The Brick presents
BrickFlix – Fever and The House of the Devil
with special guest Larry Fessenden
October 25 Doors 630pm

BrickFlix has resurrected just in time for Halloween!

We’re celebrating the return of BrickFlix with a hair-raising Halloween program, honoring indie horror auteur Larry Fessenden. There will be a classic Glass Eye Pix feature, a sneak preview of Larry’s spooky new short and vintage trailers from our secret weapon Gary Balaban.

Plus free ‘Depraved’ pizza from Two Boots and plenty of refreshments

First up, we will be treated to a program of vintage shorts from legendary cinefile and archivist Gary Balaban, then Larry Fessenden will introduce his latest short film Fever, “a mixture of spoken word narrative and disturbing images”  and we top it all off with one of the best horror films of the past 20 years, The House of the Devil, directed by Ti West.

Fever – directed by Larry Fessenden is a segment from Isolation – Nine tales of terror weave together the story of isolated citizens around the world as they confront their darkest fears in an attempt to survive an increasingly deadly outbreak.

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For lovers of horror fiction, script writing, radio plays, or anyone who might want to put on a show… Glass Eye Pix presents 9 chilling scripts written by genre stalwarts Larry Fessenden and Glenn McQuaid for their award-winning series Tales from Beyond the Pale: “Radio Plays for a Digital Age.”

In the tradition of short horror scripts penned for The Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock Presents, these 9 startling yarns feature demons, ghosts, war criminals, a haunted vineyard, a mysterious hole, two car wrecks, a drunk ventriloquist and his wicked dummy, vampires, film critics, and Jesus on a dinosaur.

This substantial volume offers the scripts as originally formatted and includes commentary on the work and the genre by essayists (and collaborators) Michael Gingold (Fangoria Magazine), April Snellings (Rue Morgue Magazine), Kim Newman (“Ano Dracula”) and Clay McLeod Chapman (“Whisper Down the Lane”); The book includes full color posters by Gary Pullin, Trevor Denham, Brian Level and Ashley Thorpe as well as a gallery of stills from the productions. 

Since 2010, Tales from Beyond the Pale has been serving up lavishly produced half-hour audio dramas ranging in tone from the gently macabre to the genuinely gruesome. Produced and curated by filmmakers Fessenden (Depraved, The Last Winter, Habit) and McQuaid (I Sell the Dead, V/H/S), Tales has hosted numerous guest writers, directors and performers from the horror community.

Nearly 50 episodes are available at talesfrombeyondthepale.com or wherever you get your podcasts, with more on the way.

9 Tales From Beyond the Pale is an amazon “Book-on-demand” 8.5 x 11 paperbound volume with color posters and b&w photos.

Regular TALES collaborators speak with Fear 2000’s Craig Mann
“Riding the Scare Waves
A celebration of Tales From Beyond The Pale”

Stay tuned for More TALES announcements
and releases as befits the season…

Greetings Ghouls and Boys, ’tis the season to put on your favorite video wallpaper
 for when you are doing your housework or sliding razorblades into apples for the little ones. 

For all you Shudder subscribers, might we recommend Fessenden’s 2019 offering
“The Return of the Ghoul Log” featuring animations created with Beck Underwood…?

and while we’re on the topic, might we recommend you
check out the other Ghoul Logs on offer…?

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The Spine of Night was written and directed by Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King.
The film follows a group of heroes from different eras and cultures
as they band together to save mankind from an ancient dark magic
that has fallen into sinister hands…

Featuring the voice talents of Richard E. Grant, Lucy Lawless, Patton Oswalt,
Betty Gabriel, Joe Manganiello, Larry Fessenden, Rob McClure,
and Abby Savage (GEP pal and sound designer on FOXHOLE!).

From a Stephen King adaptation to a Western cannibal story, the Wendigo has been a part of several iconic horrors.

By BY SHAURYA THAPA at SCREENRANT:

Even though the Wendigo has appeared in a variety of TV shows and movies, the creature started out as a mythical spirit from Algonquian folklore. Wendigos were originally seen as humanoid spirits that possess humans and induce feelings of greed and cannibalism within them. Over the years, their pop culture representations have added some new alterations.

Usually, the Wendigo is depicted with ram horns, glowing eyes pushed back into the sockets, emaciated skin, and yellowed fangs. Films like The Wendigo and Pet Semetary make use of such popular depictions which are in turn influenced more by Algernon Blackwood’s 1910 short story The Wendigo instead of the original myths.

The Last Winter (2006)

Barring the third act, the Wendigo never appears in The Last Winter. But it is the fear of its existence that contributes to an eerie atmosphere throughout its duration. The plot involves a team of environmentalists protesting the construction of a pipeline in the Arctic. With fatal accidents and gas leaks, the team begins to hallucinate and die one by one. The desolate setting only makes it worse for the characters.

Towards the end, the Wendigos make an appearance as nature spirits leaving a lot of space for interpretation. Essentially, the film is a tale of humans changing the flow of nature. So, in this sense, the Wendigos can be nature’s guardians instead of the monstrosities they are usually seen as. As director Larry Fessenden said in an interview with RogerEbert.com, “When the world falls out of balance as it has, there is hell to pay. The wendigo is a way to discuss that. It’s manifested in different ways.”

Wendigo (2001)

After a city-dweller accidentally hits a deer in the woods, he believes that he’s haunted by the Wendigo as revenge in Wendigo. The protagonist also gets a Wendigo figurine at a local souvenir shop that adds further to his scares.

RELATED: 10 Most Underrated Horror Films Of The Last 20 Years

The visions of the Wendigo as well as the recurring motif of the figurine add a sense of mystery to the creature. The blurry hallucinations are stress-inducing and feature the character in night-vision-like lighting. This goes beyond the formulaic depictions making the titular monster more ominous. For most of the movie’s duration, viewers keep on guessing whether the cannibalistic spirit is real or not.

Read about other Chilling WENDIGO Flix at SCREENRANT

… Featuring Interviews with Adam Wingard, Simon Barrett, Barbara Crampton, Joe Swanberg, et al (and some rambling from Fessenden and a beefcake shot with makeup man Al Tuskes.)

Read the article at BLOODY DISGUSTING

Gravitas Ventures and Kamikaze Dogfight exclusively shared with Bloody the red band trailer Isolation, a feature-length anthology that weaves together nine standalone-yet-interconnected tales of terror from all corners of the world as people confront their darkest fears, in an attempt to survive an increasingly deadly pandemic.

The film had its world premiere in London at FrightFest Uk 2021 and will have its North American premiere on October 15th at Screamfest LA, followed by a release on VOD platforms Friday, November 2nd, 2021.

Isolation was directed by Dennie Gordon (Jack Ryan, Legion, Hunters, Waco), horror legend Larry Fessenden (The Last Winter, Habit, Depraved), Bobby Roe (The Houses October Built 1 & 2), Andrew Kasch, (Tales of Halloween), Zach Passero (Wicked Lake) and Christian Pasquariello (Alien Invasion: S.U.M. 1). The anthology also gives rise to new voices in horror with films by Alexandra Neary (The Innocent), Alix Austin & Keir Siewert (Retch), and Kyle I. Kelley & Adam Brown (The Music Lesson).

Read all about it at Bloody Disgusting

Dashcam, from director Christian Nilsson, starring Genre Icon Larry Fessenden, arrives October 19th 2021. Inspired by Antonioni’s Blow-Up, Brian De Palma’s Blow Out, and Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation, Dashcam is a stunning psychological thriller that follows Jake (Eric Tabach, “Blue Bloods”)—a timid video editor at a local news channel who fantasizes about becoming a reporter. While editing a piece on a routine traffic stop that resulted in the death of a police officer and a major political official (Larry Fessenden, Dementer, Jakob’s Wife), Jake is inadvertently sent dashcam video evidence that tells a completely different story.

Read all about it at Cultfaction