“Rising horror director Mickey Keating has been exploring insanity for his last few films,
and after the monochromatic psychodrama of DARLING and the desert dementia of CARNAGE PARK,
he goes full-blown crazy with PSYCHOPATHS,
abandoning conventional storytelling to plunge into the avant-garde.”
Jeremy Holm, Chloe Levine, and Amanda Grace Benitez will star in Jenn Wexler’s independent thriller “The Ranger,” Variety has learned exclusively.
Wexler was the lead producer on Ana Asensio’s drama “Most Beautiful Island,” which won the SXSW narrative competition last month.
Larry Fessenden’s Glass Eye Pix and Andrew van den Houten’s Hood River Entertainment are the production companies. Wexler produces along with Larry Fessenden and Heather Buckley for Glass Eye Pix. Andrew van den Houten and Ashleigh Snead produce for Hood River Entertainment.
“The Ranger,” which has started shooting in New York, is written by Wexler and Giaco Furino. It follows a group of teen punks who get in trouble with the cops. The kids escape to the woods to hide out, where they come up against the local authority, an unhinged park ranger with an axe to grind, hell-bent on preserving the serenity of his forest.
Holm’s credits include “House of Cards” and “Mr. Robot” while Levine has starred in “The Transfiguration” and “The OA.” Granit Lahu, Jeremy Pope, and Bubba Weiler also star.
“The Ranger” marks Wexler’s feature film directorial debut. She produced Robert Mockler’s “Like Me,” which debuted at SXSW, and Mickey Keating’s “Psychopaths,” which is set to world-premiere this week at the Tribeca Film Festival. She also produced Keating’s “Darling,” which launched at Fantastic Fest and was released in 2016.
Holm is repped by Leading Artists and managed by Lori Kay of Prevail Artist Management. Levine is repped by APA and managed by Carolyn Anthony of Anthony & Associates. Benitez is represented by AEFH Inc. and managed by Bob McGowan of Bob McGowan Management.
Mickey Keating’s PSYCHOPATHS world premiere
at the Tribeca Film Festival!
CINÉPOLIS CHELSEA 4
April 20th, 2017
10pm
Entertainment Weekly brings us the exclusive first look at Mickey Keating’s PSYCHOPATHS.
Set to open at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Director Michael O’Shea waxes poetic in Filmmaker Magazine about horror, and his special brand of vampire film…
From the article:
O’Shea: Yeah, when I was 12 or 13, I worshipped horror movies. The first R-rated movie I saw was very meaningful to me. It was in the theater — The Island, playing with Jaws 2. The Island was the R-rated movie, and there was a lot of gore, and I loved it. In my teenage years, I was watching tons of David Cronenberg. I mean, I’m wearing a Videodrome shirt. Videodrome was one of my favorite films when I was a teenager and still to this day. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer was a film I saw when I was 16 or 17. It was hugely influential on me and on this film. When I was in my early 20s or late teens, I was reading about Larry Fessenden’s Habit and about this idea of taking vampires and putting them into a realistic setting. I remember thinking, “I want to do that, that sounds amazing.” It was so awesome to have Larry in the movie.
Directed by Michael O’Shea and produced by GEP pal Susan Leber.
With Special makeup effects by Glass Eye Pals Spears and Gerner.
Featuring the requisite appearance by Fessenden.
“Stellar performances … a great movie that explores what it means
to lose oneself in the ideas that power the horror genre”
-Gizmodo/Io9 – Evan Narcisse
“Ruffin’s incredible performance…excellent feature debut”
-Screen Anarchy – Shelagh Rowan- Legg
“tantalizing debut…sinking its teeth in all the right places
-Consequence of Sound – Michael Roffman
“a beautifully restrained coming of age tale …
a darkly affecting tale about the high and sometimes bloody cost
of self awareness and sociopathic conviction”
– Film School Rejects – Rob Hunter
“4 star…stunning debut”
-Scream Magazine – Kieran Fisher
“refreshing and moving vampire tale.. a striking cinematic experience
…deeply engaging and tragic love story…Ruffin and Levine are such a joy to watch”
– Bloody Disgusting- Ari Drew
“James Siewert’s 13-minute short film “The Past Inside the Present” is like a Laurie Lipton drawing come to life. The stunning black-and-white imagery of humans connected to recording devices via old wiring from their brains to an old Betamax is the sort of thing Lipton would dream up for one of her insanely intricate pencil drawings. This is not to suggest Siewert’s film is derivative. On the contrary, Siewert’s vision aims more for an emotional connection between the characters (even in what appears to be the absence of emotion) whereas Lipton often revels in the absurd and grotesque.”
The Films of Larry Fessenden: Vol 2
Wendigo & The Last Winter
The Films of Larry Fessenden: Vol 1
Habit & No Telling
The Innkeepers
Limited Edition Blu-Ray
The House Of The Devil
Collector Edition Blu-Ray
WENDIGO Figures
From Glass Eye Toyz
CRUMB CATCHER Blu-Ray
From Arrow Video
BLACKOUT BLU-RAY
From Dark Sky Selects
FOXHOLE BLU-RAY
From Vinegar Syndrome
9 Tales From Beyond The Pale
on Amazon!
THE LARRY FESSENDEN COLLECTION Blu-ray
on Amazon!
BENEATH Blu-ray & DVD
on Amazon!
