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IFC Midnight Set To Release Frankenstein Adaptation ‘Depraved’ This Fall

IFC Midnight announced today that it has acquired the U.S. rights to Larry Fessenden‘s modern Brooklyn-set Frankenstein adaptation, Depraved. Starring David Call (The Sinner), Joshua Leonard (The Blair Witch Project), Alex Breaux (Bushwick), Ana Kayne (Another Earth), Chloë Levine (The Transfiguration, The Ranger), and Addison Timlin (The Town That Dreaded Sundown), the film made its world premiered in March at the IFC Center’s WhatTheFest?! and can next be seen at The Overlook Film Festival in New Orleans, before making its international premiere at Sydney Film Festival next month. Fessenden, who heads the celebrated indie horror production house Glass Eye Pix, wrote the film as well as produced alongside Jenn Wexler and Chadd Harbold. Joe Swanberg, Edwin Linker, and Peter Gilbert served as executive producers for Forager Film Company and Andrew Mer was co-executive producer. No stranger to genre fans, Larry Fessenden has been a producer and actor on many break-out genre films from the past decade that have premiered at

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 14, 2019
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Movie Review: Depraved (2019)

Man ol’ Henry (David Call) came back from a tour of duty with two things; the knowledge of a field surgeon and a ragin’ case of PTSD. So what does he do with all of that swirlin’ around in his noxious noggin? Why he stitches together rando body parts and creates a walking cadaver named Adam (Alex Breaux) in his Brooklyn loft…as one would naturally do. Henry then spends his days giving his creation a well rounded education in everything from science, to music, and beyond. Soon Adam must deal not only with the stormy nature of his father and the machinations of his rival Polidori (Joshua Leonard). Obviously Depraved is legendary horror maestro Larry Fessenden’s take on the tried and true terror tale of Frankenstein, and what a take on the material it is! Rather than going the normal over-blown full on horror route, the film takes it’s time exploring the dynamic between the creator and his creation which

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DanXIII
Mar 21, 2019
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Larry Fessenden To Return To The Director’s Chair For ‘Depraved’

Legendary horror actor-director-producer Larry Fessenden is poised to make his return to the director’s chair with his Frankenstein inspired film Depraved. New details recently came to light during an interview Fessenden had with Daily Dead. Depraved, “a re-imagining of Mary Shelley’s timeless classic Frankenstein, centers on Henry, a field surgeon suffering from PTSD after combat in the Middle East, who creates a man out of body parts in a makeshift lab in Gowanus, Brooklyn. The creature he creates must navigate a strange new world and the rivalry between Henry and his conniving collaborator Polidori.” In a funny way, I want to make all the classics again,” Fessenden told the site. “I’ve made a vampire movie. I want to make a werewolf movie, but Frankenstein is one of the greatest creations of pop culture. The original version is a masterpiece, and oddly enough, it’s a story that hasn’t been done that well since. And it’s often attempted. I feel there’s a

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2018
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Director Steven Soberbergh Goes ‘Unsane’ This March- New Trailer

Imagine being locked in a mental institution against your will when in reality you are sane. That’s the premise of director Steven Soderbergh’s new film Unsane. Claire Foy, Juno Temple, Aimee Mullins, Amy Irving, Erin Wilhelmi, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, and Colin Woodell star in this horror thriller that centers on a young woman who is involuntarily committed to a mental institution, where she is confronted by her greatest fear – but is it really happening or a product of her imagination? Written and directed by Jonathan Bernstein and James Greer, Unsane will open in theaters on March 23, 2018.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 1, 2018
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Larry Fessenden’s ‘Depraved’, A Re-Imagining Of ‘Frankenstein’ Begins Production This February

Larry Fessenden, NYC’s independent horror auteur (Habit, Wendigo, The Last Winter), is set to direct Depraved, from his own script. The re-imagining of Mary Shelley’s timeless classic Frankenstein centers on Henry, a field surgeon suffering from PTSD after combat in the Middle East, who creates a man out of body parts in a makeshift lab in Gowanus, Brooklyn. The creature he creates must navigate a strange new world and the rivalry between Henry and his conniving collaborator Polidori. David Call is set to star alongside Joshua Leonard and Alex Breaux as the monster. The supporting cast has been assembled by casting directors Sig de Miguel and Stephen Vincent. The film marks a partnership between Fessenden’s long-running, award-winning company Glass Eye Pix (The House of the Devil, Stake Land) and Forager Film Company (Little Sister, Win it All), a film collective run by Joe Swanberg (Easy, Happy Christmas), Peter Gilbert (Hoop Dreams), and Edwin Linker (Golden Exits). The deal was brokered

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 30, 2018

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IFC Midnight Set To Release Frankenstein Adaptation ‘Depraved’ This Fall

IFC Midnight announced today that it has acquired the U.S. rights to Larry Fessenden‘s modern Brooklyn-set Frankenstein adaptation, Depraved. Starring David Call (The Sinner), Joshua Leonard (The Blair Witch Project), Alex Breaux (Bushwick), Ana Kayne (Another Earth), Chloë Levine (The Transfiguration, The Ranger), and Addison Timlin (The Town That Dreaded Sundown), the film made its world premiered in March at the IFC Center’s WhatTheFest?! and can next be seen at The Overlook Film Festival in New Orleans, before making its international premiere at Sydney Film Festival next month. Fessenden, who heads the celebrated indie horror production house Glass Eye Pix, wrote the film as well as produced alongside Jenn Wexler and Chadd Harbold. Joe Swanberg, Edwin Linker, and Peter Gilbert served as executive producers for Forager Film Company and Andrew Mer was co-executive producer. No stranger to genre fans, Larry Fessenden has been a producer and actor on many break-out genre films from the past decade that have premiered at

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 14, 2019
Horror Fuel

Movie Review: Depraved (2019)

Man ol’ Henry (David Call) came back from a tour of duty with two things; the knowledge of a field surgeon and a ragin’ case of PTSD. So what does he do with all of that swirlin’ around in his noxious noggin? Why he stitches together rando body parts and creates a walking cadaver named Adam (Alex Breaux) in his Brooklyn loft…as one would naturally do. Henry then spends his days giving his creation a well rounded education in everything from science, to music, and beyond. Soon Adam must deal not only with the stormy nature of his father and the machinations of his rival Polidori (Joshua Leonard). Obviously Depraved is legendary horror maestro Larry Fessenden’s take on the tried and true terror tale of Frankenstein, and what a take on the material it is! Rather than going the normal over-blown full on horror route, the film takes it’s time exploring the dynamic between the creator and his creation which

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Mar 21, 2019
Horror Fuel

Larry Fessenden To Return To The Director’s Chair For ‘Depraved’

Legendary horror actor-director-producer Larry Fessenden is poised to make his return to the director’s chair with his Frankenstein inspired film Depraved. New details recently came to light during an interview Fessenden had with Daily Dead. Depraved, “a re-imagining of Mary Shelley’s timeless classic Frankenstein, centers on Henry, a field surgeon suffering from PTSD after combat in the Middle East, who creates a man out of body parts in a makeshift lab in Gowanus, Brooklyn. The creature he creates must navigate a strange new world and the rivalry between Henry and his conniving collaborator Polidori.” In a funny way, I want to make all the classics again,” Fessenden told the site. “I’ve made a vampire movie. I want to make a werewolf movie, but Frankenstein is one of the greatest creations of pop culture. The original version is a masterpiece, and oddly enough, it’s a story that hasn’t been done that well since. And it’s often attempted. I feel there’s a

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2018
Horror Fuel

Director Steven Soberbergh Goes ‘Unsane’ This March- New Trailer

Imagine being locked in a mental institution against your will when in reality you are sane. That’s the premise of director Steven Soderbergh’s new film Unsane. Claire Foy, Juno Temple, Aimee Mullins, Amy Irving, Erin Wilhelmi, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, and Colin Woodell star in this horror thriller that centers on a young woman who is involuntarily committed to a mental institution, where she is confronted by her greatest fear – but is it really happening or a product of her imagination? Written and directed by Jonathan Bernstein and James Greer, Unsane will open in theaters on March 23, 2018.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 1, 2018
Horror Fuel

Larry Fessenden’s ‘Depraved’, A Re-Imagining Of ‘Frankenstein’ Begins Production This February

Larry Fessenden, NYC’s independent horror auteur (Habit, Wendigo, The Last Winter), is set to direct Depraved, from his own script. The re-imagining of Mary Shelley’s timeless classic Frankenstein centers on Henry, a field surgeon suffering from PTSD after combat in the Middle East, who creates a man out of body parts in a makeshift lab in Gowanus, Brooklyn. The creature he creates must navigate a strange new world and the rivalry between Henry and his conniving collaborator Polidori. David Call is set to star alongside Joshua Leonard and Alex Breaux as the monster. The supporting cast has been assembled by casting directors Sig de Miguel and Stephen Vincent. The film marks a partnership between Fessenden’s long-running, award-winning company Glass Eye Pix (The House of the Devil, Stake Land) and Forager Film Company (Little Sister, Win it All), a film collective run by Joe Swanberg (Easy, Happy Christmas), Peter Gilbert (Hoop Dreams), and Edwin Linker (Golden Exits). The deal was brokered

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 30, 2018