Larry Fessenden

Sell, Sell, Sell: Scareflix, the independent production company run by maverick New York filmmaker Larry Fessenden, has been unleashing unique little horror flicks from mostly first-time directors for a few years now. The latest, Glenn McQuaid's "I Sell the Dead," ambitiously... more recaptures the look and feel of the classic Hammer horrors of the 1960s. The script falls down, but the visuals are just right, and Fessenden himself delivers a hearty performance as one of two grave robbers (Dominic Monaghan of "Lost" is the other) who dig up more than they bargained for. Fessenden, director of the excellent "Wendigo" and "The Last Winter," will next get behind the camera for the English-language remake of the Spanish chiller "The Orphanage."

('I Sell the Dead'/IFC Films)