by Jason Lockard

Crumb Catcher is a truly unforgettable, quirky and horrifying experience. The acting is spot on, with the performance of John Speredakos standing out as chilling and creepy in the most perfect way. Chris Skotchdopole wrote and directed a film that I am sure will go down in history and become a cult classic.

Read review and specs at Nerdly

Glass Eye Pix 40th Anniversary celebration continues with the announcement of Graham Reznick’s
I CAN SEE YOU Special Edition Blu-Ray, dropping later this month!

Special Edition slipcover designed by GEP pal Brian Level, limited to 1,000 copies!

Packed with Special Featurettes: Newly restored, available in HD for the first time.
Brand new 2025 commentary with director Graham Reznick, producer Peter Phok and moderated by film critic Simon Abrams. Original 2009 commentary with Graham Reznick, cast Ben Dickinson, Christopher Ford, and Duncan Skiles, and first assistant director Josh Hartsoe. 28 page booklet with a new essay by culture critic and “Shock Value” author Jason Zinoman, new art by Adam Juresko, unseen concept art, poster designs, behind the scenes photos, director’s notes, and a forward by Larry Fessenden. Brand new slipcase artwork by Brian Level. Ti West interviews Graham Reznick; a rarely heard 2009 podcast recording. Behind-The-Scenes featurette compiled by Larry Fessenden. Reznick’s 3D Short Film THE VIEWER, newly restored. A selection of short films, music video and more!

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From Variety: By Abigail Lee

“Blood Shine,” a folk horror feature from Emily Bennett and Justin Brooks, will be released later this year, with Aaron B. Koontz handling sales on the film via Paper Street Pictures. 

The film takes place in upstate New York and follows Clara, played by Bennett (“Shelby Oaks”), described as a “religious zealot who worships light in lonely, sacred rituals.” David Call (“Insidious: The Red Door”) plays Brighton West, a horror filmmaker who tries to work on his script upstate when “a chance encounter with Clara leads him into an hallucinatory web of faith, flesh, and the sublime,” according to the logline. 

Cast members also include Brendan Sexton III (“Russian Doll”), Larry Fessenden (“MaXXXine”) and Toby Poser (“Hellbender”). 

Bennett and Brooks, a husband-and-wife creative duo, both wrote and directed the film, their sophomore effort. Their debut feature was “Alone With You” (2021), which featured Bennett alongside actors Barbara Crampton, Emma Myles and Dora Madison. That film was produced by Andrew Corkin and Theo James and won a FANGORIA Chainsaw Award in 2023. 

Bennett has also directed the short films “Smile for Me,” “Bed” and “Accidental Stars.” Brooks has directed shorts like “A Better Day” and “Pains” and also worked as a cinematographer on shows like “90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way.”

Brooks was the DP for “Blood Shine,” while Brian Spears (“Smile 2,” “American Horror Story”) provided gore effects. Producers include Alexander Schepsman, Garrett Fennelly, Zeus Kontoyannis via Zeus Pictures and Koontz via Paper Street Pictures. Ashleigh Snead and Cameron Burns are co-producers via Paper Street. Executive producers are Michael McFadden, G. Riley Mills and Matt Sullivan.

Fessenden has been working on his JAWS remake since 1975…

2015; Somewhere in the desert, Fessenden is on set of
Mickey Keating’s CARNAGE PARK. Available to stream on AMC Plus.

stay hydrated, stay cool!

GEP continues to drop Special Edition Blu-rays this summer! Ti West’s ghost story THE INNKEEPERS 4K Edition hits shelves in August, from Second Sight Films.

Before ‘X,’ Ti West Made an Underrated Horror Gem That You Can Soon Get on 4K Blu-ray
The Innkeepers is coming to the premium format in a stunningly haunted 4K box set from Second Sight Films. This 2011 ghost story features brand-new artwork by Nick Charge of star Sara Paxton (Return to Halloweentown) investigating a spooky hotel. However, there’s a ghost ready to make her night a living hell. The blue color tones that match the film’s original marketing palette also make this cover pop with eerie delight. This edition comes with a new 4K transfer approved by West alongside a handful of new special features. This includes an interview with West titled “A Lasting Memory”, an interview with star Pat Healy titled “Let’s Make This Good”, an interview with producer Larry Fessenden titled “Our Dysfunctional World,” and more.

Get the full scoop at Collider

“DEPRAVED” STAR’S FEATURE DIRECTING DEBUT “THE RECKONING”

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

THE RECKONING is the first feature film directed by Alex Breaux, whose many acting credits include the Frankensteinian creation Adam in Larry Fessenden’s DEPRAVED (a part he’ll soon reprise in Fessenden’s “monsterverse” film). It was written by Michael Weaver, who also stars alongside Kristin Griffith, Quincy Dunn-Baker, Julie Dray, Paul Bandey and Lemmy Constantine. The synopsis: “After their father’s death, long-kept secrets and a peculiar link to France lead two estranged brothers and their disabled mother to an unimaginable outcome. Inspired by Guy de Maupassant’s PIERRE ET JEAN (1888), THE RECKONING is a visceral drama cloaked in a knife-edge psychological thriller. An inversion of the prodigal-son parable, the film’s disturbing intensity is unrelenting, the focus constantly shifting, layering, unraveling like its main character. Fast descending to a mayhem where objective truth is indiscernible, and full immersion to an open eyed nightmare involuntary.”

Currently on its festival tour, the movie has already racked up a number of awards. THE RECKONING has already won Best Drama Film and Best Supporting Actress at the IFS Film Festival, Best Feature Film and Best Cinematography at the Crimson Screen Horror Film Fest and Best Cinematography and Best Editing at the Horrorhound Film Festival. It next plays the Pittsburgh Independent Film Festival this Sunday, June 22 at 11:30 a.m., and will also screen at the Richmond International FIlm Festival, which takes place September 23-28.

Read at Rue Morgue

Peter Grey, an overly zealous television chef, kidnaps J.T. Franks, an influential and notoriously snarky food blogger after a particularly nasty review deals the final blow to Grey’s already plummeting career. Sequestered deep in the woods of the Hudson Valley, Grey keeps Franks chained up in a basement, presenting him with a series of deceptively simple food challenges – from preparing a perfect egg over easy, to grilling a steak precisely medium rare – punishing him sadistically for anything less than total perfection. A tense thrill-ride served up with wicked wit and culinary flare, BITTER FEAST is an exploration of the creative impulse gone tragically and ferociously awry.

“Zesty fun for its actors… a sly parody… a creepy little chamber-piece… wonderfully wicked…”
– LA WEEKLY

“A MUST SEE … Razor sharp acerbic wit… perfectly crafted… meticulous… explosive”
– Culver City Observer

“Fantastic sequences sprinkled with intensity…
enthralling and definitely engaging…
an enjoyable snack.”
– Bloody Disgusting

Watch now on Prime Video

Ramping up to GEP’s 40th Anniversary,
we celebrate 40+ projects
that have come from our shop

Get your suncream on this July for a scorching selection of films streaming on ARROW, including an offbeat home invasion thriller debut, Lucio Fulci’s gut-munching zombie classic and Larry Cohen’s sci-fi satire both in glorious 4K, an apocalyptic survival thriller, acclaimed horror director Ted Geoghegan Selects, and much more.

First in July, exclusively on ARROW – writer/director Chris Skotchdopole’s beautifully shot and wonderfully wild Crumb Catcher, a truly unique and darkly funny home invasion thriller from the stable of Larry Fessenden’s Glass Eye Pix (The House of the Devil, The Ranger, Depraved). With terrific performances by the entire ensemble cast led by Rigo Garay this absurdist and satirical peek under the tablecloth is a chilling, yet hilarious, ode to the failure of the American Dream and “an insanely impressive directorial debut” (Collider) from Skotchdopole, highlighted as one of the Best Horror Films of 2024 by The Hollywood Reporter. Make sure you (crumb) catch it on ARROW. If Crumb Catcher leaves you wanting more Rigo Garay, he also stars in Purav Virdi’s DEACON, a short film about a thief who unknowingly marks a house with a malignant energy.

ALSO, GEP Pal Ted Geoghegan curates Arrow slasher releases!!

Ted Geoghegan Selects, with the innovative writer/director of fright gems We Are Still Here, Mohawk, and Brooklyn 45, chooses his favourite lesser known slashers, including Deadly Manor, Edge of the Axe, Girls Nite Out.

See the Summer line-up here!

GEP marks Father’s Day with a BTS photo from Glenn McQuaid’s THE TROUBLE WITH DAD,
part of Chilling Visions: 5 States of Fear.

Happy Father’s Day from Glass Eye Pix!