In the grim final days of WWII, German soldiers and civilians will do anything to survive. An army medical team is on the run, trapped behind enemy lines as they are hunted by a vicious killer bent on their total annihilation. The team takes shelter in a German chateau but soon find themselves in a deadly game of cat and mouse. When it’s kill or be killed who will find the will to survive?
Enjoy this home-made horror from GEP collabs Chris Ingvordsen, Sophie Hewitt, Violet Savage, Braxton Sohns and James Felix McKenney, upstate artisians from GEP’s BLACKOUT and FOXHOLE meet Chris Ingvordsen
producer Fessenden, actor Rigo Garay and writer/director Chris Skotchdopole will be presenting CRUMB CATCHER at the Music Box Theater Saturday at 6:30 PM
The horror thriller Abigail features many Easter Eggs and references to other vampire and horror pop culture that will intrigue fans once they recognize them. The 2024 vampire movie from the creators of Ready or Not takes inspiration from the many iterations of Dracula, depicting a group of criminals trapped in a mansion with a child vampire known as Abigail (Alisha Weir). Abigail is in spirit the daughter of Dracula, even if the character’s father is given a different name.
#8 Larry Fessenden’s Abigail Cameo
A Horror Icon Returns For Another Radio Silence Productions Cameo
The iconic horror actor, director, and producer Larry Fessenden makes a cameo in Abigail, as he has done for some other underdog horror movies in the past few years. Where Radio Silence Productions is concerned — the production company behind Ready or Not and Abigail — Fessenden has been involved with their work before. When the Abigaildirectors made the horror anthology Southbound, Fessenden made a cameo as a DJ heard on the radio in one scene.
Through cameos like this, Fessenden gives the impression of endorsing these movies, which both received strong reviews.
Perhaps as a reference to this cameo, Fessenden plays a radio DJ again in Abigail, during the scene where Joey (Melissa Barerra) deduces details about her crewmates’ pasts. Also this year, Fessenden appeared as a security guard in the hit horror and crime drama MaXXXine. Through cameos like this, Fessenden gives the impression of endorsing these movies, which both received strong reviews.
Richard Sandler’s epic documentary THE GODS OF TIMES SQUARE now streaming on The Criterion Channel. A Glass Eye Pix and Scorpio Dogs Production.
“The Gods of Times Square isn’t so much a documentary in the traditional sense as a meditation on belief. The specific nature of those beliefs is less important to Sandler than the strength and abundance of them.” —Dylan Young Hour Community
“The Gods of Times Square is a good-humored, tolerant celebration of New York City’s diversity and eccentricity and of its incubation of sidewalk philosophers…” —Lawrence Van Gelder The New York Times
“This is one of the most entertaining and well-done documentaries I’ve ever seen.” —Eric Campos Film Threat
This Week Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
What if ‘Shark Tank’ was a horror movie.
In “Crumb Catcher,” Shane (Rigo Garay) and Leah (Ella Rae Peck) are staying at the luxe home of Leah’s boss when visitors come knocking.Credit…Doppelgänger Releasing
Honeymooners Shane (Rigo Garay) and Leah (Ella Rae Peck) contend with unwanted guests and their odd business pitch — it involves the gizmo that restaurants use to sweep tables between courses — in this thriller from Chris Skotchdopole.
“one of the most uncomfortable and cringe-inducing films to screen this year… Crumb Catcher is an insanely impressive directorial feature debut for Skotchdopole. It’s funny, bizarre, uncomfortable, and an absolute cringe-fest for all the best reasons. Skotchdopole has secured himself as a writer-director to keep an eye on, as he continues to refine his skill and explore the depths of depravity with a clever, humorous voice.” —Maggie Lovitt, Collider
“Deliciously Devious… there’s plenty to fall head over heels for in the satisfying thriller.” —Stephen Saito, The Moveable Fest
“Ella Rae Peck is phenomenal and she really steals every scene she is in, and the chemistry, good and bad, she creates with Rigo Garay is phenomenal… Garay takes what his scene partners give him and runs a marathon with it. The way he feeds off his scene partners is like a charismatic parasite… John Speredakos has proven himself time and time again to be an incredible actor” —Brendan Jesus, horrorobsessive
“Anchored by John Speredakos’ volatile performance as a nightmare version of the annoying guy who won’t leave a party, “Crumb Catcher” crosses “Funny Games” with an extended “I Think You Should Leave” sketch, mixing the violent undertones of a home-invasion thriller with cringe comedy for an unpredictable ride.” —Katie Rife, regerebert.com
“Skotchdopole’s greatest success is in weaving these seemingly disparate threads together… As the night pinwheels from drama to farce to tragicomedy, his clear, cold, and yet compassionate eye finds strange harmony in their emotional imbalance.” —Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle
“begins as a cringe comedy and becomes a truly suspenseful thriller. It is equally relentless at both.” —Fred Topel, UPI
“Chris Skotchdopole’s very impressive directorial debut, Crumb Catcher, is a slow descent into absurdist thrills. …the film is anchored by three astonishing performances” —Andrew J. Eisenman, Elements of Madness
“the best – and most terrifying – thing about the movie is how true even the most absurdist parts of it are.” —Olga Artemyeva, Screen Anarchy
Interview with Chris Skotchdopole Published on July 18, 2024
Filmworker Chris Skotchdopole discusses his ten year tenure at Glass Eye Pix working as archivist, editor (Minidocs, Teasers, Trailers, Sizzle Reels, BTS movies), Camera department (music videos, ALL FOR ONE, PRANKS, THE CATCHER IN THE RYE, NEXUS, FEVER, STRAY BULLETS, DEPRAVED), Assistant Director (THE RANGER), Producer (music videos, DARLING, LIKE ME, MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND, SIZE UP), foley artist (TALES FROM BEYOND THE PALE), and writer/director (THE EGG AND THE HATCHET, MISS MILLIE, CRUMB CATCHER). Interview and Edit by Larry Fessenden.
Glass Eye Pix is the fierce independent NYC-based production outfit headed by award-winning art-horror auteur Larry Fessenden with the mission of supporting individual voices in the arts. Read more...
