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LAFF ’10: Must-Read Interview with ‘Bitter Feast’ Indie Producer Larry Fessenden!
Get your check list out, quick: The Innkeepers, Hyopthermia, Stake Land, Satan Hates You, The House of the Devil, I Sell the Dead, The Last Winter, The Roost, Zombie Honeymoon,” and dozens more. Director/writer/producer/editor/cinematographer Larry Fessenden is one of the premier names in horror, especially when it comes to the indie scene. The man has given so many up-and-coming filmmakers their break, and continues to push forward outside of the Hollywood box. This coming weekend his latest endeavor, Bitter Feast, will premiere at the LA Film Festival. It follows a New York Chef and TV cooking personality who takes culinary revenge on the food critic who recently savaged his restaurant in a review. To gear up for the showings, we conducted an exclusive interview with Fessenden that I consider to be a must-read. Get on it now and watch for release details from Dark Sky Films soon.
A hospital stay grows more nerve-frazzling when memory loss distorts reality in our exclusive clip from This Tempting Madness, inspired by a true story.
The mind-bending psychological thriller will be released in select theaters and on demand on June 12 via Vertical.
Simone Ashley (“Bridgerton”) stars as Mia, who awakens from a coma, grievously injured, her memory fractured. As she puts the pieces of her past together, she starts to question her own actions and her perception of reality.
In This Tempting Madness, “Mia awakens from a coma grievously injured, her memory fractured. As she puts the pieces of her past together, she starts to question her own actions, and her perception of reality.”
Jennifer E. Montgomery makes her feature directorial debut from a script she co-wrote with director of photography Andrew Davis, inspired by Montgomery’s first-hand experience with tragedy involving her best friend.
“Months before the incident, there were signals that her world was unraveling,” says Montgomery. “I could feel the pressure building, though I didn’t know what form it would take. I never could have known what violence would come, and I certainly never imagined making a film about it.”
Austin Stowell (“NCIS: Origins”), Suraj Sharma (Happy Death Day 2U), Mojean Aria (Reminiscence), Amol Shah (“For All Mankind”), and Zenobia Shroff (“Ms. Marvel”) round out the cast.
Smoke Jumper Films and Mango Monster Productions produce in association with Catchlight Studios (Heretic, The Blackening).
This Tempting Madness is rated R for “language, violence/bloody images, and brief sexuality.”