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Killers Of The Flower Moon Had The Perfect Cameo For A Horror Legend
By DREW TINNIN
Spoiler Warning!
This story contains spoilers for
“Killers of the Flower Moon.”
At the end of “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Martin Scorsese uses an old-time detective radio show that features horror legend Larry Fessenden as one of the bit players on stage.
Fessenden burst onto the New York film scene in the mid-90s with “Habit” and has become well-respected in the horror community. He directed the films “Depraved” and “Blackout.”
He acted in Jim Jarmusch’s “The Dead Don’t Die,” Travis Stevens’ “Jakob's Wife” and Ted Geoghegan’s WWII spook fest “Brooklyn 45.” He founded the production outfit Glass Eye Pix.
Fessenden created the scary audio drama series “Tales From Beyond the Pale” with filmmaker Glenn McQuaid. It recreates the macabre radio plays of the past for a modern audience.
Some of its episodes were recorded in front of a live audience, just like the radio show in Scorsese’s film, where Fessenden plays the voice of Hale, Robert De Niro’s character.
The choice by Scorsese to feature Fessenden in this context highlights the horror director’s own series and is also a nod to the heart of independent filmmaking in New York City.