Nov 26 2008
Bringing drama to the diorama: Creepy Christmas
Okay, so I know that Turkey Day hasn’t even officially hit yet, but I might as well join the Wal-K-Star-Mc-Marts of the world and start Santa-slinging before Thanksgiving indigestion has even settled in.
New York-based indie horror auteur Larry Fessenden (helmer of such acclaimed pics as the vampire allegory Habit, the criminally-underseen snowbound suspenser The Last Winter, and the coming-of-age monster movie Wendigo) is teaming up with his artist wife Beck Underwood to launch Creepy Christmas.
Creepy Christmas is a website that will present a series of short films by Fessenden and other indie fright directors like J.T. Petty and Glenn McQuaid. The shorts are supposed to be inspired by elements from the 2008 Creepy Christmas Advent Calendar, Underwood’s 12-month pastiche of surreal and wicked imagery that allows you to peer into the secret, unsettling world hidden behind the doors and windows of traditional Christmas dioramas.
The site should go live with its first film on December 1st.
You can visit the Creepy Christmas website here. Also, Fessenden’s production company Glass Eye Pix is worth a look, if you’d like to find out what he’s all about, or update yourself of his current goings-on.
