Revisionist horror favorite Larry Fessenden (director of HABIT, WENDIGO and THE LAST WINTER) returned to Montreal’s just-wrapped Fantasia film festival this year with two new films from his indie-horror production company Scareflix: Ti West’s incredibly atmospheric ‘80s horror tribute HOUSE OF THE DEVIL (a smash success at Tribeca and a late but great addition to the Fantasia program; see review here) and Glenn McQuaid’s period horror-comedy tribute to British ‘60s/’70s horror classics, I SELL THE DEAD (another Fango rave; see here; I SELL THE DEAD goes into limited theatrical release this Friday and is concurrently available as a video-on-demand from IFC Films).

Fessenden was on hand with co-producer Peter Phok and first-time feature director Glenn McQuaid for their award-winning I SELL THE DEAD, a one-of-a-kind dark adventure film depicting the daily lives and supernatural woes of two lowlife body-snatchers, played by Fessenden himself and Dominic Monaghan of LORD OF THE RINGS fame.
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We’ve just updated the gallery with photos of Dom at the I Sell the Dead screening at the LA Film Festival on June 24th. Click here to view them all. Enjoy!

18th century justice has finally caught up to grave robbers Arthur Blake and Willie Grimes. With the specter of the guillotine looming over him, young Blake confides in visiting clergyman Father Duffy, recounting fifteen years of adventure in the resurrection trade. His tale leads from humble beginnings as a young boy stealing trinkets from corpses, to a partnership with seasoned ghoul Willie Grimes as they hunt creatures unwilling to accept their place in the ground. The colorful and peculiar history of Grimes and Blake is one filled with adventure, horror, and vicious rivalries that threaten to put all involved in the very graves they’re trying to pilfer.

Bloody Disgusting: You are part of the Scareflix team, did the film develop within that group or was this something you brought to them?

Glenn McQuaid: It was based on a short film I did six years, which I wrote and directed, called The Resurrection Apprentice. And I met Larry Fessenden and asked him to be on the project. He didn’t produce it, he just the lead actor on it. And that was the start of my collaborations with Larry, as a director to his acting. I also performed visual effects for Ti West on his film the Roost, and some of the other guys, like James McKenney, the whole Glass Eye troupe of filmmakers. And I was just sort of helping them out, either with visual effects or title sequences. But I just always wanted to get a feature film off the ground, especially through Glass Eye because I think Larry just brings out something special in the filmmakers he works with. So I basically just twisted Larry’s arm and made him produce the movie.
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Film and television star Dominic Monaghan opened up to ET at Comic-Con in San Diego about his new show “Flash Forward” — and the star also revealed some extreme measures he has had to take to maintain his privacy.

The “Lost” and ‘Lord of The Rings’ star tells ET that although he is grateful for his fans and their support, sometimes when he is in a hurry he has to disguise himself.

“I unfortunately have to get to places on schedule, I don’t do a huge amount of stopping,” he says. “I wear little disguises so I don’t get stopped, but it’s good to feel the love, and good to know people are supportive of projects that I’m involved with. I love coming down to Comic-Con.”

Dominic tells ET what he would like to be able to see about his own future.

“I’d like to meet my kids, see how they’re doing,” he says. “I’d like to know I did all the things that I wanted to do with my folks.”

“Flash Forward” premieres September 24 on ABC.

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Screencaps of Dom’s performance in episode 1.21 are were added last week. Enjoy the new additions!