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Dinoboy video “Angel” by Jack Fessenden & Dalton Salisbury now on YouTube

Fessenden’s FEVER highlighted in first ISOLATION reviews

“The last segment that I want to talk about is the first segment, set in New York, “Fever” …
is objectively and subjectively my favorite segment …
psychologically scary and just incredibly depressing …
It left me in tears and sets the perfect pace for the entirety of the film.”
—Horror Obsession

“There are some that stand out as being more striking than the others,
but everyone really has brought their A-game. We begin in New York for Larry Fessenden’s Fever,
a mixture of spoken word narrative and disturbing images that sets the mood for what is to follow.”
—Hollywood News

“The opening segment, written, directed by, and starring cult indie legend Larry Fessenden
is also the most powerful. It opens with shots of a deserted New York –
something that would never be possible in other circumstances.
As he succumbs to fever, we’re treated to a stop-motion filming technique that’s really disorientating.
It concludes with a heartbreakingly poignant moment.”
—Starburst

Bloody Disgusting: Larry Fessenden Revisits ‘The Orphanage’ to Discuss the Remake He Never Ended Up Making [Phantom Limbs]

By Jason Jenkins

phantom limb /ˈfan(t)əm’lim/ n. an often painful sensation of the presence of a limb that has been amputated.

Welcome to Phantom Limbs, a recurring feature which will take a look at intended yet unproduced horror sequels and remakes – extensions to genre films we love, appendages to horror franchises that we adore – that were sadly lopped off before making it beyond the planning stages. Here, we will be chatting with the creators of these unmade extremities to gain their unique insight into these follow-ups that never were, with the discussions standing as hopefully illuminating but undoubtedly painful reminders of what might have been.

With this entry, we’ll be paying a visit to The Orphanage, the intended remake of the 2007Guillermo del Toro-produced, J.A. Bayona-directed supernatural chiller El Orfanato. To have been produced by del Toro and helmed by maverick indie filmmaker Larry Fessenden (Habit, Wendigo), The Orphanage would have seen the original film’s tale transported to the US and released by New Line Cinema, though the movie sadly never came to pass. Discussing this project is Mr. Fessenden, who details how he became involved, the process of penning the script alongside del Toro, why it didn’t happen, and whether it may yet make it to screens someday.

read whole article at Bloody-Disgusting

Fessenden’s FEVER unspools at Fright Fest Tonight!

The Nathan Crooker produced
Covid-lockdown anthology Film ISOLATION
featuring Fessenden’s short film FEVER,
premiers in London’s Fright Fest 27 August

From the FrightFest catalogue:

Directors: Alix Austin, Adam R. Brown, Larry Fessenden, Dennie Gordon, Andrew Kasch, Kyle I. Kelley, Alexandra Neary, Christian Pasquariello, Zach Passero, Bobby Roe, Keir Siewert.
With: Larry Fessenden, Marieh Delfino, Dennie Gordon, Damien Gerard, Sunny Roe.
USA 2021. 104 mins.

WORLD PREMIERE – A horror anthology shot entirely in lockdown. Nine directors made nine standalone but interconnected stories using only the resources and social distancing available during the Covid-19 outbreak. From all corners of the world, people confront their biggest fears in attempts to survive an increasingly contagious and deadly pandemic, a premise that will hit close to home for everyone after the last unprecedented year. From ‘It’s Inside”, ‘Meat Hands’, ‘Fever’, ‘The Dread’ and ‘5G’ to ‘Homebodies’, ‘Comfort Zone’, ‘Gust’ and ‘Pacific Northwest’, nine tales of terror that follow isolated citizens from around the globe as they confront their darkest fears.

TICKETS

TBT: Double Fessenden

2015, Fessenden and Fessenden on the set of
WE ARE STILL HERE.

Joe Maggio wraps on new Glass Eye Pix / Incidental Films collaboration

Joe Maggio wraps on the untitled sequel to his seminal film, VIRGIL BLISS.

Maggio is a long-time GEP collaborator
(BITTER FEAST, THE LAST RITES OF JOE MAY, TALES FROM BEYOND THE PALE)
and a fierce proponent of DIY filmmaking through his production shingle
Incidental Films

Glass Eye Pix is proud to partner with Incidental Films on this production.

Says Fessenden: “I love that Joe is reviving this collaboration with his original actor, Clint Jordan. Movies that deal with the passage of time like 28 Up and Boyhood have such a profound place in the cinematic canon. I was excited to be part of Maggio revisiting a character he had created over 20 years ago. And that’s only the stuff I’m allowed to talk about on this project.”