The great Larry Fessenden returns with another genre epic in Trauma Or, Monsters All, which gets a new trailer today ahead of a limited theatrical and wide VOD release next month:
Trauma Or, Monsters All will be released in theaters November 4 via Dark Sky Films, with an opening at the IFC Center in New York, followed by a Los Angeles opening at Lumiere Music Hall and additional markets. A VOD release follows on November 24.
Produced by Fessenden's Glass Eye Pix, the film serves as the culmination of Fessenden's decades-long reinterpretation of the classic Universal monsters, bringing together the vampire, Frankenstein's monster, and the werewolf from his acclaimed films Habit, Depraved, and Blackout into one haunting contemporary story. Sort of like The Avengers, but way gorier.
Starring Laëtitia Hollard (The Pitt), in Trauma Or, Monsters All, visiting writer Cassandra arrives in the quiet upstate town of Talbot Falls to research a book on George Washington Carver while working at the local library alongside her new friend Agnes (Aitana Doyle):
After Cassandra publishes an article exposing the town's unsettling past, buried secrets begin to surface as a werewolf, vampire, and Frankenstein creation emerge from the shadows, forcing the community to confront generations of fear, guilt, and suppressed trauma. Blending gothic horror, social commentary, and deeply human storytelling, Fessenden delivers an ambitious monster epic unlike anything else in contemporary genre cinema.
Also starring are Addison Timlin, Alex Hurt, Alex Breaux, Larry Fessenden, John Speredakos, Marc Senter, Micheál Neeson, Joshua Leonard, Fango fave Barbara Crampton, James Le Gros, with appearances by Emily Bennett and Adams Family matriarch Toby Poser, alongside a host of returning Glass Eye Pix collaborators.
Here's what Fessenden has to say about reteaming up with Dark Sky Films, following a decades long collaborative history that includes Ti West's The House of the Devil and The Innkeepers among many other genre titles, again:
“I've spent my career reimagining classic monsters because they reveal something deeply human about us. TRAUMA OR, MONSTERS ALL brings those stories together into one film about memory, identity, and the wounds we carry. I'm grateful to reunite with Dark Sky Films, whose support of independent horror has made them the perfect home for this project.”
Leading up to the November 4 release of Trauma Or, Monsters All, IFC Center will present OPTIC NERVE: A Tribute to Glass Eye Pix starting October 28. In honor of the 40th anniversary of Glass Eye Pix and the upcoming release of Trauma Or, Monsters All, the IFC Center will present a seven-film retrospective spanning highlights from Fessenden's remarkable, multifaceted career.
Find out more about OPTIC NERVE: A Tribute to Glass Eye Pix right here, and make sure to catch Trauma Or, Monsters All either in theaters or VOD next month.
