Last night Glass Eye Pix rung in their 30th birthday with a screening of EXPERIENCED MOVERS at Lucy’s: the bar where the film was shot. 30 years ago, to the night last night, the Glass Eye Pix logo first graced a screen.

Read on to see all the pictures from last night.

Yes friends, it was the sprawling Epic EXPERIENCED MOVERS, based on the 4 hour play by East Village Dramaturge Evan McHale and produced, directed, shot and edited by Fessenden, that first bore the production title Glass Eye Pix.

Premiering in the downtown club Danceteria Nov 2 1985, ExMovers went on to play in bars and basements in the East Village on TVs Daisy-chained together by RF cables.

In tribute to those days of independence and self invention, we return to the bar where XMOVERS was filmed, hosted by Lucy who was there every day of the shoot providing hangover-helpers to the director and his 2-man crew.

Ambitious, flawed, bizarrely original, XMOVERS is an endurance test and indie filmmaking before there was such a term. See if you can survive it. FREE. BYOB. (buy your own Booze)

Attn NYC Fans! Catch two 12:30am showings of HOUSE OF THE DEVIL from director Ti West tonight 10/30 and tomorrow night 10/31.

“West playfully subverts the horror film genre by insidiously setting up the mood and letting it eerily and slowly play out before slamming home with a fiendish finale.”

For tickets and more info, head over to IFC Center.

TALES FROM BEYOND THE PALE, SEASON 3 is coming for you November 27th (Black Friday)! But Entertainment Weekly has a Halloween treat for you today– Stuart Gordon’s episode, THE HOUND, is available for you to stream, plus they’ve got exclusive poster art (created by acclaimed Nightmare on Elm Street/Evil Dead artist Graham Humphreys) along with info about the release.

“The 10-episode season will feature tales written by McQuaid, Fessenden, and Jeff Buhler (The Midnight Meat Train), among others. Meanwhile, the impressive cast list includes Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, Vincent D’Onofrio, Nick Damici, James LeGros, Sean Young, and Pat Healy.

The new season also features a Re-Animator reunion with director Stuart Gordon, actress Barbara Crampton, writer Dennis Paoli, and composer Richard Band returning to H.P. Lovecraft territory with an adaptation of the famous horror writer’s short story, The Hound.

Tales from Beyond the Pale: Season 3 will be released with a hardcover book — illustrated by renowned poster artist Graham Humphreys — and on a USB drive that will also feature an introductory film by Beck Underwood. 

We can only show you a sliver here, so head over to listen to the episode and check out the new poster.

TALES: SEASON 3 is now available for pre-order over at the TALES online store.  Visit TalesFromBeyondThePale.com for more info about the new season.

New Doc from Glass Eye chronicler Adam Barnick features ‘Tales’ creators Glenn McQuaid and Fessenden detailing the origins of their macabre radio dramas; the nature of working exclusively with sound; and offer a sneak peek of the episodes and creators of Season Three, including Stuart Gordon!

Blumhouse spoke with Fessenden, Graham Reznick, and GEP Producer Jenn Wexler (among others) about the development and use of the term “DEATHWAVE” to label horror movies with elevated plot and characterization.

FESSENDEN: I think my films have a deliberate and determined vulnerability, dealing with melancholy and loss as much as the horror tropes that I clearly love. I have tried for authenticity in my work, tried to get at nagging truths about things as I see them. There is nothing calculated or commercial in the work (just ask my investors) and so the movies are inspiring to young filmmakers that come from a more idealistic place as they start out in the business. I have also championed the do-it-yourself approach which again is inspiring for those with few resources and a dream. Maybe most of all, I take horror movies seriously. I’m telling scary stories that matter to me, the viewer can tell that. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea of course.

Continue on to read the full piece.

From ioncinema.com:

“Scream Factory and IFC Midnight have paired up to present an inspired disc set for The Larry Fessenden Collection, an assortment of four of the director’s most notable genre films. Migrating between a number of notable projects as a character actor (he usually appears as some peripheral, grizzled weirdo, showing up in titles by Scorsese, Neil Jordan, and Kelly Reichardt, amongst others), he’s also a noted producer, editor, screenwriter, and cinematographer. But Fessenden’s made his most striking impression with a growing body of genre oriented independent directorial efforts. Usually prizing strong characterization amidst situations of mounting dread, Fessenden seems fascinated with testing the strengths and inherent weaknesses of mankind, and it’s probably easiest to label his filmography as environmental horror…

Fessenden is consistently intriguing, his films a haunting testament to the destructive forces of mankind, often featuring someone plagued by the awareness that the universe contains powerful forces they (or, rather, we) are too afraid or unwilling to acknowledge.”

Blumhouse has your exclusive first look at a new animated teaser for Season 3 of TALES FROM BEYOND THE PALE.

We told you recently about the upcoming third season of TALES FROM BEYOND THE PALE — the amazing old-school horror radio drama created by writer-producer-director-actor and all-around genre legend Larry Fessenden (HABIT, WENDIGO, THE LAST WINTER) and his partner in auditory mischief, writer-director Glenn McQuaid (I SELL THE DEAD). This season, genre icons like Stuart Gordon (RE-ANIMATOR), Eric Red (THE HITCHER), Barbara Crampton (WE ARE STILL HERE) and more will be joining the TALES team, so we’re seriously stoked — and you should be too!

To help in that area, the fine folks at Glass Eye Pix (Fessenden’s production company for three decades and running) have a little present to tide you over until the new season begins: a spooky stop-motion animated teaser directed by Beck Underwood — who was also art director and production designer on several Glass Eye productions, including STAKE LAND, I SELL THE DEAD and BITTER FEAST. She’s also the creator of animated shorts THAT CREEPY OLD DOLL, PHANTOM LIMBS and PERFECTLY PERFECT.

Check out more of her amazing creations at BeckUnderwood.com… but first, dig this adorably creepy Season 3 promo, which today you can only see right here!

More TALES FROM BEYOND THE PALE news coming soon… so keep your ears open!

To watch the full, creepy teaser, head over to Blumhouse now.

Over the past few days there has been a deluge of interviews, reviews, and features on Fessenden.
We’ve assembled snippets of each here, with links to the full pieces.

Larry Fessenden Is the Greatest Horror Film Director You’ve Never Heard Of
VICE.com

“I’ve worked pretty hard to get all these movies back under one roof—
I had to sort of rescue Wendigo from total obscurity. So that was a challenge.
I’m a collector-minded person, and none of my movies were on Blu-Ray,
and none of them had been well transferred onto DVD since their VHS days, either.
So I did it as an act of self-preservation.”

‘The Larry Fessenden Collection’ – 4 Films from the Mind of a Genius
Bloody-Disgusting.com

“What Scream Factory and IFC have put together makes for
one of my favorite Blu-ray releases of the year.
While I think each film holds up on their own individual merits,
there really is something special about watching them together as a collection.
You get to see a director morph in front of your eyes
and grow as a director while never once straying from his roots.”

Needing Bigger Boats: FFC Interviews Larry Fessenden
FilmFreakCentral.net

“When I was younger, one did buy into the theory of progress.
That we would invest in freedoms. Not George Bush freedoms,
but freedoms to flourish, freedom of sexual expression,
you know: freedoms. That we would take council from scientific discovery.
That we would stop putting DDT into our gardens.
But the way that we’re wired is so much more primitive.”

Fessenden on Festivals:
Indie Horror’s Larry Fessenden Reflects on the Fests that Shaped His Career
MovieMaker.com

“What I found discouraging was that at Sundance
they were not programming thoughtful horror films,
but just schlocky B-movies that played at midnight.
The genre was not being treated seriously,
it seemed to me, and as a result my aspirations
to elevate the horror film was being frustrated.”

Here’s What Happens When Great Indie Horror Directors Make a Video Game
Indiewire.com

“The unique voices of Fessenden and Reznick
come through clearly in the story.
Isolation is a theme both writers have circled
with an almost predatory focus in their previous work.”

30th anniversary of GLASS EYE PIX weekly Round-up:

WENDIGO played Fri & Sat at IFC NYC

Graham Reznick and Fessenden appeared on Indoor Kids talking UNTIL DAWN

Our pals at Slamadance hosted screenings of I SELL THE DEAD and WENDIGO
at the Arclight Theater in Los Angeles,
Angus Scrimm, Ron Perlman and Jake Weber in attendance

Back in NYC, Posteritati hosted the Glass eye Pix Poster party in celebration of
The release of THE FESSENDEN COLLECTION

The ROOST Screened Fri and Saturday at IFC in NYC.

Stay tuned!! Halloween week Belongs to
TALES FROM BEYOND THE PALE SEASON 3!!