This fall, Scream Factory's celebrating the Halloween season indie style with their Blu-ray release of The Larry Fessenden Collection, featuring four of Fessenden's films: No Telling, Habit, Wendigo and The Last Winter. Ahead of the collection's October 20th debut, Scream Factory's revealed the release's impressive list of bonus features, along with another look at the cover art:
Press Release: Award-winning filmmaker Larry Fessenden has become an indie horror legend with his idiosyncratic, genre-bending films. As a writer, producer, director and actor, Fessenden’s oeuvre has developed a passionate fan base who applaud his realistic, character-driven horror stories. Fessenden’s films often examine the disintegration of civilization and humanity, provoking terror in the viewer through psychological dread, not gratuitous gore.
Scream Factory, in conjunction with IFC Midnight, will bring together four critically-acclaimed films by this multi-talented filmmaker with the release of the four disc The Larry Fessenden Collection on Blu-ray on October 20th, 2015. Marking the first time these films have been available on Blu-ray, The Larry Fessenden Collection includes No Telling, Habit, Wendigo and The Last Winter and features new, director-supervised HD transfers. The first three hundred fans who pre-order their copies from ShoutFactory.com will have their slipcase signed by Larry Fessenden.
The most complete retrospective of the filmmaker’s work to date, the set also boasts a bevy of bonus content, including a 24 page booklet with liner notes by Fangoria’s Michael Gingold that includes never-before-seen photos; storyboards and sketches; new audio commentaries with Larry Fessenden, Patricia Clarkson, Jake Weber and John Speredakos; a new interview with Larry Fessenden; making-of featurettes for No Telling, Habitand The Last Winter; Fessenden’s short films, including the rarities White Trash and Santa Claws; Fessenden’s music videos Save You from Yourself, Frankenstein Cannot beStopped and Tired of Killing Myself; the feature-length documentary The Making of ‘The Last Winter’; behind the scenes featuettes; archival footage and much more.
Films in The Larry Fessenden Collection
No Telling (1991): An organic-farming advocate meets a woman whose husband does weird limb transplant experiments with animals.
Habit (1995) A down-on-his-luck New York bohemian meets a mysterious women at a Halloween party, believing she might be a vampire.
Wendigo (2001): A family vacationing in the country are terrorized by the ferocious spirit of the Wendigo, a Native American myth made manifest in their son’s imagination.
The Last Winter (2006): Strange events begin to plague a crew sent to evaluate the environmental impact of oil drilling in the Arctic.
Stars: Connie Britton, Ron Perlman , Larry Fessenden, Meredith Snaider, Miriam Healy-Louie, Patricia Clarkson, Jake Weber, Erik Per Sullivan, James Le Gros
The Larry Fessenden Collection Bonus Features:
- 24-Page Booklet with liner notes by Fangoria’s Michael Gingold, featuring never-before-seen photos, storyboards and sketches.
No Telling
- NEW director-approved HD Transfer
- NEW audio commentary with writer/director/executive producer Larry Fessenden
- Making of No Telling (1991)
- Archival footage (1990)
- Short Film White Trash (1979) with new music by composer Will Bates
- Glass Eye Pix Sizzle Reel (1985-1990)
Habit
- NEW director-approved HD Transfer
- NEW audio commentary with actor/director/writer/editor Larry Fessenden
- The Making of Habit featurette (1995)
- Short film Habit (1981) (20 minutes)
- The Making of short film Habit (1981)
- Save You from Yourself music video
- Theatrical trailer
- Short film N is for Nexus, from Magnet Releasing’s The ABCs of Death 2
- The Making of N is for Nexus
- Frankenstein Cannot Be Stopped music video
Wendigo
- NEW director-approved HD Transfer
- NEW audio commentary with writer/director/editor Larry Fessenden
- NEW audio commentary with actors Patricia Clarkson, Jake Weber and John Speredakos
- Search for the Wendigo – Behind the Scenes featurette (2001)
- Interview with Larry Fessenden (2001)
- WENDIGO: animated series trailer
- Short Film Santa Claws (2008)
- Theatrical trailer
- Glass Eye Pix Sizzle Reel (2010)
The Last Winter
- Audio commentary with co-writer/director/producer/editor Larry Fessenden
- The Making of “The Last Winter” – full-length documentary featuring deleted scenes
- Archival footage (2005)
- Short film Jebediah
- Short film Origins
- Short film Mister
- Tired of Killing Myself music video
- NEW 2015 interview with Larry Fessenden
- Glass Eye Pix Sizzle Reel (2014)
Shout! Factory will continue to present the on-going SCREAM FACTORY™ home entertainment series in 2015 with specific release dates, extras and key art. Meanwhile, fans are encouraged to visit Shout! Factory’s website (www.ShoutFactory.com) follow them on Facebook (www.facebook.com/ScreamFactoryDVD) and Twitter (@Scream_Factory) or to view exclusive video content on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/user/ScreamFactoryTV/Home).
About IFC MIDNIGHT
Established in 2010 and based in New York City, IFC Midnight is a leading U.S. distributor of genre entertainment including horror, science-fiction, thrillers, erotic art house, action and more. Some of the company’s previous successes have included Jennifer Kent's critically acclaimed THE BABADOOK; Adam MacDonald’s wilderness thriller BACKCOUNTRY; Ben Wheatley’s unconventional hitman thriller KILL LIST; Rodney Ascher’s acclaimed documentary ROOM 237; Franck Khalfoun’s slasher movie MANIAC and Vincenzo Natali’s HAUNTER. IFC Midnight is a sister label to Sundance Selects and IFC Films, and is owned and operated by AMC Networks Inc. Visit IFCMidnight.com
About Shout! Factory
Shout! Factory, LLC is a diversified multi-platform entertainment company devoted to producing, uncovering, preserving and revitalizing the very best of pop culture. Founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos have spent their entire careers sharing their music, television and film favorites with discerning consumers the world over. Shout! Factory’s entertainment offerings serve up feature films, classic and contemporary TV series, animation, live music and comedy specials. Shout’s audio division boasts GRAMMY®-nominated box sets, new releases from storied artists, lovingly assembled album reissues and indispensable “best of” compilations. In addition, Shout! Factory maintains a vast digital distribution network which delivers video and audio content to all the leading digital service providers in North America. Shout! Factory also owns and operates Shout! Factory TV, Scream Factory, Westchester Films, Timeless Media Group, Biograph Records, Majordomo Records, HighTone Records and Video Time Machine. These riches are the result of a creative acquisition mandate that has established the company as a hotbed of cultural preservation and commercial reinvention. Shout! Factory is based in Santa Monica, California. For more on Shout! Factory, visit www.shoutfactory.com
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