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.  Joel Wicklund, Chicago Now

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…  John Anderson, The Wall Street Journal

“Builds empathy for its exploited creature.
Beginning in lovemaking and ending in loneliness,
the movie has an unexpected poignancy”  Jeanette Catsoulis, New York Times

“thoroughly modern, utterly disturbing …
but there’s real heart and empathy here too.”  Kimber Meyers, Los Angeles Times