Meredith Snaider and Fessenden in HABIT.
February 10, 2023
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Buzzfeed: STAKE LAND featured on Post-Apocalyptic Movies For Fans Of HBO’s “The Last Of Us”
13. STAKE LAND: Doing for the vampire genre what The Walking Dead did for the zombie genre, Stake Land also has the older mentor/young companion dynamic of The Last of Us with a similar bleakness and shock factor. Moreover, Stake Land is bolstered by astounding cinematography, inspired direction, and extraordinary performances, especially by the dynamic duo of Connor Paolo and Nick Damici.
GEP Pal Jeremy Gardner’s zombie flick
THE BATTERY also made it on the list.
February 9, 2023
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Listen to Fessenden on a new episode of the PETRIFIED Podcast, titled “Cold Reading”
Featuring the voice talents of Larry Fessenden, Deborah Wiseman
and Georgina McKevitt.
Written & directed by Peter Dunne. Produced and
sound design by Liam Geraghty
Available on your favorite Podcast service.
LISTEN NOW!
February 7, 2023
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GEP Pal Chadd Harbold lands Head of Production at Russ Posternak’s Post Film
EXCLUSIVE: Indie director-producer Chadd Harbold has been appointed as Head of Production at Post Film, the burgeoning independent film production and finance company led by Russ Posternak.
Harbold’s new role will have him overseeing all aspects of production for the company’s upcoming slate of films, while developing new projects for it to produce and/or finance.
February 6, 2023
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GEP Alumn Jenn Wexler to direct Sci-Fi Thriller ‘RACHEL’
A Deadline Exclusive:
Hannah John-Kamen and Theo Rossi are set to star in the sci-fi thriller Rachel, which Highland Film Group is launching for next week’s EFM.
Directed by Jenn Wexler, who made her directorial debut with the SXSW horror film The Ranger and is completing post production on The Sacrifice Game starring Mena Massoud and Olivia Scott Welch, and is written by playwright Vincent Delaney.
February 2, 2023
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Variety announces Yellow Veil & Glass Eye Pix pairing for BLACKOUT
Yellow Veil Pictures Boards World Sales Rights
on Larry Fessenden’s Werewolf Horror Film ‘Blackout,’
Drops Teaser Poster (EXCLUSIVE)
by Julia MacCarey
Yellow Veil Pictures announced it has boarded world sales on Larry Fessenden’s upcoming horror film “Blackout,” and also released the film’s first teaser poster. The film, which is currently in post-production, will begin the festival circuit later in 2023 after finishing its photography in Hudson Valley, New York this past fall.
“Blackout” depicts a painter who, convinced he is a werewolf, creates chaos in a small town at each full moon.
The horror film joins Fessenden’s own “monsterverse,” with the New York-based actor and filmmaker’s vampire-themed breakout feature “Habit” (1995) and Frankenstein-inspired “Depraved” (2019).
“Blackout” is the second partnership between Yellow Veil Pictures, a New York City and Los Angeles-based film sales and distribution company, and Glass Eye Pix, an American independent film studio Fessenden founded where he serves as CEO. The two joined forces on world sales for “Depraved,” which was released by IFC Midnight in the United States.
“I am interested in finding new truths in the classic monster tropes of my youth. The essence of each creature dictates the milieu of the film, and of course, the werewolf is both out of control and regretful so that duality shaped my story,” said Fessenden in a statement. “I am excited to work with Yellow Veil again, they understand my filmmaking and have been fierce advocates.”
The “Blackout” cast features Alex Hurt (“She Said,” “Foxhole”), Addison Timlin (“Little Sister,” “Like Me”), Motell Gyn Foster (“Marriage Story,” “Foxhole”), Joseph Castillo-Midyett (“Equalizer,” “Death Saved My Life”), Ella Rae Peck (“Crumb Catcher”), Rigo Garay (“Crumb Catcher”), John Speredakos (“Wendigo,” “I Sell The Dead”), Michael Buscemi (“Habit,” “BlacKkKlansman”), Jeremy Holm (“The Ranger,” “Brooklyn 45”), Joe Swanberg (“You’re Next,” “Offseason”), Barbara Crampton (“You’re Next,” “Jakob’s Wife”), James Le Gros (“Bitter Feast,” “The Last Winter”) and Marshall Bell (“Total Recall,” “Stand By Me”).
Fessenden, along with long-time collaborator James Felix McKenney and Chris Ingvordsen, produced the film, with Gaby Leyne serving as co-producer.
Yellow Veil Pictures will present buyers with the first footage of “Blackout” at the European Film Market later in February. Check out the teaser poster for the film below.
February 1, 2023
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FOXHOLE on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome and Yellow Veil Pictures: Pre-Order Now!
Jack Fessenden’s FOXHOLE arrives on Blu Ray
from Vinegar Syndrome and Yellow Veil Pictures
pre-order now!
January 31, 2023
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Dread Central: THE LAST WINTER “Still Serves as a Chilling Warning”
From Dread Central: In the years since Larry Fessenden’s eco-horror cautionary tale The Last Winter was released in 2006, there may be more cause for alarm now that global warming has become a larger threat. This January has been the warmest on record for eight countries across Europe that have all experienced record-breaking heat. Maybe that’s an anomaly, or maybe Mother Earth is trying to tell us something. Fessenden’s anti-corporate genre film rails against Big Oil and its environmental message is clear. But it’s also an incredibly well-acted, self-contained bit of horror that uses its icy setting to reveal the darkest aspects of human nature.
January 31, 2023
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Bloodfest Podcast – A Habit of Depravity: A Conversation With Larry Fessenden
From Bloodfest:
This week Nate had to be heavily medicated so he wouldn’t have a breakdown meeting one of his heroes. The Bloodfest gang somehow tricked the great Larry Fessenden into sitting down with us for a conversation. He filled us in on his upcoming film, Blackout, which is his werewolf movie. We talked about him making his own version of the Universal Monsters Universe and how that fits into his career. Larry talked about recreating the Jaws boat, The Orca, and trying to have it attacked by a paper mache shark, then showed us his toys. We talked about the struggles of independent film making, how financing is still a problem for him and what comes next.
He told us about working with Martin Scorsese. We talked about his mentorship of Ti West and Kelly Reichardt. He discussed having The Last Winter entered into the permanent collection of the MoMA and the awards he has won. The conversation was far reaching and revelatory. Larry is a funny, intelligent, kind man as well as being a giant in horror.
Watch the interview on YOUTUBE
January 30, 2023
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Start your Love ADVENTure with GEP: Order your Fortnight Of Love Calendar TODAY!
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, order your Fortnight of Love Advent Calendar TODAY!
This year countdown to Valentine’s Day with 14 nights of love and romance in this naughty peekaboo calendar! You will be feeling the love each day as you open a die cut window displaying a couple engaged in amour.
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