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ART OF THE MONSTERVERSE

Horror filmmaker Larry Fessenden’s Monsterverse is a series of contemporary independent films that draw from the classic Universal monster movies of the 30’s and 40’s: Dracula (Fessenden’s HABIT, 1997), Frankenstein (Fessenden’s DEPRAVED, 2019) and the wolf man (Fessenden’s BLACKOUT, 2023). Fessenden’s films blend classic horror tropes with contemporary themes. Aesthetically the films are crafted with an artisanal low budget cinematic style, employing tactile, traditional art techniques in the building of the imagery, tapping into primal childhood and folkloric memories. In promoting the films, classical techniques in portraiture and painted posters call back to cinema’s past. This exhibit celebrates the collaborators that have contributed their artistry to the Fessenden Monsterverse.

THE LOGOS
Beck Underwood who designed the Glass Eye Pix logo, also designed the iconic “Habit” logo in 1996.
THE ANIMATOR
James Siewert embarked on a seven-month journey to create 300 acrylic paintings for the animated hallucination of the werewolf for BLACKOUT.
THE PAINTER
John Mitchell, who created paintings and drawings for the BLACKOUT protagonist’s on-screen artwork, was also tasked with creating 150 pen and ink images for an animated sequence that depicts the man transforming into a werewolf.
THE PHOTOGRAPHER
The classic monster portraits by Nelson Bakerman evoke the studio pictures that celebrated the work of makeup maestro Jack Pierce; not location shots or film stills, but portraits on white or black backdrops that were reproduced in monster magazines hawked to impressionable kids during he Monster Craze of the 60s and 70s. Bakerman’s work for the three films has appeared in Fangoria Magazine, The Village Voice, and inspired the posters displayed here.
THE POSTERS
Graham Humphreys is an illustrator and designer with 40 years experience. One of the few contemporary illustrators using the traditional medium of gouache to paint his images, Graham is best known for his work within the horror genre. Humphreys is the perfect illustrator to create the Retro Style Monsterverse Posters that pay tribute to the art of the original films (which the director grew up staring at).
FAN ART
Adam Markiewicz creates a delightful encounter between the Universal Monsters and their contemporary counterparts in this work of fan art encouraged by BLACKOUT vfx artist Eugene Lehnert.

On display at the IFC 2nd Floor Exhibit Space Starting March 8, 2024
Thanks to Posteritati for loaning out the space and IFC for hosting
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from DEADLINE

Universal’s monster movie Abigail helmed by Radio Silence’s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett has been set to world premiere as the closing night film of horror fest The Overlook Film Festival, which is taking place this year at the Prytania Theatres in New Orleans from April 4 – 7.
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Other highlights from the lineup include Larry Fessenden’s Blackout

Blackout
Director: Larry Fessenden
Cast: Alex Hurt, Addison Timlin, Motell Gyn Foster, Joseph Castillo-Midyett, John Speredakos, Michael Buscemi, Joe Swanberg, Barbara Crampton, James Le Gros, Marshall Bell

Not your typical werewolf story, Blackout follows a painter, haunted by guilt, who becomes convinced that he is transforming at night and wreaking havoc in his small town in this genre-bending and often hilarious portrait from the legendary Larry Fessenden (Habit, Wendigo).

Read full article at Deadline

Larry Fessenden joins the JUNKIES this week to talk some Indie Horror!! Larry is an Actor, Producer & Director with such projects as Blackout, Jakob’s Wife, We Are Still Here & Habit just to name a few from a resume a mile long! Join us in the chat with all your questions as we will have plenty to talk about!!

BLACKOUT unspooling Wednesday 3/13 & Thursday 3/14 at 12:45 PM
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JOHN MITCHELL | BLACKOUT: Painting & Drawings
for Larry Fessenden’s independent feature film BLACKOUT
March 13 – 23, 2024
Planthouse Gallery 55 West 28th St NY NY 10001

Opening Reception: Wednesday, March 13, 5-7 pm

This exhibition will run in conjunction with the film premiere at 7:30PM
IFC Center, 323 Sixth Avenue at West 3^rd Street, NY, NY.

Wednesday March 13 at IFC in NYC. 7:30 PM
followed by Q&A featuring Fessenden, Alex Hurt and Special Guests

Thursday March 14 at 7:00 PM
followed by Q&A featuring Fessenden, Alex Hurt and Special Guests

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GEP pal Iris Olympia searches for a familiar connection between art, music, and the soul in a MoMA essay for eyes and ears. Check it!

From the intro:

When Naeem, MoMA’s content producer, asked me to do a MoMA Mixtape, it felt like the stars were aligning. I had been to the Museum once before, for the Glass Eye Pix retrospective featuring my partner’s film Foxhole. Yet my connection with Naeem was much more random—it was on a small street in Brooklyn when he saw me and asked to take my photograph. Two disconnected events bound me to MoMA.

My method for this visit was to find what resonates—if I could do that, the music and the structure of this collection would appear. And so it did.

Take the journey with Iris!