Rue-Morgue chats with GEP pal James Felix McKenney (HYPOTHERMIA, SATAN HATES YOU) on Glass Eye Pix, AUTOMATONS at MoMA and the making of his newest sci-fi feature, WRACK, available on Blu-Ray and VOD tomorrow!

From RUE MORGUE: Multi-faceted film director, comic book author, and toy craftsman James Felix McKenney began auspiciously as part of the talented outfit at Larry Fessenden’s Glass Eye Pix, lending his ingenuity to a variety of low-budget horror and sci-fi projects. His early features, the eccentric supernatural film The Off Season (2004), and blood-soaked satire Canniballistic! (2002), heralded a talent with his sights set on idiosyncratic and biting work in the genre.

Read Full Interview HERE

THAT’S FAR ENOUGH came out of plague isolation and a crucial long distance connection
between Robert O. Leaver (Birdthrower, This Wilderness)
and Phil Puleo (Swans, Cop Shoot Cop, The Children…)

THE DEEP END, a 16mm short thriller directed by Jack Fessenden (FOXHOLE, STRAY BULLETS) will premiere at The Woodstock Film Festival 2022. Starring Annabel Asher, Cody Kostro, Matthew James Ballinger, Garrett Forster & Roger Peltzman.

A piano tuner gets caught up in a botched home invasion.

As part of the FIGHT OR FLIGHT block.
Friday, September 30, 2022 8:45 PM EDT
Woodstock Community Center

See Full Festival Lineup HERE

SUMMONERS, directed by Terence Krey to premiere at the
The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival. Starring Christine Nyland,
 McLean Peterson and Fessenden.

From BHFF: Former witch Jessica Whitman hasn’t casted a spell in almost ten years. When her childhood friend Alana Wheeler desperately seeks her help in performing a dark spell, Jessica is plunged back into a world of witchcraft more dangerous and powerful than ever before. Terence Krey and Christine Nyland, the filmmaking team behind 2020’s indie gem AN UNQUIET GRAVE, followed their witchy hearts with this deeply humanistic chiller co-starring indie icon Larry Fessenden. 

See Full Lineup HERE

Leon Vitali, an actor and filmworker
for the late Stanley Kubrick.

Leon Vitali performs alongside Barbara Crampton in COLD READING,
live at the Tales From Beyond The Pale: Stanley Edition, Colorado 2015.

From Buzzfeed:

#1 MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND; This unnerving Glass Eye Pix production following an illegal immigrant (writer/director Ana Asensio) who accepts a mysterious and clandestine opportunity to make money quick in New York City garnered high praise from critics with a 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, but has been largely unseen to wider audiences due to its limited release from Orion Pictures and Samuel Goldwyn themes.

See Full List HERE

TBT: 1993, GEP collaborator Kelly Reichardt and Fessenden
on set of RIVER OF GRASS.

Join Chronogram and the Woodstock Film Festival for conversation and networking with directors, producers, actors, casting directors, and other members of the Hudson Valley film and TV community. 

Panelists include Fessenden, GEP pal Joshua Leonard (DEPRAVED, BITTER FEAST) and more!

The Fuller Building
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Get your tix HERE!