For Halloween, we've put together a list of horror films that have been produced in the Hudson Valley region. It's evident from the list below that producer, director, actor Larry Fessenden has had a hand in most of the films. See asterisk for more. We've included links for most of the films and will add several new productions shortly since horror film productions are so popular.
Bitter Feast (2010)
Directed by Joe Maggio
Featuring James LeGros and Joshua Leonard
*Larry Fessenden is credited as a producer and actor
A celebrity chef exacts revenge on a food blogger who torpedoes his career. A celebrity chef exacts revenge on a food blogger who torpedoes his career.
Blackout (2023)
Directed by Larry Fessenden
Featuring Marshall Bell, Michael Buscemi, Kevin Corrigan, Rigo Garay, Jeremy Holm, James Le Gros, Steve Heller
*Larry Fessenden is credited as a producer and actor
A Fine Arts painter is convinced that he is a werewolf wreaking havoc on a small American town under the full moon.
Crumb Catcher (2023)
Directed by Chris Skotchdopole
Featuring Rigo Garay, Ella Rae Peck, John Speredakos, Lorraine Farris
*Larry Fessenden is credited as a producer and writer (story)
A newlywed couple is held captive in a remote lake house by a maniacally optimistic inventor and his sour wife who are desperate to finance his dream project with a half-baked blackmail plot.
The Dead Don't Die (2019)
Directed by Jim Jarmusch
Featuring Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Chloe Sevigny, Steve Buscemi, Tom Waits Iggy Pop, Danny Glover, Carol Kane, Caleb Landry Jones, RZA, Larry Fessenden, and many more.
The peaceful town of Centerville finds itself battling a zombie horde as the dead start rising from their graves.
A Deadly Legend (2020)
Directed by Pamela Moriarty
Featuring Lori Petty, Corbin Bernsen, Judd Hirsch
A construction crew fights for survival after unearthing a cursed megalith.
Depraved (2019)
Directed and written by Larry Fessenden
Featuring David Call, Joshua Leonard and Alex Breaux
*Larry Fessenden is also credited as a producer and actor
A disillusioned field surgeon suffering from PTSD makes a man out of body parts and brings him to life in a Brooklyn loft.
It Comes at Night (2017)
Directed by Trey Edward Shults
Featuring Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Riley Keough
After a mysterious apocalypse leaves the world with few survivors, two families are forced to share a home in an uneasy alliance to keep the outside evil at bay -- only to learn that the true horror may come from within.
Jack Goes Home (2016)
Directed by Thomas Dekker
Featuring Rory Culkin, Natasha Lyonne
After his father dies in a car crash, a man returns home to care for his injured mother and slowly begins to question his own childhood memories.
Late Phases a/k/a Night of the Lone Wolf (2014)
Directed by Adrián García Bogliano
Featuring Nick Damici, Ethan Embry, Lance Guest
*Larry Fessenden is credited as a producer and actor
A secluded retirement community is plagued by mysterious and deadly attacks until a grizzled war veteran moves in, rallies the residents, and discovers a beast is behind the killings.
New Me (2022)
Directed by Anurag Rudra
Featuring Emma Dumont, Molly Burnett, Audrey Bennett
A young mother, desperate to understand why she struggles to emotionally connect with her baby and husband, returns to her roots where reliving past traumas her memory has blocked allows her to become the artist, mother and lover she's always wanted to be. BUT at a terribly haunting price.
Old Man (2022)
Directed by Lucky McKee
Featuring Stephen Lang and Marc Senter
When a lost hiker stumbles upon an erratic old man living in the woods, he could never have imagined the nightmare that awaits.
The Ranger (2019)
Directed by Jennifer Wexler
Featuring Chloe Levine, Jeremy Holm
*Larry Fessenden is credited as a producer and actor
Teen punks, on the run from the cops and hiding out in the woods, come up against the local authority - an unhinged park ranger with an axe to grind.
Scare Me (2020)
Directed by Josh Ruben
Featuring Josh Ruben, Aya Cash, Chris Redd, Lauren Sick
During a power outage, two strangers tell scary stories. The more Fred and Fanny commit to their tales, the more the stories come to life in their Catskills cabin. The horrors of reality manifest when Fred confronts his ultimate fear.
Slapface (2021)
Directed by Jeremiah Kipp
Featuring August Maturo, Mike Manning, Libe Barer, Dan Hedaya
A boy deals with the loss of his mother by creating a dangerous relationship with a monster rumored to live in the woods.
Stake Land (2010)
Directed by Jim Mickle
Featuring Nick Damici, Connor Paolo, Danielle Harris and Kelly McGillis.
*Larry Fessenden is also credited as a producer and actor
When a pandemic of vampirism strikes, humans find themselves on the run from vicious, feral beasts.
Ten: Murder Island (2017)
Directed by Chris Robert Riegel
Featuring Dylan Arnold, Meg Cashel, Raquel Castro, Rome Flynn
A group of kids travel to an abandoned island for a party only to discover that they are being stalked and hunted down by a dangerous predator.
Trick (2019)
Directed by Patrick Lussier
Starring Jamie Kennedy and Omar Epps.
A slasher film that follow a no-nonsense detective who tries to track down a mass murderer named Trick.
We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (2021)
Directed by Jane Schoenbrun
Featuring Theo Anthony, Anna Cobb, Holly Anne Frink
Alone in her attic bedroom, teenager Casey becomes immersed in an online role-playing horror game, wherein she begins to document the changes that may or may not be happening to her.
We Are What We Are (2013)
Directed by Jim Mickle
Featuring Bill Sage, Julia Garner, Ambyr Childers, Kelly McGillis
*Larry Fessenden is also credited an actor
The Parkers, reclusive people who cling to ancient customs, find their secret lives threatened when a torrential downpour and the death of the family matriarch forces daughters Iris and Rose to assume special responsibilities.
Wendigo (2001)
Directed and written by Larry Fessenden
Featuring Patricia Clarkson, Jake Weber, Erik Per Sullivan
Kim, George and their 8-year-old son, Miles, are city dwellers stealing a weekend away at a friend's country farmhouse. But a fluke accident sets off a chain of events that alters their lives forever and conjures up the ferocious spirit of the Wendigo, a Native American myth made manifest in Miles' imagination.
Werewolves Within (2021)
Directed by Josh Ruben
Featuring Sam Richardson, Milana Vayntrub, Michael Chernus, Harvey Guillén
A snowstorm traps town residents together inside the local inn, where newly arrived forest ranger Finn and postal worker Cecily must try to keep the peace and uncover the truth behind a mysterious creature that has begun terrorizing the community.
