Adrian Garcia Bogliano’s LATE PHASES, from MPI’s Dark Sky Films and Zak Zeman’s Site B Productions, with Fessenden and Brent Kunkle producing for Glass Eye Pix, has been selected for the Midnighters section of SXSW 2014! Get all the details on the film’s World Premiere at SXSW.com.

Synopsis:

Crescent Bay is not the ideal place to spend one’s golden years, especially since the once-idyllic retirement community has been beset by a series of deadly animal attacks from the ominous forest surrounding it. When grizzled war veteran Ambrose McKinley (Nick Damici) is forced into moving there by his yuppie son Will (Ethan Embry), the residents immediately take offense to Ambrose’s abrasive personality. But that take-no-prisoners attitude may be just what Ambrose needs to survive as it becomes clear that the attacks are being caused by creatures that are neither animal nor man, and that the tight-knit community of Crescent Bay is hiding something truly sinister in its midst…

Fessenden to receive the Winter Film Awards “Patron of the Cinema” Award!

Check out the press release below.

From the Press Release

As part of the 2014 Winter Film Awards Independent Film Festival awards presentation Ceremony taking place March 1st 2014 at The EMPIRE ROOM @230 FIFTH, the Winter Film Awards Board of Directors is pleased to honor New York cinema icon Larry Fessenden with the first annual PATRON OF THE CINEMA Award. The award is presented to an individual whose career transcends their work in the cinema by branching out into other artistic mediums, and who shares a passion for the cinema by mentoring up-and-coming filmmakers.

“And it doesn’t hurt if they’re a New Yorker,” smiled Board of Directors member Joseph Mauceri. “The bottom line is that this art form is a business and there are just too few people working in this industry who give back and transcend it by cultivating and inspiring young talent. In creating the Patron of the Cinema Award, I can think of no other person to be the first recipient  of this award then the man, the myth, the legend, and native New Yorker Larry Fessenden.”

See the full article at PRLog.

Get all the details on the 2014 Winter Film Awards Independent Film Festival see their website here.

“My job is to show folks there’s a lot of good music in this world, and if used right it may help to save the planet.”

The new GEP short by James Siewert, “The Past Inside The Present,” made its goal on Kickstarter! Take a look inside the post-production process.

“The Past Inside the Present” is an allegorical tale of a couple who attempt to renew their dying relationship by plugging directly into recordings of their memories. Learn more about the project here.

The BENEATH Blu-ray and DVD hit shelves March 25th!

Get details on the release and special features at Dread Central.

“’I suspect that the less you know about me, the longer you’ll stay interested.’

Habit: [hab-it] noun, 1) an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary; 2) a dominant or regular disposition or tendency; prevailing character or quality; 3) addiction, especially to alcohol or narcotics

The vampire of legend is eternal, and its cinematic brethren are equally durable and widespread. Even before the post-millennial pop culture phenomena of Twilight and True Blood (among others) but especially in their wake, it’s refreshing and rewarding to encounter an undead feature possessing a genuinely grounded and unique interpretation.

As Larry Fessenden’s Habit (alongside George Romero’s Martin, Abel Ferrara’s The Addiction, and Michael Almereyda’s Nadja) shows, it’s not just about bringing the vampire into contemporary settings. Since the 1930s, the silver screen has hosted an array of “modern” bloodsuckers preying upon hip and sensible disbelievers. What’s often missing is a true sense of personality, vision, and passion, and it is here that Habit delivers with both barrels. No other artist could have made this picture; Fessenden’s DNA runs through the sprockets at 24fps and his fierce integrity elevates it above other generic toothy thrillers. Like all great fanged flicks, the fantasy exists as an allegory for something deeper—intelligent and heady material perfectly interwoven with horror trappings such that the subtext eases into our brains unperceived…where it can burrow and grow…”

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YOU’RE NEXT, Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett’s home invasion horror movie featuring Fessenden alongside tons of Glass Eye pals including AJ Bowen, Amy Seimetz, Joe Swanberg, Kate Lyn Sheil, and Ti West, is now on DVD & Blu-ray. The discs include two audio commentaries and a “making of” featurette.

In honor of the film’s Blu-ray/DVD release, iconic horror villain LEGO figures have been unveiled! More on them here and the YOU’RE NEXT trailer below.

Glass Eye pal Eric Pennycoff’s “M is for Mariachi” is one of 26 competition shorts chosen for Drafthouse Films’ ABCs of DEATH 1.5, an off-shoot film set for a release in early 2014. Check out all the details here and keep an eye out for news on ABCs of DEATH 2, featuring a segment by Fessenden.

Check out Ed Martin’s full article at MediaPost’s TV Blog.

They’re coming to get you, Barbara! Rob Kuhns’ BIRTH OF THE LIVING DEAD, GEP’s new doc on the making and impact of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, has been unleashed on DVD.

The Video TapeWorm on BOTLD (enter their giveaway for a copy of the film!):

“A long, long overdue documentary on George Romero and his wildly influential masterwork, 1968’s ”Night Of The Living Dead.” Whether you’re a fan of the man or not, whether you like/love/hate zombie movies/tv/games/etc., we guarantee you will enjoy watching George as a young college dropout, gathering a motley crew of Pittsburgh filmmaker-wannbes to accidental launch the multi-billion dollar zombie craze that’s still going strong 35 years later. Funny, touching, scary, enlightened, profound, silly and just plain entertaining has hell, this is officially our favorite doc of all time. Just buy the freakin’ thing…”

You can also see BIRTH OF THE LIVING DEAD on iTunes, Amazon Instant, and On Demand.