly in the spider’s web.
—In Review Online
November 4, 2026
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7PM at IFC 7PM at IFC and continuing all week: Fessenden’s TRAUMA OR, MONSTERS ALL
… and thanks to IFC for the Seven Day Tribute
November 4, 2026
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TRAUMA opens today at IFC; GEP alum Jenn Wexler’s THE LAST TEMPTATION OF BECKY opens too!
November 3, 2026
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IFC GEP TRIBUTE DAY 7: Larry Fessenden’s BLACKOUT
BLACKOUT
LARRY FESSENDEN (2023 103 mins, C500)
ALEX HURT, ADDISON TIMLIN, MOTELL GYN FOSTER, JOSEPH CASTILLO-MIDYETT, ELLA RAE PECK, RIGO GARAY, JOHN SPEREDAKOS, MICHAEL BUSCEMI, JEREMY HOLM, JOE SWANBERG, BARBARA CRAMPTON, JAMES LE GROS, MARSHALL BELL
A Fine Arts painter is convinced that he is a werewolf wreaking havoc
on a small American town under the full moon.
★★★★★
“one of the most intelligent and interesting werewolf movies of the twenty-first century.”
—Craig Ian Mann, OurCulture
“One of the 13 best horror films of the year (so far)…
a compelling and haunting drama about a man trying to atone for his own beastly nature
in a monstrous world, and the inventive werewolf kills are just gravy.”
—Matthew Jackson, AV Club
November 2, 2026
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IFC GEP TRIBUTE DAY 6: Larry Fessenden’s DEPRAVED
DEPRAVED
Dir. Larry Fessenden (2019 114 mins, red)
David Call, Joshua Leonard, Alex Breaux, Ana Kayne, Maria Dizzia,
Chloë Levine, Owen Campbell and Addison Timlin
Henry, a field surgeon suffering from PTSD after combat in the Middle East, creates a man out of body parts in a makeshift lab in Gowanus, Brooklyn. The creature he creates must navigate a strange new world and the rivalry between Henry and his conniving collaborator Polidori.
Fessenden’s trademark style of tragic horror shines through.
It’s also his angriest film to date – a natural response from a filmmaker so concerned
with societal ethics who has watched them devolve so quickly.
If Mr. Fessenden had a gospel to preach it would be about
the virtues of low-budget, intellectually rigorous, topical, mayhem-rich movies.
Depraved is a perfect example… delightfully gritty, sometimes gruesome…
“Builds empathy for its exploited creature.
Beginning in lovemaking and ending in loneliness,
the movie has an unexpected poignancy”
