Hear That? It's Your Radio Scaring the Crap Outta You!
Indie horror guru Larry Fessenden (Wendigo, The Last Winter) is unstoppable. His production company Glass Eye Pix has been bringing us some of the best indie horror flicks in recent years (I Sell The Dead, The House of the Devil) and now Fessenden wants to tackle old school audio theater, inspired by radio shows from the likes of Boris Karloff, Alfred Hitchcock and more. Hit the jump for full details.
From the press release:
Conceived during a fog-drenched car ride with nothing out the windshield but a horizon-less void, Larry Fessenden and Glenn McQuaid bring you audio theater inspired by the vintage radio shows of Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre, Alfred Hitchcock and Orson Welles. Tales From Beyond The Pale will be brought to you by Fessenden’s production outfit Glass Eye Pix. Tales From Beyond The Pale will delve into the twisted minds of new and established horror auteurs to present singular stories of the uncanny; stories that will chill and delight fans of the macabre.
Now here is where things get REALLY interesting. Check out this superstar lineup of genre contributors:
Douglas Buck (Cutting Moments, Sisters)
Jeff Buhler (Midnight Meat Train, Insanitarium)
Ilya Chaiken (Margarita Happy Hour, Liberty Kid)
Don Coscarelli (Phantasm, Bubba Ho-Tep)
Larry Fessenden (Wendigo, The Last Winter)
Ted Geoghegan (Sweatshop)
Sarah Langan (The Keeper, The Missing)
Joe Maggio (Bitter Feast)
James Felix McKenny (Automatons, Hypothermia)
Glenn McQuaid (I Sell the Dead))
Jim Mickle (Mulberry Street, Stake Land)
JT Petty (Soft for Digging, The Burrowers)
Graham Reznick (I Can See You, The Viewer)
Paul Solet (Grace)
Ashley Thorpe (The Hairy Hands, Scayrecrow)
Ti West (The House of the Devil, The Innkeepers)
Hosted by Larry Fessenden, each thirty-minute episode will transport the listener through sharp scripting and finely honed performances from actors familiar and new to the Glass Eye Pix stable. Also distinguishing these audio plays will be a concentration on the landscape of sound and music that can be taken for granted in the visual medium of film.
Says Fessenden: “Glenn and I wanted to celebrate the written word and the power of
sound design in approaching this project. We also found if you cut out cameras and lights, you can tell stories a lot cheaper.” Says McQuaid: “As filmmakers embarking on this project, we are letting go of our visual tricks—the imagery is suggested, not seen, and so the listener gets to paint their own picture, it's interactive.”
The accompanying website will feature an original poster for each story by Gary Pullin, the celebrated designer responsible for the look of Rue Morgue Magazine. Visitors to the site will enjoy an intro by the stop-motion animator Voltaire and will find information on all of the show’s collaborators. TALES FROM BEYOND THE PALE will be made available through the website and will be downloadable via i-tunes and Amazon individually
or as a series to be enjoyed however and whenever the listener wants: Radio plays for the digital age. Scripts are rolling in; production begins in August, and the first episodes should be available by Halloween.
For more visit www.talesfrombeyondthepale.com.
I can't wait to 'hear' it! One request guys...live stage show. Thanks.
