BIRTH OF THE LIVING DEAD wins Best Doc at Mexico’s Feratum Film Festival!

Find all the winners at TwitchFilm.com.

The BIRTH OF THE LIVING DEAD trailer is currently #3 on apple trailers! Check it out here.

The film hits VOD Oct 15th and theaters starting Oct 18th.

From MorbidlyAmusing.com:

“In a bit of news that has somehow escaped us here at Morbidly Amusing, a fascinating new horror documentary entitled Birth of the Living Dead has been set for release this very month. This doc tells the story of George A. Romero and his creation of the modern film zombie in his directorial debut Night of the Living Dead. Focusing on the political and social ramifications of Night and sporting a wide array of interviews from modern-day film figures, Birth looks to be a very interesting exploration into how Romero’s creation became bigger than even he had ever dreamed.

Birth of the Living Dead is set for an ITunes release on October 15th followed by a limited theatrical run beginning October 18th. In a month surprising light on horror fare, Birth definitely appears to be one to anticipate.”

See the full post here.

Visit the film’s official Facebook page to take part in the BOTLD Zombie Photo Contest.

From Dread Central:

“If you like a good scary story like we do, then you’re going to need to check out Tales From Beyond the Pale’s feature The Listening Room. Brought to you from the good people at Glass Eye Pix, these audio nightmares are sure to creep you out. And they’re free every Tuesday!

Produced and curated by Glenn McQuaid and Larry Fessenden (who also hosts) The Listening Room launched this October and promises to deliver two free streaming tales featuring the voice talents of actors like Sean Young, Mark Margolis, Ron Perlman, Doug Jones, Vincent D’Onofrio and James Le Gros as well as the regular Tales audio artisans.”

Check out the full post at DreadCentral.com

Listen to this week’s sci-fi double bill, “Stranger” and “This Oracle Moon” by Jeff Buhler at the Listening Room or get all the episodes at the Tales online store.

From examiner.com:

Forty-five years ago on Oct. 2, 2013, George A. Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead” was released to theaters. This shocking, horrific film was, at the time, counter-culture, but is now very much mainstream.

In 1968, Romero directed this super low-budge horror film that eventually rise to a billion dollar industry.

Filmmaker Rob Kuhns will release “Birth of the Dead, a documentary about the impact of “Night of the Living Dead,” on Nov.6, 2013 in New York at the IFC Center. “BOTLD” will be shown in L.A. on Oct. 18 2013.

Interviewees for this film are:

Larry Fessenden
Mark Harris
Gale Anne Hurd
Elvis Mitchell
Samuel D. Pollard
George A Romero
Chiz Schultz
Jason Zinoman

To celebrate the opening of this soon to be classic documentary, the filmmakers have launched the “BOTLD Zombie Photo Contest.” Contestants can upload a black and white photo of themselves imitating a zombie to Facebook to have the chance to have the photo featured in a vintage-style “Birth of the Living Dead” poster.

The contest is on now and runs through Oct. 23, 2013. Before you start, check the rules here. (The contest is not sponsored by Examiner.com).

“Night of the Living Dead” is an international art film. It speaks to race relations and the horrors of the Vietnam war.

“NOTLD” is not simply a cult classic, it is THE cult classic.

Be sure to catch Larry Fessenden’s BENEATH as it makes its TV premiere on Chiller tonight at 9 PM ET!  Check out the new poster for the film, and get more info on the Chiller premiere here

American Jesus has its world premiere at the Woodstock film festival Friday October 4 and its International Premier at Sitges later this month.

The film is produced by Fessenden and Brent Kunkle. Schaeffer goes on to say:

Larry Fessenden’s HABIT will be screening at the Spectacle Theatre in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on Friday, October 11th, 8PM for one night only, with Fessenden in attendance!

From SpectacleTheatre.com:

Spectacle is pleased to welcome acclaimed horror filmmaker Larry Fessenden for a special screening of HABIT, his breakout 1995 independent vampire film.

Breaking up has never quite sucked like this: shortly after breaking up with his girlfriend, Sam (Fessenden) heads to a party, where a mysterious woman, Anna, catches his attention. After losing each other, the pair reconnects, and Sam quickly finds himself bewitched. While Sam continues to cope with the recent death of his father, breakup of his relationship, and struggles with drinking, he increasingly finds himself lost in his relationship with the seemingly omnipresent Anna, even as their relationship moves beyond the usual kink.

Haunting, funny, and insightful, HABIT brilliantly mixes metaphors for relationships, vampirism, co-dependency, and addiction, all wrapped in a vital independent filmmaking ethos. Seen today, it not only represents the best of a certain kind of New York filmmaking, but is one of the great unheralded portraits of the city. Recognizably shot on location in and around the East Village, Lower East Side, Soho, NoLIta, and Battery Park, it’s location provides a crucial layer within rich contemporary urban horror story. HABIT is a must-see.

JUG FACE, featuring Fessenden alongside Lauren Ashley Carter, Sean Bridgers, Sean Young, and Daniel Manche, is coming to DVD and Blu-ray this October!

“MVD Entertainment Group and Modern Distributors announced today that the Slamdance Film Festival favorite JUG FACE, written and directed by Chad Crawford Kinkle, will be available on Blu-ray and DVD on October 15th, 2013. The film was produced by Andrew van den Houten (“Funeral Kings,” ‘’The Woman”) and Robert Tonino (‘’Home Movie,” “The Girl Next Door”) for Modernciné, and stars Lauren Ashley Carter (“The Woman”), Sean Bridgers (“Deadwood”), Sean Young (“Blade Runner”), Larry Fessenden (“You’re Next”) and Daniel Manche (“The Girl Next Door”). The film was executive produced by Lucky McKee, Arrien Schiltkamp and Loren Semmens. JUG FACE won the Slamdance Grand Prize Screenwriting Award in 2011 and debuted as a Special Screening selection at this year’s festival. The critically acclaimed film was released nationally in theaters on August 9th. This marks the first title under the newly minted home video output deal between Modern Distributors and MVD Entertainment Group”

Get more details at DailyDead.com.

From Movies.com:

“One of our favorite indie film studios, Glass Eye Pix, will be heading up a documentary on George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. Rob Kuhns (codirector and editor for PBS’ Enemies of War) is joining forces with executive producer Larry Fessenden for an in-depth look at the undead. Birth of the Living Dead will detail how an unassuming group of filmmakers in Pittsburgh started the zombie revolution with a script inspired by the sociopolitical horrors happening around them. The film aims to transport viewers back to the turbulent 1960s, when Romero’s zombie onslaught reflected the graphic war that was erupting on TV screens across America. Roger Ebert described the impact it had on young audiences when the film debuted in the steel city:

“The kids in the audience were stunned. There was almost complete silence. The movie had stopped being delightfully scary about halfway through, and had become unexpectedly terrifying. There was a little girl across the aisle from me, maybe nine years old, who was sitting very still in her seat and crying… It’s hard to remember what sort of effect this movie might have had on you when you were six or seven. But try to remember. At that age, kids take the events on the screen seriously, and they identify fiercely with the hero. When the hero is killed, that’s not an unhappy ending but a tragic one: Nobody got out alive. It’s just over, that’s all.”

The documentary will premiere at the IFC Center in New York on November 6, with a simultaneous rollout on iTunes. See if the trailer whets your appetite. Also, don’t miss the sweet poster artist Gary Pullin created to celebrate the film.”