From ThePopBreak.com:

Justin McConnell’s Clapboard Jungle should be required viewing for anyone considering going into the film industry. The documentary takes a candid look at McConnell’s experience over the course of a five-year period as he tries to get funding for his film projects and is filled with honest interviews and helpful tips from notable people all across the film industry but mainly within the horror genre…

read full review here

Fessenden joins Adam Green and Joe Lynch in THE MOVIE CRYPT podcast.

 Indie Icon Larry Fessenden (WENDIGO, HABIT, DEPRAVED, THE LAST WINTER) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career and craft in this long overdue conversation! From falling off the stage in the 3rd grade and realizing he could captivate an audience… to using toys as tools for storytelling… to his prolific career as not only a writer and director but as a producer (THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL, STAKE LAND, THE INNKEEPERS), an actor (WE ARE STILL HERE, THE DEAD DON’T DIE), a video game writer (UNTIL DAWN), and a production company (Glass Eye Pix)… to mentoring and launching new talent into the world such as Ti West, Mickey Keating, Jenn Wexler, and more… to his experiences developing projects in the mainstream studio system… to his latest turn in front of the camera in JAKOB’S WIFE (out now!)… Larry shares his story and shows just why he’s such a hero and an inspiration to so many who dreamed of picking up a camera. Joe shares an “Unpopular Opinion” and the boys equally fanboy out and commiserate with the legendary Fessenden in this epic conversation!

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From the CS interview:

CS: I was gonna say, that was one thing I talked about a little bit with Barbara as well was that it was a very different role than what we’re used to seeing you in where you’re more rambunctious of sorts, but in this one, you’re a little more timid. You’re a man of the cloth! What was it like exploring this different personality for you?

LF: Well, I like that, you know, I am interested in philosophy and some sort of thoughtful things of how do you get along in life and how are you a good leader, so there’s some sort of aspects of the character that I related to, maybe not religion, but the idea of having responsibility in a community. Then I just think it’s funny to play an uptight, older white guy [laughs] who’s sort of oppressive to his wife, so I was able to access all of my grumpy attitude. It was fun.

Read Full Interview HERE

“Chemistry between Barbara Crampton and Larry Fessenden fuels ‘Jakob’s Wife’”

“Jakob’s Wife” is more in the vein of high-minded vampire tales
like “Near Dark,”“The Hunger” or “The Addiction.”

… having actors the caliber of Crampton and Fessenden pays off
… the lead performances are incredibly complex,
drawing on the two stars’ decades of screen (and life) experience.

“Jakob’s Wife” is a portrait of a marriage in a rut, saved when the husband stops
sucking the life out of his spouse and instead helps her
suck the life out of everyone else.

—Los Angeles Times

85% FRESH on  Rotten Tomatoes

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with Lisa Marie and Andrew Sensenig
in Ted Geoghegan’s WE ARE STILL HERE, produced by Travis Stevens

From ComingSoon.net

An American Satan is produced by Garriga and Carles Torras and is co-produced by Diego Rodriguez and Alf Wahlgren, With the support of ICEC (Generalitat de Catalunya) and the collaboration of Glass Eye PIx and Twelve Oaks Pictures.

An American Satan is Garriga’s third documentary feature after American Jesus (2013), an exploration of the fringes of American Christianity, and Introspective (2007), a documentary about the post-rock scene of the ’90s.

Founded in 1966 in California by Anton Szandor LaVey, the Church of Satan has often been surrounded by mysteries, scandals, and moral panics. Some of today’s active members of the church and other free-styled Satanists will share their views, memories, ritual practices, and personal stories about how they got involved with Satanism, discussing the false myths that still surround the movement.

Directed by Garriga who co-wrote the project along with Xavi Prat, the documentary features Peter H. Gilmore, Blanche Barton, Adam Cardone, Diabolus Rex, Zoth Ommogh, Neil Smith, Karen Millman, David Harris, Heather Harris, Dr. Robert Johnson, Peggy Nadramia, Ruth Waytz, Boyd Rice, Steven Johnson Leyba, Stanton Lavey, M.A. Mandrake, Aden Ardennes, Raul Antony, Milton C. Cruver, and Darren Deicide.

Watch the trailer:

Wendigo*, Bitter Feast, The Trouble With Dad, Riding Shotgun, The Ranger, Depraved, Like Me, The Last Winer, Foxhole, Fever, Creepy Christmas shorts Crafty, Wild Ride; Presence; music videos for Mark Donato, Life in a Blender, Unwanted Houseguest, Birdthrower; prop shop for I Sell The Dead and Stake Land, to name just some of the motion picture projects shot and developed at Glass Eye Pix North in Upstate New York. Also has served as makeshift recording hub for albums by The Strangers, Holiday, and Still Rusty (!)… 

Now, a private company in California wants to seize local land and  build a hydro-electric power plant a half mile from GEP North. Write a letter in protest if you want to help stop the Dam!

Glass Eye fans know that we are radically pro green energy here, but flooding a pristine forest preserve is not the answer to energy woes. Visit the newly minted website SaveCatskillsPreserve.org to learn why the project is ill-conceived, and  take a moment to write a letter to FERC. Sample letters and simple instructions are all available at the site. Comments from folks far and wide are acceptable, so you can make a difference wherever you are!

Remember, we can’t make these damn no-budget movies without a backyard and a barn!