Fessenden
Americannoun
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The script by Blair Butler and Gary Dauberman is based on a PlayStation game written by filmmakers Larry Fessenden and Graham Reznick, who took inspiration from movies like “Evil Dead” and “Poltergeist.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2025
Externally, Fessenden delivers some old-fashioned verve to Charley’s handful of transformations: punchy editing, harsh sound, freaky practical effects and Hurt’s physical, raging-drunk abandon under garish mask work.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2024
The corner of 44th and Fessenden streets in Northwest Washington is home to the artistry of Friendship Heights.
From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2022
But Larry Fessenden, who starred and directed in one of the best vampire movies of the 1990s, the intimate New York indie “Habit,” sees new opportunities for horror.
From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2021
It was the first ever wireless broadcast of a piece of recorded music: ‘Ombra mai fu\ Handel’s ‘Largo’, transmitted by an intrepid radio pioneer named Reginald Fessenden.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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