Larry Fessenden On His New Film “The Spine Of Night,” Upcoming Film Projects, “Jaws” & More
As world-premiered earlier this year at SXSW, The Spine Of Night is an ultra-violent, hand-rotoscoped epic fantasy inspired by the cult classic works of animators Ralph Bakshi and Frank Franzetta. The film is set in a fantasy land ripe with magic and intrigue where a dark force is unleashed sending mankind into an age of ruin. It falls on heroes from different eras and cultures to fight back, and stars Richard E. Grant (Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, Bram Stoker’s Dracula), Lucy Lawless (Ash Vs. Evil Dead, Xena: Warrior Princess), Patton Oswalt (The Secret Life Of Pets 2, Parks And Recreation), Betty Gabriel (Get Out, Upgrade) and Joe Manganiello (Justice League, True Blood). It also features Abby Savage (Orange Is The New Black), Larry Fessenden (The Dead Don’t Die, Depraved) and Rob McClure (Person Of Interest, Evil).
The aforementioned Larry Fessenden is an award-winning actor, producer, writer, director, film editor and cinematographer. Among his honors are awards from the Film Independent Spirit Awards, the Williamsburg Brooklyn Film Festival and the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards. As Fessenden has been pitching to me as an interview for at least 4 different projects in 2021, and his IMDb page currently shows 6 different in-progress film projects as an actor — in addition to other current projects as a producer — Fessenden has proven to be one of the most prolific folks in modern-day entertainment.
On December 20, 2021, I had the pleasure of speaking with Larry Fessenden via Zoom, as embedded below. More on Fessenden and The Spine Of Night can be found online here, here and here.