Tag Archives: Larry Fessenden

Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SGA-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, Blackout being covered here wouldn’t exist. It’s my favorite time of year! No, not Halloween or Christmas. My other favorite time! It’s Fantasia International Film Festival time! And …

When Chad Crawford Kinkle’s sleeper hit, Jug Face, was released in 2013, it was met by the indie horror community with quiet appreciation. The tale of a pregnant teen, her pagan village, and the entity that keeps them all alive is full of rage, desperation, and mud. And it’s 10 …

A new poster was released for a new horror film from Yellow Veil Pictures and director Larry Fessenden: Blackout. The film stars Addison Timlin (Like Me), James LeGros (The Mosquito Coast – TV Series), and Kevin Corrigan (Meet Cute). Blackout Synopsis The film follows a fine-arts painter convinced he is …

Summoners will be making its world premiere at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival. The film was written and directed by Terence Krey and Christine Nyland (who also stars) – the filmmaking duo behind genre hits such as the Shudder original An Unquiet Grave and Distress Signals. Along with Christine Nyland, the film …

Eleven directors collaborate for nine tales of Isolation at its scariest. Inspired by the isolation brought about by COVID quarantine protocols, the talent behind the cameras got creative about how to keep working. Independent horror royalty Larry Fessenden (Jakob’s Wife) is included in a roster of directors with impressive horror …

Isolation (2021) is a horror anthology film set in a fictional world in the future but is based around the current global pandemic. This film looks amazing! Let’s find out more about it, watch the trailer and find out when we can watch it! From the press release: As a …

Coming Soon to Digital from Kamikaze Dogfight, Gravitas Ventures, and director Christian Nilsson (Unsubscribe) is a new thriller called Dashcam. The film stars Erich Tabach (Dead Sound), Depraved’s Larry Fessenden (read our interview with him here), Zachary Booth (The Beaver), Scott Aiello (Killer Among Us), and Noa Fisher (Uncut Gems). …

RLJE Films will be releasing Jakob’s Wife (read our SXSW review – HERE) this July! The film was directed by Travis Stevens (Girl on the Third Floor) and he co-wrote the film with Mark Steensland and Kathy Charles. Jakob’s Wife stars Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, You’re Next – read our interview …

Being a long-time fan of Ralph Bakshi, a subversive and controversial animation director known for using the technique of rotoscoping, I had high hopes for the SXSW 2021 screening of The Spine of Night, his new animated film. When I heard it had a similar dark science fantasy tone to …

Dementer (read our review here), the latest film from Jug Face filmmaker Chad Crawford Kinkle (read our interview with him here), really took me by surprise. I went into it mostly blind as the only thing I knew was that he had cast his sister, who has Down Syndrome, in it. …