Depraved Blu ray release party with Larry Fessenden and more!

Forbidden Planet is starting the year off as creepy as possible. Join us on Thursday January 30th from 6 to 8 PM to celebrate the blu ray release of IFC Midnight’s Depraved, a twisted update on the classic Frankenstein tale. Meet director/writer Larry Fessenden, founder of New York’s beloved indie production house Glass Eye Pix, as well as special effect make-up artists Brian Spears and Peter Gerner. If you missed our Planet Midnight screening of this now is your chance to correct that by stopping by the shop, grabbing a copy, and showing these guys some love. To make this event even that more special there will the unveiling of some new merch including shirts and posters. So mark your calendar and be here for a legendary night of fright.

Who: Director Larry Fessenden, SFX Artist Brian Spears and Peter Gerner
What: Depraved blu ray release party
When: Thursday January 30th 6PM to 8PM
Where: Forbidden Planet 832 Broadway New York
Why: Support indie horror… duh!
About Matt Desiderio 269 Articles
Matt D has been a manager, buyer and event coordinator at Forbidden Planet since 2005 or maybe it was 2006. Who can remember? We didn't even have computers back then. A native New Yorker from the borough of Queens, raised on Sunday Funnies, Monster Movies and Rock N' Roll. What better place to end up than Forbidden Planet where he can use his position to influence the city's pop culture. A responsibility he takes seriously more now than ever due to New York's consistent change for the worse. The last thing NYC needs is another cafe or bank so thank whatever it is you believe in that Forbidden Planet is here to stay. Beyond the walls of FP, Matt is a publicly recognized expert in cult and horror cinema with a focus on VHS. He is the founder of Horror Boobs a collective that books screenings and distributes weirdo films, the producer of the documentary Adjust Your Tracking: The Untold Story of the VHS collector, the publisher of the Blood Video zine, and is regrettably responsible for resurrecting the career of schizophrenic Shot-on Video director Carl J Sukenick. E-mail him at Mattdfpnyc@gmail.com Follow him on various social media at @horrorboobs

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