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Glass Eye Pix Press Releases

2009

July 2: The Los Angeles Film Festival stirs up a whole new batch of reviews for I SELL THE DEAD!

Dread Central

All Things Horrible

Geek Tyrant

Horror Movie A Day

Cinema, Very Tasty

June 25 — HOUSE OF THE DEVIL to be released by Magnolia!! Variety reports

June 24 — GLASS EYE PIX and freinds do the "step and repeat" at the Los Angeles Film Festival 2009


I SELL THE DEADl: Dom Monagham, Angus Scrimm, McQuaid, Fessenden, Ron Perlman and Brenda Cooney

June 19 — James Le Gros and Joshua Leonard, soon to be bitter rivals
in Joe Maggio's BITTER FEAST, convene at the L.A. Film Festival screening of HUMPDAY

June 11: The SATAN HATES YOU trailer is now online!

Watch It Now -- Exclusively At Fangoria!

TWITCH: SATAN HATES YOU. And You. And You Over There? Yeah, Especially You.

QUIET EARTH: Trailer for tribute to Christian scare films SATAN HATES YOU

ICONS OF FRIGHT: SATAN TRAILER!!

June 6 — Glass Eye Pix lurking in the halls of the Fangoria Convention!

Composer Jeff Grace (right) stands by while Michael Gingold interviews the troops. Fessenden with host Tony Timpone

Glass Eye directors Jim Mickle (with producer Linda Moran and writer/actor Nick Damici), James McKenney, Joe Maggio and Graham Resnick

Glass Eye clan: Brent Kunkle, Glenn McQuaid, Brahm Revel, Peter Phok, JT Petty, Eric Branco, Brandon Taylor, Beck Underwoord and Lisa Wisely.
Joe Maggio learns the hard way that horror fans are no soft sell.

Something for everyone dept:
Artist Jason Beam with Fessenden portrait
at Fango Con '09

JUNE 5—Lots of news today: Read the press release

James Le Gros (PHANTASM II, NEAR DARK, THE LAST WINTER, ZODIAC)
and Joshua Leonard (THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, HATCHET, PROM NIGHT)
join the cast of Joe Maggio's BITTER FEAST, lensing in July

Teaser posters for the upcoming slate of films to be produced by Glass Eye Pix and mpi media.

Join us at the Fangoria Weekend of Horrors Saturday June 6,
1:30PM at the Javits Center in New York City.

New SATAN HATES YOU trailer and poster! Check out the new official poster for SATAN HATES YOU! But the really big news is that the SATAN HATES YOU trailer is finally ready and waiting to premiere June 6th at FANGORIA'S WEEKEND OF HORRORS in NYC as part of the Glass Eye Pix presentation. The Glass Eye Pix panel is to take place 1:30 pm on Saturday, June 6 in Hall 1-D at the Jacob Javits Center in Manhattan. See you there!!!

MAY 26 — ANNOUNCING A BRAND NEW WAY TO ENJOY GLASS EYE PIX SCAREFLICK #3
JAMES FELIX MCKENNEY'S "AUTOMATONS"

Glass Eye Pix is very pleased to team up with Reel 13, the fabulous filmsite of PBS. James Felix McKenney's epic lo-fi super 8 black and white Robot War parable AUTOMATONS is now available for streaming and download as part of the "Exploring the Indies Series". with over an hour of extras as well!!

ALSO AVAILABLE TO VIEW—Interview with McKenney Behind the scenes featurette Interview with Angus Scrimm Camera and FX tests

I Sell the Dead at the Seattle International Film Festival Egyptian, midnight Fri., May 22. Neptune, 9:30 p.m. Mon., May 25. "That cast alone was enough to get my attention .... Dominic Monaghan narrates the tale as Arthur Blake, one-time partner in crime with veteran bodysnatcher-for-hire Willie Grimes (Larry Fessenden, looking every inch the English odd-job pug) and now on death row, spilling his story to a gregarious Irish priest (a marvelously wily Ron Perlman) as long as the whisky flows ... ... with Perlman in slyly hammy form, Fessenden in a cockney caricature and Monaghan's boyish innocence balanced by the instincts of a jaded slum survivor, this underworld buddy story has personality to spare..." read review

May 16—New artwork for I SELL THE DEAD
from Screan Media, our foreign sales team.

15 May: Fangoria celebrates its 30th Anniversary this month with a delux issue
featuring this most peculiar ad for their fabulous radio show.
Mag also features an appreciation of Ron Perlman by Fessenden.
Get off your ass and go buy a copy!

MAY 13 — MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Fessenden to appear at the Fango Fest along with Glass Eye Pix collaborators James Felix McKenney, Graham Reznick, Glenn McQuaid, Jim Mickle, Nick Damici, Brent Kunkle, Jeff Grace and Peter Phok showing trailers and teasers for upcoming releases including SATAN HATES YOU, HYPOTHERMIA, STAKE LAND, I SELL THE DEAD, I CAN SEE YOU, THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL and more! Also, catch Graham Reznick's THE VIEWER in the screening room. Details to follow.

May 11 — The News is officially out: Horror Hit, “Dead,” Set Worldwide

Times Square 9 May 2009

5 May: I SELL THE DEAD TO PLAY AT THE LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL in the DARK WAVE section: I Sell the Dead (DIRECTOR/WRITER Glenn McQuaid PRODUCERS Peter Phok, Larry Fessenden CAST Dominic Monaghan, Larry Fessenden, Angus Scrimm, Ron Perlman) - Two wily grave robbers in 18th century England get more than they bargained for when their corpses start biting back in this ghoulishly delightful comedy horror romp.

I SELL THE DEAD is a big hit at the Jeonju International Film Festival in Korea!
"Glenn McQuaid has a brutish look (like a pride fighter) but he has a child's mind!"

May 1 — The good reviews are rolling in for Ti West's THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL

"The House of the Devil is the rare scary film that does not pander to its audience...
Establishing a rigorously naturalistic mood, which director Ti West (a thinking mans horror director)
details with the precision and care of the early films of Roman Polanski."
-- Jason Zinoman, VANITY FAIR
 
"West playfully subverts the horror film genre by insidiously setting up the mood
and letting it eerily and slowly play out before slamming home with a fiendish finale.
-- Dennis Dermody, PAPER MAGAZINE

Ti West’s “The House of the Devil” is a wet dream for horror fans…The classical structure slowly builds tension before erupting into
a decisively gory finish, harkening back to a smarter and more nuanced era of spooky storytelling...
Maintains a delightfully creepy aura throughout, while also functioning equally well as a low key study of youth alienation…
West’s style culls from the vibe of late 1980s horror (and subtly sets the movie in that period), but it’s his authentic filmmaking skill
that makes “Devil” such an enthralling experience.”  
-- Eric Kohn, IndieWIRE

April 30 — Loose Lips dept: Glass Eye Leak!!

APRIL 29: Glass Eye Pix in 3 dimentions: Viewers take in Graham Reznick's new short at the Kraine Theatre in Manhattan.
Brent Kunkle cashes in. Composer Jeff Grace gives thumbs up to director Reznick and visiting Monsterpants. Neal Jonas celebrates with star Ben Dickinson (pictured with adoring fan)

OPENS TODAY 29 APRIL !!

"I CAN SEE YOU heralds a splendid new filmmaker with one eye on genre mechanics,
one eye on avant-garde conceits and a third eye for transcendental weirdness"
—The New york Times

""Ultimately opting for Brakhage over butchery, this surprising horror debut hits us where it hurts
by turning vision itself into a mind-frying source of anxiety... the sensory disorientation
climaxes in a freakout that wipes all your troubles away,
as well as anything else lying around in your head."
—The Village Voice

"without a doubt one of the most intriguing and well-crafted low-budget horror films in recent memory...
I CAN SEE YOU establishes Reznick as an exciting filmmaker who has the talent and potential
to provide a unique voice within the genre community."
—Fangoria

Critic's Choice
—New York Post

APRIL 27 - Aphasia Films grunt Neal Jonas catches a few zzzzzzz's during intense round-the-clock
efforts to finish and render Graham Reznick's 3D short THE VIEWER.

THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL Fangoria review

Big turnout at THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL premiere: producers Derek Curl and Peter Phok with Ti West, Sound designer Graham Reznick, groovy Paul, producer Roger Kass,

Glass Eye gals Brenda Cooney and Christine Spencer , Fessenden, mix maestro Tom Efinger and I SELL THE DEAD player Joel Garland; childhood pals Reznick and West

Full house, Thespians Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, and producer Peter Phok with star Jocelin Donahue

LIBERTY KID director Ilya Chaiken, LIB KID and HOUSE cinematographer Eliot Rocket and LIB KID producer Mike Ryan, Fessenden and Curl with West.

The Many Mutations of Ron Perlman: Aaron Hillis interviews Glass Eye Pal "I have nothing but good stories about Larry, but none of them come to mind right now. "

April 22

April 21 Our pal JT Petty's excellent horror western THE BURROWERS out on dvd today!! And check out the Glass Eye Pix produced prequel BLOOD RED EARTH now on FEARnet.com

April 21 Larry Fessenden Vision orrorifiche esistenziali Fessenden Profiled in Italian film annual Cinema & Generi, along with Brian DePalma, Terri Gilliam, Katherine Bigelow, and Paul Haggis. Interview by Andrea Fontana

play THE LAST WINTER drinking game!!

"Even if you didn’t give a flying fuck about the environment, the film’s message is so well handled
that world-rapers everywhere would not find themselves exasperated by the message of The Last Winter."

After bestowing upon the film an 8/10 review, The Vocabulariast at moviecynics.com links to The Last Winter drinking game

This drinking game is to be played with The Last Winter and some beer.

1 drink – every time someone dies
1 drink – every time you see a crow
1 drink – every time you see a snowmobile
1 drink – every time someone takes a drink

The Al Gore Challenge: Take a drink every time someone says something environmental sounding.

why not play a round or two on Earth Day...?

Ti West lets it all hang out in blog.spout interview with Karina Longworth

The House of the Devil Website is LIVE

Come visit for festival showtimes and the view the trailer Read advance word from Todd Brown at TWITCH "Ti West has been pretty much the unofficial wunderkind of American horror since the arrival of The Roost a few years back - the kid with all the promise who was supposed to be the guy to watch going forward. Triggerman didn’t do it for him and I doubt shooting a direct-to-video sequel to Cabin Fever is going to, either. But House of the Devil? House of the Devil just might. I had the chance to catch this one in a Berlin market screening and this is by far the best thing to come from West so far and I’d say also the very best of the recent output from Larry Fessenden’s Glass Eye Pix..." (more)

Three Dimensions of Terror THE VIEWER, a new Anaglyphic 3D short film by Graham Reznick THE VIEWER is a telepathic interrogation experienced from the perspective of a suspected murderer.  Telepathic Viewing doesn't come without a price, however;  as the suspect resists the mind-reader's tactics, the "viewing" intensity is increased... dissolving the fragile boundaries between memory, identity and reality. Glass Eye Pix enters the world of 3D cinema with THE VIEWER, which was shot using a specialized two camera rig designed by cinematographer Gordon Arkenberg.  Featuring a multi-dimensional 5.1 soundscape designed by Graham Reznick, THE VIEWER is a psychedelic feast for both the eyes and ears.  Starring Mick Lauer as "The Viewer" and Lindsay Burdge as "The Victim."  Written and directed by Graham Reznick.  THE VIEWER will be presented ahead of  I CAN SEE YOU, Graham Reznick's feature film, at the Kraine theater in NYC, beginning April 29th.  Tickets are available now through CinemaPurgatorio.com Read the article and view stills at Fangoria.com

10 April: Gotta Love Blogs Dept: HABIT makes 50 best horror movies of all time list (#43)!

43. "Habit," 1997. Chilling low budget vampire film about a young man who is either becoming a vampire or an alcoholic.
It's up to you to decide. Director, Larry Fessenden went on the direct "The Wendigo" which was nearly astriguing.

April 6 — Fango's got a nice round-up of all things Glass Eye Pix with Larry Fessenden: So Much to SEE

Happy April Fool’s Day

Some of our favorite people appear in on-line interviews today:

Ron Perlman at the Colonel's Crypt

Glenn McQuaid on FEARnet.com

Calling all New Yorkers: come join us for an evening of shorts at the famed Anthology Film Archives
featuring “The Lighthouse” by resident Glass Eye Pix Visionary Mike “the Dragon” Vinvent,
originally created for Beck Underwood's Creepy Christmas On-Line Film Festival

March 25 - Tom Laverack, Mark Ambrosino and Larry Fessenden are Just Desserts
in the studio again, putting final touches on ELBOW ROOM, due out later this year.
Check out Sojourn Records now — your newest source for fine alternative music.

I SELL THE DEAD in the news and on the screen:

Friday, March 27, 9:45 PM Wednesday, April 1, 4:45 PM Sunday, April 5, 9:30 PM

talk of an I SELL THE DEAD sequel continues at DREAD-CENTRAL.

March 30th NYC "Best of Slamdance" screening at the IFC

19 March: FANGO WEEK CONTINUES with today's WEBCAST of last week's FANGORIA RADIO show:

Debbie Rachon and Dee Snider yuck it up with guests McQuaid and Fessenden. Scoop reporter Tony Timpone takes notes.

FANGORIA CHAINSAW AWARD NOMINATIONS

Congrats to Lou Doillon for her nomination for Best supporting Actress in Douglas Buck's SISTERS (co-produced by Fessenden)

And of course good luck to our pals Ron Perlman and Doug Jones with their nominations in Guillermo Del Toro's HELLBOY II!

And a shout-out to our favorite indie movie this year, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN.

Catch all the noms here and vote for Lou!!

March 16th: Tony Timpone on the case: McQuaid reveals to Fangoria he is working on a sequel to I SELL THE DEAD entitled THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF GRIMES AND BLAKE Friday the 13th: Fessenden and Glenn McQuaid on Fangoria Radio TONIGHT at MIDNIGHT

Mumblecore Movement Picks Up Momentum – Joe Swanberg Directs Mumbly Horror "Silver Bullets" ... One sounds particularly intriguing: Swanberg is using Chekov's "The Seagull" for a "quasi-horror" film called "Silver Bullets." The cast would feature Jane Adams ("Happiness") and two influential faces in the world of indie horror, Larry Fessenden and Ti West. West, who just recently completely what was less of a pleasurable experience on "Cabin Fever 2," is an up-and-coming filmmaker who's crafted two tiny near classics in the genre with "The Roost" and "Trigger Man." Fessenden, his mentor, specializes in a low-fi horror experience that compares favorably to John Carpenter's late seventies-early eighties in his interest in horror shaped by political, social and spiritual views, and has made a nice living as a cameo expert for several friends in the indie community while also serving as producer on efforts such as "Wendy and Lucy." No word on the plot of "Silver Bullets," but it probably won't be devoid of at least a few good ideas. (read whole post) Read the original article at The New York Press.

March 11: JUST ANNOUNCED!

Saturday, April 25, 9:45 pm,
Sunday, April 26, 5:00 pm,
Wednesday, April 29, 11:00 pm,
Saturday, May 2, 11:59 pm,
AMC VILLAGE VII

MARCH 6 Check out the new Glass Eye Pix CLIPS page for all your audio visual needs!
Chock full o' trailers, interviews, behind-the-scenes exclusives and vintage Glass Eye shorts!
Stop in for updates whenever you're in the mood for some quality low-res entertainment.

J.T Petty's Blood Red Earth streaming on FEARnet.com starting Monday, March 2nd at Noon

BLOOD RED EARTH is the prequel to J.T. Petty's creature-feature THE BURROWERS, which arrives on DVD April 21, 2009. BLOOD RED EARTH was produced by Peter Phok and Larry Fessenden through Glass Eye Pix for Lionsgate and FEARnet, shot by Phil Parmett (Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN, THE DEVIL'S REJECTS, THE BURROWERS) and directed by J.T. Petty (SOFT FOR DIGGING, MIMIC 3)

I SELL THE DEAD
SCREENS IN NEW YORK CITY ONE NIGHT ONLY!!
30 MARCH at 8PM at the IFC Center
as part of The Best of Slamdance!

Fango reports

buy your tickets today!

Feb 21: James Felix McKenney oversees the shoot for the HYPOTHERMIA teaser with Glass Eye Pix regulars
Eric Branco, Brandon Taylor, Brent Kunkle, Jack Fessenden and Michael Vincent.

Glass Eye Pix in Dublin with Brenda Cooney, Glenn McQuaid, The Last Winter co-editor Shelly Westerman,
and I SELL THE DEAD producer Peter Phok and actor Ken Robertson.

15 Feb: Fessenden interviews on

Happy Valentine's Day from Glass Eye Pix: Fessenden speaks with authority on topics dear to him.
Why Using Sex Toys, Watching Porn, and Going Green Is an Easy Fit

Feb 14 - I SELL THE DEAD at the Dublin Film Festival TONIGHT!!

8 Feb: New review for I SELL THE DEAD posted “... The brightest star in the excellent cast is Fessenden, who tears into his role with the same spirit of scene-stealing minor characters. His natural chemistry with “Lord of the Rings”/”Lost” veteran Monaghan is a pleasure to experience. “... The atmosphere of the movie is what impresses most. McQuaid ... shot the film entirely in New York with some of the more rustic scenes taking place on Staten Island. However, there isn’t a moment in the movie that looks anything less than 18th century Ireland. “... The movie is a thoroughly enjoyable, dark slice of comedic fantasy horror that more than deserves to become a cult classic.” —Wade-Hahn Chan

2/3/09 — Jim Mickle on Stake Land at Dread Central

30 Jan — James Felix McKenney's SATAN HATES YOU back in the news with new images and promise of a summer festival premier! twitch bloody-disgusting shocktilyoudrop Dread Central horror-movies movienetnews quietearth visit the official site

Hammer to Nail review 1/28/09 - I SELL THE DEAD - Vampires, Zombies, and Ruffian Grave Robbers Prowl the Moors of Staten Island "...a cinematic marvel that is both an homage to classic horror films, as well as an innovative mash-up of several different horror tropes from subsequent generations. It’s all held together by the filmmaker’s true love of these genres, as well as his staggeringly impressive ability to direct tone, actors and special effects toward a singularly unique and innovative genre perspective... distinguishes McQuaid as a major new talent to watch"—Michael Ryan

Dispatch from Rotterdam: After an exhausting day of art films, it's refreshing to dip into Rotterdam's vast trove of genre movies and activate the more sophomoric parts of the brain. The best so far is Glenn McQuaid's "I Sell the Dead," a horror comedy closer in tone to "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein," than, say, "Scream." So it's a knockabout buddy comedy except the knocks come from vampires, zombies and deranged Irish ghouls. Dominic Monaghan ("Lost") plays the straight man grave robber to Larry Fessenden's cockney simpleton, and Ron Perlman is along in flashback to add an extra dollop of menace. A cult hit in the making. —R. Emmet Sweeney

January 23

I SELL THE DEAD wins two awards at the 2009 Slamdance Film Festival:

Kodak Vision Award for Best Cinematography
I SELL THE DEAD, cinematographer Richard Lopez

Special Jury Mention for Best Performance
Larry Fessenden in I SELL THE DEAD

Variety | Hollywood Reporter | indiewire | ShocktilYouDrop

Fessenden wins 5 nominations!
THE SPLATCADEMY AWARDS
DEADLANTERN.COM'S ANNUAL HORROR AWARDS - CAST YOUR VOTE HERE!

Best Film * Hellboy II: The Golden Army * Inside * Let the Right One In * Splinter * The Last Winter

Best Director * Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury, Inside * Jaume Baleguero and Paco Plaza, Rec * Larry Fessenden, The Last Winter * Toby Wilkins, Splinter * Tomas Alfredson, Let the Right One In

Best Actor * Brian Cox, Red * Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight * Joel Moore, Spiral * Michael C. Hall, Dexter * Ron Perlman, The Last Winter

Best Cinematography * Hellboy II: The Golden Army * Midnight Meat Train * Mirrors * Rogue * The Last Winter

Best Villain * Grady, Fear Itself: Skin and Bones * La Femme, Inside * Prof Monster, Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer * The Smoker, Left 4 Dead * The Joker, The Dark Knight

Vote today! Awards announced Monday February 23

21 January — Slamdance roundup: McQuaid on TV, Monaghan in a hat, Fessenden bumps into Rob Corddry and SATAN HATES YOU's Jeb Berrier

Jan 21 I SELL THE DEAD screens at Slamdance today at 1PM

Glenn McQuaid: The glaad interview

Above: McQuaid and Fessenden bid adieu to Dom; below: Kunkle and Fessenden making deals in Park City

Jan 19: Press from Slamdance

Interviews with the cast of I SELL THE DEAD
on you tube | Filmmaker Magazine | Movie Maker Magazine | MTV | MSNBC

Jan 17 - Glass Eye Pix in Park City

READ ALL ABOUT IT! I SELL THE DEAD OPENS SLAMDANCE!

THE NEW YORK POST: Dominic Monaghan: 'I'd Go Back To 'Lost' In a Heartbeat' SHOCKTILLYOUDROP.COM: EXCL: McQuaid & Fessenden Sell the Dead L.A.TIMES: Park City's Other Film Festival THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE: Horror-comedy opens Slamdance Friday PARK RECORD: Slamdance opens festival with macabre COLLIDER: Watch the Trailer and 2 Clips from the Opening Night Film of Slamdance

I SELL THE DEAD Globetrotting Festival Tour! Slamdance - 16th and 21st of January Rotterdam - 22, 25, 29, & 31st of January Dublin - 14th of Feb Glasgow - 21st of Feb San Francisco Indie Fest - Feb 5-19 Philadelphia - March 26-April 6 Amsterdam - April 15-26