August 2 Only
Director: Chris Skotchdopole
Producers: Larry Fessenden, Brian Devine, Chadd Harbold, Bonnie Timmermann, James W. Skotchdopole
Screenwriter(s): Chris Skotchdopole, Rigo Garay
Cast: Rigo Garay, Ella Rae Peck, John Speredakos, Lorraine Farris, David Macke
Join us after the show for a talkback and Q&A with Writer/Director, Chris Skotchdopole and Actor John Speredakos.
At a remote estate in upstate New York, newlyweds Leah (Ella Rae Peck) and Shane (Rigo Garay) celebrate their honeymoon, but a pall hangs over their union. She works for the publisher who will be releasing his debut novel, a lightly autobiographical examination of family trauma, alcoholism, and the immigrant experience. Barely suppressed tensions over family trauma would be enough kindling for a blowup, but Leah and Shane's marriage is truly tested by the appearance of two weirdos with entrepreneurial zeal and a half-baked blackmail plot: John (John Speredakos) and Rose (Lorraine Farris). They're looking for investors for John's latest invention, a culinary breakthrough called the Crumb Catcher -- and they won't take no for an answer.
1hr 43mins/ Not Yet Rated
Chris Skotchdopole is a writer, director and producer living in New York City. He works with Glass Eye Pix, an independent production outfit led by horror auteur Larry Fessenden. A 2010 graduate of SVA, his most recent short, THE EGG AND THE HATCHET was nominated for Oldenburg Film Festival's Independence Award for Best Short and played at Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Marfa Film Festival, and HollyShorts Film Festival. He was cinematographer for Larry Fessenden's DEPRAVED (IFC Midnight). Skotchdopole served as co-producer on Jenn Wexler's punk thriller, THE RANGER (SXSW). He worked as associate producer on Mickey Keating’s DARLING (SXSW) and Rob Mockler’s film LIKE ME (SXSW). He has produced several music videos and shorts for Glass Eye, including James Siewert’s THE PAST INSIDE THE PRESENT (Slamdance, Florida Film Festival, Fantastic Fest). He served as producer and editor on Rigo Garay's SIZE UP (Woodstock Film Festival).
John Speredakos has enjoyed a twenty-four-year collaboration with Larry Fessenden, appearing in over a dozen films produced or directed through Glass Eye Pix, including BLACKOUT, WENDIGO, DEPRAVED, THE LAST WINTER, DARLING, STRAY BULLETS, BITTER FEAST, THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL, THE ROOST, THE INNKEEPERS, I SELL THE DEAD, and CRUMB CATCHER. John has also performed in numerous episodes of McQuaid and Fessenden’s horror radio anthology “Tales from Beyond the Pale. Other film work includes: INSIDE MAN (dir. Spike Lee), RULES OF ENGAGEMENT (dir. William Friedkin), SCHOOL TIES, FANTASTIC FOUR, CAYMAN WENT, JERSEY GIRL, TOWN DIARY, THE TRADE, UNCONSCIOUS, THE MIND’S EYE, COLD FEET, and THE SMURFS. Numerous television credits include Denis Leary’s Rescue Me, Law&Order SVU, Blue Bloods, the CW’sTwo Sentence Horror Stories, Bull, The Good Wife. John was directed by Sidney Lumet in '100 Centre Street, was a series regular on Oprah Winfrey’s Brewster Place' and ABC’s Sirens, and played Buck in the CBS mini-series Return to Lonesome Dove with Jon Voight and Reese Witherspoon and many other TV roles. Numerous off-Broadway productions include the lead in Paul Weitz’s All for One withLiev Schreiber and Calista Flockhart, and The Vineyard Theatre’s Food and Shelter starring Philip Seymour Hoffman. He studied acting with Glenda Jackson and William Esper, and has an MFA from Rutgers University.
"Crumb Catcher is a twisted dark comedy, where marital discourse arrives with an uninvited guest and makes for a masterclass in uncomfortable horror." - AMovieGuy.com